Universe Group plc
("Universe", the "Company" or the "Group")
Director Dealings
Universe Group plc (AIM: UNG.L), a leading developer and supplier of point of sale, payment and loyalty systems announces that a total of 2,799,790 ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Group ("Ordinary Shares") were today acquired by Neil Radley, Chief Executive Officer, Adrian Wilding, Chief Financial Officer and Malcolm Coster and Ivan Brooks, both Non-Executive Directors of the Group, as set out below. The seller of these Ordinary Shares was Andrew Blazye, Executive Chairman, and all dealings were at price of 5p per Ordinary Share.
These dealings and the directors' resultant holdings is set out in the table below:
| Name | Director | Number of Ordinary Shares purchased/(sold) | Resultant shareholding in the Group | Percentage of the issued share capital of the Group |
| Neil Radley | Chief Executive Officer | 1,999,790 | 1,999,790 | 0.77 |
| Adrian Wilding | Chief Financial Officer | 200,000 | 200,000 | 0.08 |
| Malcolm Coster | Non-Executive Director | 400,000 | 2,844,111 | 1.09 |
| Ivan Brooks | Non-Executive Director | 200,000 | 400,000 | 0.15 |
| Andrew Blazye | Executive Chairman | (2,800,000) | 20,342,785 | 7.79 |
For further information
Universe Group plc T: +44 2380 689 510
Andrew Blazye, Executive Chairman
Neil Radley, Chief Executive Officer
Adrian Wilding, Chief Financial Officer
finnCap T: +44 20 7220 0500
Henrik Persson / Seamus Fricker (Corporate Finance)
Richard Chambers (ECM)
IFC Advisory T: +44 20 3934 6630
Tim Metcalfe
Florence Chandler
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About Universe Group plc:
Universe provides some of the world's leading retailers with point of sale, payment and loyalty systems. The Group's solutions are based on its own proprietary software and are offered out of the cloud on a software as a service model with its data centers processing over 6 billion transactions every year. For further information, please see www.universe-group.co.uk
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | Andrew Blazye | ||||
1. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | Executive Chairman | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
2. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name: | Universe Group plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 213800YEBEDVKK4EDE08 | ||||
3. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code: | Ordinary shares of 1 penny each ("Ordinary Shares") GB0009483594 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Sale of Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price: | Single transaction as in 3 c) above
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| e) | Date of the transaction: | 13/07/2021 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | AIM, London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
2. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | Neil Radley | ||||
1. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
2. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name: | Universe Group plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 213800YEBEDVKK4EDE08 | ||||
3. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code: | Ordinary shares of 1 penny each ("Ordinary Shares") GB0009483594 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price: | Single transaction as in 3 c) above
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| e) | Date of the transaction: | 13/07/2021 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | AIM, London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
3. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | Adrian Wilding | ||||
1. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
2. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name: | Universe Group plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 213800YEBEDVKK4EDE08 | ||||
3. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code: | Ordinary shares of 1 penny each ("Ordinary Shares") GB0009483594 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price: | Single transaction as in 3 c) above
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| e) | Date of the transaction: | 13/07/2021 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | AIM, London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
4. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | Malcolm Coster | ||||
1. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | Non-Executive Director | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
2. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name: | Universe Group plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 213800YEBEDVKK4EDE08 | ||||
3. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code: | Ordinary shares of 1 penny each ("Ordinary Shares") GB0009483594 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price: | Single transaction as in 3 c) above
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| e) | Date of the transaction: | 13/07/2021 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | AIM, London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
5. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | Ivan Brooks | ||||
1. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | Non-Executive Director | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
2. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name: | Universe Group plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 213800YEBEDVKK4EDE08 | ||||
3. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code: | Ordinary shares of 1 penny each ("Ordinary Shares") GB0009483594 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price: | Single transaction as in 3 c) above
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| e) | Date of the transaction: | 13/07/2021 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | AIM, London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
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