17 November 2021
Creightons PLC ("Creightons" or the "Company")
Director/PDMR Option Exercise and Share Dealing
and Total Voting Rights
Creightons plc (LSE: CRL), manufacturers of personal care, beauty, and fragrance products announces that Ms Pippa Clark, Director, has exercised options over 100,000 ordinary 1p shares in the Company at 26.80 pence per share, and has then subsequently disposed of these share on the market at £1.09p per ordinary 1p share. Ms Clark's beneficial holding in the Company after these transactions therefore remain 851,858 ordinary 1p shares (1.23% of the expanded share capital detailed below).
The Company has also issued a further 161,600 ordinary 1p shares to other employees who have exercised options issued under the Company's share option scheme. As a result of these issues, the total number of ordinary 1p shares in issue now stands at 69,218,698 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 69,218,698.
The above figure of 69,218,698 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they may determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Following these share issues the Company has the ability to issue a further 6,040,545 ordinary 1p shares under its block listing facility.
Market Abuse Regulation
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
Contacts
Nicholas O'Shea, Creightons plc 01733 281000
Roland Cornish /Felicity Geidt, Beaumont Cornish Limited 0207 628 3396
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail in respect of the Directors subscribing for Director Shares as described above.
Mrs Philippa Clark - exercise of options
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Pippa Clark | ||||
| 2 | Reason for notification | |||||
| a) | Position / status | Director | ||||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Creightons plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800WROWAJUBGSAJ57 | ||||
| 4 | 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 1pence each in Creightons plc
ISIN GB0002341666 | ||||
| | Nature of the transaction | Sales of shares | ||||
| | Price(s) and volumes(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information | n/a | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 16 November 2021 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, (GLR) | ||||
Mrs Philippa Clark - Sales of shares
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Pippa Clark | ||||
| 2 | Reason for notification | |||||
| a) | Position / status | Director | ||||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Creightons plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800WROWAJUBGSAJ57 | ||||
| 4 | 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 1pence each in Creightons plc
ISIN GB0002341666 | ||||
| | Nature of the transaction | Option Exercise | ||||
| | Price(s) and volumes(s) |
| ||||
| d) | Aggregated information | n/a | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 16 November 2021 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, (GLR) | ||||
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