02 December 2021
Oxford Metrics plc
("Oxford Metrics" or the "Group")
PDMR Shareholding, Issue of Ordinary Shares & Total Voting Rights
Oxford Metrics plc (AIM:OMG), the smart sensing software company servicing, life sciences, entertainment and engineering markets, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to issue 19,841 Ordinary Shares and 8,381 Ordinary Shares (calculated at the closing mid-market price of 126 pence per Ordinary Share on 01 December 2021) to its Non-Executive Chairman, Roger Parry, and Non-Executive Director, Naomi Climer, respectively in satisfaction of salary.
When Roger Parry joined Oxford Metrics as Non-Executive Chairman of the Company on 29 June 2016 he agreed to receive 38.5 per cent of his annual fee in share based payments and when Naomi Climer joined Oxford Metrics as Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of the Company on 20 November 2019, she agreed to receive 33.0 per cent of her annual fee in share based payments, reflecting Roger and Naomi's belief in the Oxford Metrics vision.
Following this transaction, Roger Parry's and Naomi Climer's total shareholding in the company will be 305,421 and 20,114 Ordinary Shares respectively representing 0.24% and 0.02% respectively of the Company's total issued share capital and total voting rights.
Oxford Metrics plc also announces that on 2 December an employee of the Company exercised 42,500 options of Ordinary shares in the Company.
Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for admission of the 70,722 Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will take place and that trading will commence on AIM on 08 December 2021.
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the Company will have 127,018,390 Ordinary Shares in issue with each share carrying the right to one vote. The Company has no Ordinary Shares held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company following Admission will therefore be 127,018,390.
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail:
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Roger Parry | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Chairman | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Oxford Metrics Plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 2138002ZKGRM1MQ8JW43 | ||||
| 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 0.25p shares ISIN: GB0030312788 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Issue of Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information | N/a (Single transaction) | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 02 December 2021 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Naomi Climer | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Oxford Metrics Plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 2138002ZKGRM1MQ8JW43 | ||||
| 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 0.25p shares ISIN: GB0030312788 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Issue of Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) |
| N/a (Single transaction) | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 02 December 2021 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
For further information, please contact:
| Oxford Metrics Nick Bolton, CEO David Deacon, CFO
| +44 (0) 1865 261800 |
| Numis Securities Limited Simon Willis Hugo Rubinstein Tejas Padalkar
| +44 (0)20 7260 1000 |
| FTI Consulting Matt Dixon / Jamille Smith / Greg Hynes |
+44 (0) 20 3727 1000 |
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