29 March 2022
Staffline Group plc
("Staffline", the "Company" or the "Group")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Staffline (AIM: STAF), the recruitment and training group, announces that it was notified that on 25 March 2022, Henry Spain Investment Services Limited, a person closely associated ("PCA") with Thomas Spain, Non-Executive Director, purchased 670,870 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 62.82p per Ordinary Share.
The Company has also been notified that on 25 March 2022, Henry Spain Investment Services Limited transferred 217,011 Ordinary Shares between underlying private clients through an on market sale and purchase at a price of 64.0p per Ordinary Share.
Following the purchase of 500,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 65.18p per Ordinary Share by Henry Spain Investment Services Limited on 22 March 2022 and disclosed by the Company on 23 March 2022, the Company has been notified that 100,000 of the 500,000 Ordinary Shares purchased have been allocated to Thomas Spain personally.
Following the above transactions, Henry Spain Investment Services Limited has a resulting notifiable interest in 27,500,000 Ordinary Shares, of which Thomas Spain has a personal beneficial interest in 1,300,000 Ordinary Shares.
For further information, please contact:
| Staffline Group plc Albert Ellis, Chief Executive Officer Daniel Quint, Chief Financial Officer
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| Liberum (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Richard Lindley / William Hall / Christopher Whitaker
| 020 3100 2222 |
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| Vigo Consulting (Financial PR) Jeremy Garcia / Antonia Pollock / Kate Kilgallen | 020 7390 0230 Staffline@vigoconsulting.com
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About Staffline
Providing workforce solutions
Staffline is the UK's market leading Recruitment and Training group. It has three divisions:
Recruitment GB
Staffline is a leading provider of flexible blue-collar workers, supplying c.33,000 staff per day on average from around 420 client sites, across a wide range of industries including agriculture, supermarkets, drinks, driving, food processing, logistics and manufacturing.
Recruitment Ireland
The Recruitment Ireland business is a leading end to end solutions provider operating across twenty industries, ten branch locations and ten onsite customer locations, supplying c.4,500 staff per day on average, and offering RPO, MSP, temporary and permanent solutions across the island of Ireland
PeoplePlus Division
PeoplePlus is leading skills and employability business with a clear purpose to help people transform their lives, get jobs and keep jobs, and develop their careers. The division works with employers to develop workforces of the future, and with central, local and devolved governments to support their economic and social policy agendas
The Notification of Dealing Forms set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
| Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 | ||||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a. | Name | Henry Spain Investment Services Limited | ||||
| 2 | Reason for notification |
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| a. | Position/Status | PCA of Thomas Spain, Non-Executive Director | ||||
| b. | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a. | Name | Staffline Group plc | ||||
| b. | LEI | 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 | ||||
| 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 | Ordinary Shares of 10p each | ||||
| b. | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Ordinary Shares
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| c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d. | Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Price | N/A - single transaction
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| e. | Date of the transaction | 25 March 2022
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| f. | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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| Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 | ||||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a. | Name | Henry Spain Investment Services Limited | ||||
| 2 | Reason for notification |
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| a. | Position/Status | PCA of Thomas Spain, Non-Executive Director | ||||
| b. | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a. | Name | Staffline Group plc | ||||
| b. | LEI | 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 | ||||
| 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 | Ordinary Shares of 10p each | ||||
| b. | Nature of the transaction | Disposal of Ordinary Shares
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| c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d. | Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Price | N/A - single transaction
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| e. | Date of the transaction | 25 March 2022
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| f. | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
| Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 | ||||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a. | Name | Henry Spain Investment Services Limited | ||||
| 2 | Reason for notification |
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| a. | Position/Status | PCA of Thomas Spain, Non-Executive Director | ||||
| b. | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a. | Name | Staffline Group plc | ||||
| b. | LEI | 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 | ||||
| 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 | Ordinary Shares of 10p each | ||||
| b. | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Ordinary Shares
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| c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d. | Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Price | N/A - single transaction
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| e. | Date of the transaction | 25 March 2022
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| f. | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
| Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 | ||||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a. | Name | Thomas Spain | ||||
| 2 | Reason for notification |
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| a. | Position/Status | Non-Executive Director | ||||
| b. | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a. | Name | Staffline Group plc | ||||
| b. | LEI | 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 | ||||
| 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 | Ordinary Shares of 10p each | ||||
| b. | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Ordinary Shares
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| c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d. | Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Price | N/A - single transaction
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| e. | Date of the transaction | 22 March 2022
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| f. | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
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