Watkin Jones plc Director/PDMR Shareholding
15 Marzo 2024 - 4:42PM
RNS Regulatory News
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Watkin Jones plc
15 March 2024
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For immediate
release
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15 March 2024
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Watkin Jones plc
('Watkin Jones' or
the 'Company')
Issue of
Equity
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Watkin Jones plc (AIM: WJG) announces that it has issued and allotted 211,844 ordinary
shares of 1 penny each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant
to the exercise of awards under the Company's Deferred Share Bonus
Plan ("DSBP").
Accordingly, application has been
made for the 211,844 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading
on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become
effective, and that dealings will commence in the new Ordinary
Shares at 08.00 a.m. on 18 March 2024. The new Ordinary Shares will
rank, pari passu, with the
existing Ordinary Shares.
In order to meet the costs of the
exercise, and the personal taxation liabilities arising on the
exercise, Sarah Sergeant, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
has sold, in aggregate, 44,153 Ordinary Shares, each at a price of
42.66p per Ordinary Share, which is set out in the table below. The
balance of the new Ordinary Shares have been retained by Sarah
Sergeant.
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Name
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Role
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Number of Ordinary Shares
exercised
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Number of Ordinary Shares
sold
|
Resulting interest in
Ordinary Shares
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Resulting percentage of
Ordinary Shares
|
|
Sarah Sergeant
|
Chief Financial Officer
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90,765
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44,153
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76,562
|
0.03%
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Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the Company's
total issued share capital will comprise 256,653,097 Ordinary
Shares. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. Therefore
the total number of voting rights in the Company will be
256,653,097. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company
as the denominator for the calculations by which they will
determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a
change of interest in, the share capital of the Company under the
FCA's Disclosure, Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons
discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely
associated with them.
|
1
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
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a)
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Name
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Sarah Sergeant
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2
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Reason for the notification
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a)
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Position/status
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Chief Financial Officer
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b)
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Initial notification
/Amendment
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Initial notification
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3
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
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a)
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Name
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Watkin Jones plc
|
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b)
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LEI
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2138009X19O21NU5SG79
|
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4
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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
|
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a)
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Description of the financial
instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
|
Ordinary Shares of £0.01
each
ISIN: GB00BD6RF223
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Exercise of award under the
DBSP
|
|
c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price
|
No. of shares
|
|
1p
|
90,765
|
|
|
d)
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Aggregated information
-
Aggregated volume
- Price
|
n/a
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
15 March 2024
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside of a trading
venue
|
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
|
a)
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Name
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Sarah Sergeant
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
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Chief Financial Officer
|
|
b)
|
Initial notification
/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Watkin Jones plc
|
|
b)
|
LEI
|
2138009X19O21NU5SG79
|
|
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 £0.01
each
ISIN: GB00BD6RF223
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Sale of Ordinary Shares
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price
|
No. of shares
|
|
42.66p
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44,153
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
-
Aggregated volume
- Price
|
n/a
|
|
e)
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Date of the transaction
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15 March 2024
|
|
f)
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Place of the transaction
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London Stock Exchange,
AIM
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- Ends
-
For
further information:
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Watkin Jones plc
|
|
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Alex Pease, Chief Executive
Officer
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Tel: +44
(0) 20 3617 4453
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|
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Sarah Sergeant, Chief Financial
Officer
Peel
Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser
& Joint Corporate Broker)
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Tel: +44
(0) 20 7418 8900
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Mike Bell / Ed Allsopp
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www.peelhunt.com
|
|
|
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Jefferies Hoare Govett (Joint Corporate Broker)
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Tel: +44
(0) 20 7029 8000
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James Umbers / David Sheehan / Paul
Bundred
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www.jefferies.com
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Media enquiries:
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Buchanan
|
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Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph
Whitmore
watkinjones@buchanan.uk.com
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Tel: +44
(0) 20 7466 5000
www.buchanan.uk.com
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