TIDMTUNE

RNS Number : 7109I

Focusrite PLC

15 December 2020

Focusrite plc

("the Company" or "the Group")

PDMR Dealings

Settlement of Share Options

Focusrite plc (AIM:TUNE), the global music and audio products company, announces that on 1 December 2020 Damian Hawley and 2 December 2020 Simon Holt, both being a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"), exercised a nominal cost option over 6,960 and 4,560 Ordinary Shares respectively (totalling 11,520 Ordinary Shares) granted to them under the Company's Performance Share Plan and acquired Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each in the Company.

The option was granted on 22 November 2017 and became vested and exercisable as from 23 November 2020.

The exercise of the options was settled in part by the transfer of a total of 6,104 Ordinary Shares and in part with a cash payment equal to market value of 5,416 Ordinary Shares to meet the PDMR's liability to income tax and employee national insurance arising on the exercise of the option.

Following the transaction, Mr. Hawley will have a beneficial holding of 172,483 Ordinary Shares which represents 0.297% of the current issued share capital and Mr. Holt will have a beneficial holding of 137,181 Ordinary Shares which represents 0.236% of the current issued share capital.

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

 
  1    Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities 
        I person closely associated 
 a)   N a me                       Damian Hawley 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position / st a tus          Chief Revenue Officer 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Initial notification         Initial notification 
       / Amendment 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 3      Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
         auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                         Focusrite plc 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   LEI                          213800JJ51KA4LOTF736 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 4A   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 fina     Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each in Focusrite 
        n cial instrume nt ,        plc 
        type of ins t rument 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
     Identification code           GB00BSBMW716 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of t h e transact     Exercise of a nominal cost option 
       i o n                        under the Focusrite plc Performance 
                                    Share Plan and acquisition of ordinary 
                                    shares of 0.1p each in Focusrite plc 
                                    (or, as to 47% of the vested shares 
                                    number, cash in lieu of such shares). 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) a n d vo l ume(s)     Price(s)     Vo l umes 
                                         GBP6.96   6,960 (settled 
                                                    in part by 
                                                    the transfer 
                                                    of 3,688 ordinary 
                                                    shares and 
                                                    in part with 
                                                    a cash payment 
                                                    equal to market 
                                                    value of 3,272 
                                                    ordinary shares 
                                                    to meet the 
                                                    PDMR's liability 
                                                    to income tax 
                                                    and employee 
                                                    national insurance 
                                                    arising on 
                                                    the exercise 
                                                    of the option 
                                                    over 6,960 
                                                    shares) 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 d)    Aggregated information      Not applicable - single transaction 
        - Aggregated volume 
        - Price 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the transaction      1 December 2020 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 f)   Place of the transaction     Outside a trading venue 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 
 
  1    Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities 
        I person closely associated 
 a)   N a me                       Simon Holt 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position / st a tus          Engineering Director 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Initial notification         Initial notification 
       / Amendment 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 3      Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
         auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                         Focusrite plc 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   LEI                          213800JJ51KA4LOTF736 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 4A   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 fina     Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each in Focusrite 
        n cial instrume nt ,        plc 
        type of ins t rument 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
     Identification code           GB00BSBMW716 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of t h e transact     Exercise of a nominal cost option 
       i o n                        under the Focusrite plc Performance 
                                    Share Plan and acquisition of ordinary 
                                    shares of 0.1p each in Focusrite plc 
                                    (or, as to 47% of the vested shares 
                                    number, cash in lieu of such shares). 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) a n d vo l ume(s)     Price(s)     Vo l umes 
                                         GBP4.56   4,560 (settled 
                                                    in part by 
                                                    the transfer 
                                                    of 2,416 ordinary 
                                                    shares and 
                                                    in part with 
                                                    a cash payment 
                                                    equal to market 
                                                    value of 2,144 
                                                    ordinary shares 
                                                    to meet the 
                                                    PDMR's liability 
                                                    to income tax 
                                                    and employee 
                                                    national insurance 
                                                    arising on 
                                                    the exercise 
                                                    of the option 
                                                    over 4,560 
                                                    shares) 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 d)    Aggregated information      Not applicable - single transaction 
        - Aggregated volume 
        - Price 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the transaction      2 December 2020 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 f)   Place of the transaction     Outside a trading venue 
     ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 

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Enquiries:

Focusrite plc: +44 1494 836301

Tim Carroll (CEO)

Jeremy Wilson (CFO)

   Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Broker)                                 +44 20 7886 2500 

Freddy Crossley / Alina Vaskina

Erik Anderson

Belvedere Communications +44 20 3687 2754

John West

Llew Angus

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