FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 July 2024
Manx Financial Group PLC (the "Company")
Exercise of Restricted Stock Units, Issue of Equity and TVR
Manx Financial Group PLC (AIM:MFX), the holding company providing a range of diversified financial services to the Isle of Man and the United Kingdom, announces that following the satisfaction of the vesting criteria, it has received and accepted requests to exercise Restricted Stock Units over 1,920,000 ordinary shares of no par value ("New Ordinary Shares") at nil cost in the Company.
Douglas Grant and James Smeed, both Directors of the Company, have elected to be issued 925,000 and 175,000 New Ordinary Shares of no par value respectively at nil cost. Haseeb Qureshi, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities within the Company has elected to be issued 150,000 New Ordinary Shares of no par value at nil cost.
The Restricted Stock Units were granted on 5 July 2022 (see announcement of 7 July 2022) and are due to lapse on 5 July 2032.
Following Admission (as defined below), the resultant interests in the Company for Douglas Grant, James Smeed and Haseeb Qureshi will be as follows:
| Director/PDMR | Date of transaction | Number of shares purchased via Option exercise | Purchase price | Total shares held | Percentage of issued share capital |
| Douglas Grant | 16 July 2024 | 925,000 | nil | 2,197,904 | 1.84% |
| James Smeed | 16 July 2024 | 175,000 | nil | 175,000 | 0.15% |
| Haseeb Qureshi | 16 July 2024 | 150,000 | nil | 150,000 | 0.13% |
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the 1,920,000 New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will become effective, and trading will commence on 17 July 2024.
Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares and Allotment, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 119,475,757 Ordinary Shares of no-par value with voting rights ("Ordinary Shares"). The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights will be 119,475,757.
The figure of 119,475,757 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company from the date of admission as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the shares of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU No. 596/2014) AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018. UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND SUCH PERSONS SHALL THEREFORE CEASE TO BE IN POSSESSION OF INSIDE INFORMATION.
For further information, please contact:
| Manx Financial Group PLC Denham Eke Executive Vice Chair Tel: +44 (0) 1624 694694
| Beaumont Cornish Limited Roland Cornish/James Biddle Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
| Greentarget Limited Jamie Brownlee Tel: +44 (0) 20 3307 5726
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NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
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| a) | Name | Douglas Grant |
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| a) | Position/status | CEO |
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| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification |
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| a) | Name | Manx Financial Group PLC |
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| b) | LEI | 213800R151BAZRATR333 |
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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) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of no par value |
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| b) | Identification code | IM00B28ZPX83 |
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| c) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of 925,000 Restricted Stock Units |
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |
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| a) | Name | James Smeed |
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| a) | Position/status | Group Finance Director |
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| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification |
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
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| a) | Name | Manx Financial Group PLC |
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| b) | LEI | 213800R151BAZRATR333 |
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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) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of no par value |
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| b) | Identification code | IM00B28ZPX83 |
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| c) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of 175,000 Restricted Stock Units |
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| a) | Name | Haseeb Qureshi |
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| a) | Position/status | PDMR |
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| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification |
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
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| a) | Name | Manx Financial Group PLC |
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| b) | LEI | 213800R151BAZRATR333 |
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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) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of no par value |
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| b) | Identification code | IM00B28ZPX83 |
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| c) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of 150,000 Restricted Stock Units |
Nominated Adviser
Beaumont Cornish Limited ("Beaumont Cornish") is the Company's Nominated Adviser and is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Beaumont Cornish's responsibilities as the Company's Nominated Adviser, including a responsibility to advise and guide the Company on its responsibilities under the AIM Rules for Companies and AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers, are owed solely to the London Stock Exchange. Beaumont Cornish is not acting for and will not be responsible to any other persons for providing protections afforded to customers of Beaumont Cornish nor for advising them in relation to the proposed arrangements described in this announcement or any matter referred to in it.
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