Immediate Release
Gooch & Housego PLC
("G&H" or the "Company")
Director Shareholding
Gooch & Housego PLC (AIM: GHH), the specialist manufacturer of photonic components & systems, announces that the Company was notified on 28 March 2019 that, on the same date, Andrew Boteler, Chief Financial Officer, exercised 17,601 options vested under the Gooch & Housego PLC 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan and subsequently sold 17,601 ordinary shares of 20p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of £12.40 per Ordinary Share. Also on 28 March 2019, Andrew Boteler and persons closely connected to him, sold a further 1,850 Ordinary Shares at a price of £12.55 per Ordinary share.
Following this, Andrew Boteler has an interest in 24,331 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 0.1% of the Company's total issued share capital.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely | |
associated | ||
a) | Name | Andrew Boteler |
2 | Reason for the notification | |
a) | Position/status | 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 | Gooch & Housego Plc |
b) | LEI | 213800DO3D00KYOPA952 |
4Details 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 | Ordinary shares of 20 pence each | ||||
instrument, type of instrument. | ||||||
Identification code | GB0002259116 | |||||
b) | Nature of transaction | (1) | Exercise of share options with an exercise | |||
price of zero pence per share | ||||||
(2) | Sale of ordinary shares | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) | |||
(1) | Nil | 17,601 | ||||
(2) | 1,240.0p | 17,601 | ||||
1,255.0p | 925 | |||||
Aggregated information | ||||||
- | Aggregated volume | 19,451 | ||||
- | Price | £229,861 | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 28 March 2019 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person | ||
closely associated | |||
a) | Name | Lindsay Boteler | |
2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Person closely associated to the Chief | |
Financial Officer Andrew Boteler | |||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction | ||
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||
a) | Name | Gooch & Housego Plc | |
b) | LEI | 213800DO3D00KYOPA952 | |
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 | Ordinary shares of 20 pence each | |||||
instrument, type of instrument. | |||||||
Identification code | GB0002259116 | ||||||
b) | Nature of transaction | Sale of ordinary shares | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
1,255.0p | 925 | ||||||
Aggregated information | |||||||
- | Aggregated volume | Not applicable | |||||
- | Price | ||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 28 March 2019 | |||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |||||
For further information please contact: | |||||||
Gooch & Housego PLC | |||||||
Mark Webster/ Andy Boteler | Tel 01460 256470 | ||||||
Buchanan | |||||||
Mark Court/Sophie Cowles | Tel 0207 466 5000 | ||||||
Investec Bank plc, (NOMAD and Broker) | |||||||
Patrick Robb / David Anderson | Tel 0207 597 4000 |
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