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Press Release |
04 October 2016 |
BrainJuicer Group PLC (AIM: BJU)
("BrainJuicer" or "the Company")
Director / PDMR Dealing
Transaction in Own Shares
The Company announces that, following the exercise of share options by directors on 03 October 2016, set out below, it transferred a total of 113,979 ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") which were previously held in treasury, to such directors:
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Director |
Role |
Exercise Price |
Number of options exercised |
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John Kearon |
CEO |
162.5p |
60,213 |
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James Geddes |
CFO |
nil |
53,766 |
John Kearon retained his 60,213 Ordinary Shares following his option exercise. James Geddes sold his 53,766 Ordinary Shares following his option exercise, at a price of 507.5p on 03 October 2016.
The Company also announces that on 03 October 2016, it purchased 70,110 ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange (the "Share Repurchase") pursuant to the Company's share buy-back programme announced at 7.00 a.m. on 16 September 2016 (the "Buyback"). The Company will hold these shares in treasury. The Share Repurchase was at a price of 507.5p. The vendor of 53,766 Ordinary Shares of the Share Repurchase, representing 0.41% of the issued share capital of the Company, was James Geddes, CFO of the Company, and the remaining 16,344 Ordinary Shares was Susan Griffin, Chief Marketing Officer of the Company and PDMR.
Following the above transactions, (i) the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights is 12,287,277, which may be used by shareholders 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, BrainJuicer Group PLC under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. The Company now holds 939,496 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares, (ii) John Kearon is beneficially interested in 3,420,209 Ordinary Shares representing 27.84% of the voting rights of the Company, and (iii) James Geddes holds 192,325 Ordinary Shares representing 1.57% of the voting rights of the Company.
The Company will make further announcements in due course following the completion of any further purchases pursuant to the Buyback.
For further information, please contact:
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BrainJuicer Group PLC |
+44 (0)20 7043 1000 |
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John Kearon, Chief Executive Officer |
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James Geddes, Chief Financial Officer |
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Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nomad) |
+44 (0)20 7523 8000 |
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Simon Bridges / Cameron Duncan / Emma Gabriel |
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In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Canaccord Genuity Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the Buyback.
Schedule of Purchases:
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Shares purchased: |
BrainJuicer Group PLC (ISIN: GB00B1GVQH21) |
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Date of purchases: |
03 October 2016 |
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Investment firm: |
Canaccord Genuity Limited |
Aggregate information:
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Venue |
Volume-weighted average price, pence |
Aggregated volume |
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London Stock Exchange |
507.5p |
70,110 |
Individual transactions:
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Number of shares |
Transaction price |
Time of transaction |
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70,110 |
507.5p |
13.52 (UK) |
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
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1. |
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA") |
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a) |
Name |
John Kearon |
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2. |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
Chief Executive Officer
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b) |
Initial notification / amendment |
Initial notification |
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3. |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
BrainJuicer Group PLC |
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b) |
Legal Entity Identifier |
n/a |
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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 |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument |
Options over Ordinary Shares |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Exercise of options |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price - Aggregated total |
N/A - single transaction |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
03 October 2016 (UK) |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |
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1. |
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA") |
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a) |
Name |
James Geddes |
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2. |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
Chief Financial Officer
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b) |
Initial notification / amendment |
Initial notification |
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3. |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
BrainJuicer Group PLC |
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b) |
Legal Entity Identifier |
n/a |
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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 |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument |
Options over Ordinary Shares |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Exercise of options |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price - Aggregated total |
N/A - single transaction |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
03 October 2016 (UK) |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |
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5. |
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 |
Ordinary Shares |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Sale of Ordinary Shares |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price - Aggregated total |
N/A - single transaction |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
03 October 2016 (UK) |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (AIM) |
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1. |
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA") |
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a) |
Name |
Susan Griffin |
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2. |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
PDMR, Chief Marketing Officer (non board member)
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b) |
Initial notification / amendment |
Initial notification |
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3. |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
BrainJuicer Group PLC |
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b) |
Legal Entity Identifier |
n/a |
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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 |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument |
Ordinary Shares |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Sale of Ordinary Shares |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price - Aggregated total |
N/A - single transaction |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
03 October 2016 (UK) |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (AIM) |
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