Benchmark Holdings PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (6165Q)

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RNS Number : 6165Q

Benchmark Holdings PLC

01 December 2016

1 December 2016

Benchmark Holdings plc

("Benchmark", the "Company" or the "Group")

Director/PDMR shareholding

Benchmark notifies the following exercise of options by Mark Plampin, Chief Financial Officer, and change in the total number of voting rights in the Company.

On 1 December 2016, Mark Plampin exercised options over 135,000 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company at an exercise price of 0.1 pence per share, under the Company's historic Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) scheme. Following this exercise of options, Mark Plampin is interested in a total of 536,686 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company representing approximately 0.1 per cent. of Benchmark's issued share capital. Mark Plampin is also interested in options over a total of 67,647 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company.

In addition, certain other employees of the Company exercised options over an aggregate of 535,173 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company, under the EMI scheme and Company Share Option Plan (CSOP).

Following allotment of the 670,173 ordinary shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of the above options, the issued share capital of the Company will be 522,018,252 ordinary shares of 0.1p each with voting rights. The Company holds no shares in treasury, therefore the above figure (522,018,252) represents the total number of voting rights and 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 in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

Notification and public disclosure of transaction by person discharging managerial responsibility.

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities/person closely associated 
----  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                           Mark Plampin 
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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           Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
----  -----------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                           Benchmark Holdings plc 
----  -----------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 b)    Legal Entity                   N/A 
        Identifier 
----  -----------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 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                 Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence 
        the financial                  each 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
 
        Identification                 GB00BGHPT808 
        code 
----  -----------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of the                  Exercise of options 
        transaction 
----  -----------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 c)    Currency                       GBP 
----  -----------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 d)    Price(s) and                   Price(s)         Volume(s) 
        volume(s) 
----  -----------------------------  ---------------  -------------- 
                                      0.1p             135,000 
 ----------------------------------  ---------------  -------------- 
 e)    Aggregated information 
        - Aggregated                    n/a - single transaction 
        volume 
        - Price 
        - Aggregated 
        total 
----  -----------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 f)    Date of the transaction        1 December 2016 
----  -----------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 g)    Place of the                   London Stock Exchange 
        transaction 
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For further information, please contact:

 
 Benchmark Holdings plc             Tel: [phone] 
 Malcolm Pye, CEO 
 Roland Bonney, COO 
 Rachel Aninakwah, Communications 
 
 Numis                              Tel: [phone] 
 Michael Meade / Freddie 
  Barnfield (NOMAD) 
 James Black (Corporate 
  Broking) 
 
 Tavistock                          Tel: [phone] 
 Matt Ridsdale / Niall 
  Walsh 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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