Miton Group Plc Exchange of shares under the Growth Share Plan (9371T)

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RNS Number : 9371T

Miton Group Plc

18 October 2017

18 October 2017

Miton Group plc ("the Company")

EXCHANGE OF SHARES UNDER THE GROWTH SHARE PLAN, ADDITIONAL LISTING AND TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

Exchange of shares under Growth Share Plan

Miton Group plc (AIM: MGR.LN), the AIM quoted fund management company, announces that Gervais Williams, a director of the Company, has elected to exercise his rights to exchange 40 FMU B Growth Shares in Miton Group Service Company Ltd ("Growth Shares") for ordinary shares ("Shares") in the Company.

Martin Turner, an employee, has elected to exercise his rights to exchange 60 FMU B Growth Shares in Miton Group Service Company Ltd ("Growth Shares") for ordinary shares ("Shares") in the Company. Following the exchange Mr Turner will exercise voting rights over more than 3% of the Shares in the Company.

The Growth Shares vested on the date of the publication of the half year report of the Company, being 21 September 2017. The terms governing the exchange of the Growth Shares into Shares in the Company are detailed within the circular dated 22 October 2013.

As a result of the requests to exchange Growth Shares, the Company has allotted 10,260,200 Shares at a price of 40.5p per Share. Under the terms of the scheme the Shares are to be held by the individuals for a period of 12 months from the date of the issue of the Shares although this period may be reduced at the discretion of the Board. This exchange represents the entirety of the second of the three tranches under the Growth Share Plan.

The new Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing issued Shares.

PDMR transaction disclosures required under the Market Abuse Regulation are as summarised below:

 
 PDMR                Allotted    Total holding    % of current 
                                   following      issued shares 
                                  notification 
------------------  ----------  --------------  --------------- 
 Gervais Williams    4,104,080    15,869,519         8.76% 
------------------  ----------  --------------  --------------- 
 Martin Turner       6,156,120    10,140,472         5.60% 
------------------  ----------  --------------  --------------- 
 

Additional Listing

Application will be made for the 10,260,200 Shares to be admitted to trading on the AIM Market ("Admission"). Admission is expected on 23 October 2017, and following Admission the Company's enlarged issued share capital will comprise 181,181,474 Shares. Of these 16,726 are held in Treasury.

Total Voting Rights

The total voting rights of the Company are 181,164,748 Shares and this figure 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 FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities / person closely associated 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                           Gervais Williams 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                Director 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification           Initial 
        /Amendment 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                           Miton Group plc 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                            2138004UNDYXLICL8H10 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 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                 Miton Group Plc Ordinary Shares 
        the financial                  0.1p 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
---- 
 
       Identification                 GB00B01WR582 
        code 
 
 b)    Nature of the                  Exchange of 40 FMU B Growth 
        transaction                    Shares in Miton Group Service 
                                       Company Ltd for ordinary shares 
                                       in the Company. 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
----                                  -------------------  --------------- 
                                        Allocation          Volume 
                                         cost 
----                                   ------------------  --------------- 
                                        40.5p               4,104,080 
   ----------------------------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
---- 
  - Aggregated volume            4,104,080 
 
 
  - Price                        Allocation cost: 40.5p 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction             (i) 17 October 2017 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction       London Stock Exchange, AIM 
                                       Market (XLON) 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities / person closely associated 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                           Martin Turner 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                Portfolio manager 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification           Initial 
        /Amendment 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                           Miton Group plc 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                            2138004UNDYXLICL8H10 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 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                 Miton Group Plc Ordinary Shares 
        the financial                  0.1p 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
---- 
 
       Identification                 GB00B01WR582 
        code 
 
 b)    Nature of the                  Exchange of 60 FMU B Growth 
        transaction                    Shares in Miton Group Service 
                                       Company Ltd for ordinary shares 
                                       in the Company. 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
----                                  -------------------  --------------- 
                                        Allocation          Volume 
                                         cost 
----                                   ------------------  --------------- 
                                        40.5p               6,156,120 
   ----------------------------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
---- 
  - Aggregated volume            6,156,120 
 
 
  - Price                        Allocation cost: 40.5p 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction             (ii) 17 October 2017 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction       London Stock Exchange, AIM 
                                       Market (XLON) 
----  -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 

For further information, please contact:

Miton Group plc

Roger Bennett

Tel: [phone]

Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Guy Wiehahn / Rishi Shah

Tel: [phone]

Web: www.mitongroup.com

This information is provided by RNS

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