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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
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Best Of The Best Plc | LSE:BOTB | London | Ordinary Share | GB00B16S3505 | ORD 5P |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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0.00 | 0.00% | 530.00 | 525.00 | 535.00 | 0.00 | 01:00:00 |
Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
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0 | 0 | N/A | 0 |
TIDMBOTB
RNS Number : 2227U
Best of the Best PLC
01 April 2021
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN ARE RESTRICTED AND ARE NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO DO SO.
FURTHER, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE OR CONTAIN ANY INVITATION, SOLICITATION, RECOMMATION, OFFER OR ADVICE TO ANY PERSON TO SUBSCRIBE FOR, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE OR DISPOSE OF ANY SECURITIES IN BEST OF THE BEST PLC OR ANY OTHER ENTITY IN ANY JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR THE FACT OF ITS DISTRIBUTION SHALL FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED ON IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY INVESTMENT DECISION IN RESPECT OF BEST OF THE BEST PLC. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF REGULATION 596/2014 ("MAR"). IN ADDITION, MARKET SOUNDINGS (AS DEFINED IN MAR) WERE TAKEN IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN OF THE MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, WITH THE RESULT THAT CERTAIN PERSONS BECAME AWARE OF SUCH INSIDE INFORMATION, AS PERMITTED BY MAR. UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, 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.
Best of the Best plc
("Best of the Best", "BOTB", the "Company" or the "Group")
Result of Secondary Placing
Exercise of Options
Director Shareholdings
and Total Voting Rights
Best of the Best PLC (LSE: BOTB), the provider of online competitions to win cars and other prizes, announces that it has been informed by the Selling Directors that, further to the announcement made at 6.00 p.m. on 31 March 2021 (the "ABB Announcement"), they have successfully sold a total of 2,469,352 Placing Shares at a price of GBP24.00 per Placing Share via an oversubscribed Placing. The Placing Shares in aggregate represent approximately 26.6 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital prior to the exercise of options.
Additionally, a further 41,666 Ordinary Shares have been sold at the Placing Price via the PrimaryBid Offer.
On completion of the Placing and the PrimaryBid Offer, the Selling Directors will have the following resultant shareholdings:
Resultant holding Director Current shareholding Number of Ordinary Shares % of issued Ordinary Shares share capital sold* --------------------- ----------------- ---------------- --------------- William Hindmarch 2,375,658 858,672 1,516,986 16.1% --------------------- ----------------- ---------------- --------------- Philippa Hindmarch 2,350,000 849,398 1,500,602 15.9% --------------------- ----------------- ---------------- --------------- Rupert Garton 1,389,467 502,217 887,250 9.4% --------------------- ----------------- ---------------- --------------- Michael Hindmarch 832,023 300,731 531,292 5.6% --------------------- ----------------- ---------------- ---------------
*Including the PrimaryBid Shares
Further Director Dealings
Pursuant to the Placing, Daniel Burns, Non-Executive Director of the Company, purchased 20,833 Ordinary Shares at the Placing Price. Following his purchase, Daniel Burns has an interest in 20,833 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 0.22 per cent. of the issued share capital following Admission.
In addition, on 31 March 2021, the Company issued and allotted 30,648 new Ordinary Shares following the exercise of options by Ben Hughes, Marketing Director, under the Company's share scheme. Further to the exercise, Mr Hughes has subsequently sold the 30,648 Ordinary Shares at the Placing Price. Following this transaction, Mr Hughes has an interest in 44,791 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.48 per cent. of the issued share capital following Admission.
Total Voting Rights
The new 30,648 Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of options by Mr Hughes will fall under the Company's block listing ("Admission"). Following Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 9,412,901 and the total number of voting rights will therefore be 9,412,901. This figure 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, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
The notification at the end of this announcement, set out in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details of the transactions.
The Selling Directors have entered into a secondary placing agreement with finnCap to act as sole Bookrunner. Any Ordinary Shares held by the Selling Directors are now subject to a lock-in which ends 180 days following this announcement (subject to waiver by finnCap and to certain customary exceptions).
The Placing was conducted through an accelerated bookbuild by finnCap Ltd ("finnCap") acting as bookrunner. Proceeds of the Placing are payable in cash on usual settlement terms and 2,394,968 Placing Shares are expected to settle on a T+5 basis on or around 12 April 2021 with the remaining 105,032 Placing Shares expected to settle on or around 14 April 2021. The Company is not a party to the Placing and will not receive any proceeds from the Placing.
Capitalised terms in this announcement shall have the same meaning ascribed to them as in the ABB Announcement unless the context requires otherwise.
For further information contact:
Enquiries:
Best of the Best plc William Hindmarch, Chief Executive T: 020 7371 8866 Rupert Garton, Commercial Director Buchanan Chris Lane T: 020 7466 5000 Toto Berger Charlotte Slater finnCap Corporate Finance T: 020 7220 0500 (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Carl Holmes Kate Bannatyne Teddy Whiley ECM Alice Lane
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 William Hindmarch ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 2. Reason for the Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------------ a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial Notification ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ a) Name Best of the Best plc ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- b) LEI 213800A7RTSCF8IWQ247 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 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 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in Financial instrument, the capital of the company ("Ordinary type of instrument Shares") Identification code GB00B16S3505 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- b) Nature of the transaction Sale of Ordinary Shares ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- c) Price(s) and volume(s) Sale Price(s) Volume(s) GBP24.00 858,672 ---------- ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- d) Aggregated information: See 4c) above * Aggregated volume * Price ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- e) Date of the transaction 1 April 2021 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)
------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated a) Name Philippa Hindmarch ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 2. Reason for the Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------------ a) Position/status PCA to Chief Executive Officer ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial Notification ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ a) Name Best of the Best plc ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- b) LEI 213800A7RTSCF8IWQ247 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 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 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in Financial instrument, the capital of the company ("Ordinary type of instrument Shares") Identification code GB00B16S3505 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- b) Nature of the transaction Sale of Ordinary Shares ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- c) Price(s) and volume(s) Sale Price(s) Volume(s) GBP24.00 849,398 ---------- ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- d) Aggregated information: See 4c) above * Aggregated volume * Price ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- e) Date of the transaction 1 April 2021 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated a) Name Rupert Garton ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 2. Reason for the Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------------ a) Position/status Commercial Director ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial Notification ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ a) Name Best of the Best plc ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- b) LEI 213800A7RTSCF8IWQ247 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 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 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in Financial instrument, the capital of the company ("Ordinary type of instrument Shares") Identification code GB00B16S3505 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- b) Nature of the transaction Sale of Ordinary Shares ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- c) Price(s) and volume(s) Sale Price(s) Volume(s) GBP24.00 502,217 ---------- ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- d) Aggregated information: See 4c) above * Aggregated volume * Price ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- e) Date of the transaction 1 April 2021 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated a) Name Michael Hindmarch ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 2. Reason for the Notification -------------------------------------------------------------------------- a) Position/status Non-Executive Director ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial Notification ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor -------------------------------------------------------------------------- a) Name Best of the Best plc ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- b) LEI 213800A7RTSCF8IWQ247 ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 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 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in Financial instrument, the capital of the company ("Ordinary type of instrument Shares") Identification code GB00B16S3505 ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- b) Nature of the transaction Sale of Ordinary Shares ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- c) Price(s) and volume(s) Sale Price(s) Volume(s) GBP24.00 300,731 ---------- ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- d) Aggregated information: See 4c) above * Aggregated volume * Price ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- e) Date of the transaction 1 April 2021 ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated a) Name Daniel Burns ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 2. Reason for the Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------------ a) Position/status Non-Executive Director ------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial Notification ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ a) Name Best of the Best plc ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- b) LEI 213800A7RTSCF8IWQ247 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 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 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in Financial instrument, the capital of the company ("Ordinary type of instrument Shares") Identification code GB00B16S3505 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- b) Nature of the transaction Purchase of Ordinary Shares ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- c) Price(s) and volume(s) Purchase Price(s) Volume(s) GBP24.00 20,833 ---------- ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- d) Aggregated information: See 4c) above * Aggregated volume * Price ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- e) Date of the transaction 1 April 2021 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) ------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated a) Name Ben Hughes ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- 2. Reason for the Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ a) Position/status Marketing Director ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial Notification ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- 3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ a) Name Best of the Best plc ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- b) LEI 213800A7RTSCF8IWQ247 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- 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 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in Financial instrument, the capital of the company ("Ordinary type of instrument Shares") Identification code GB00B16S3505 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- b) Nature of the transaction Exercise of Options and Sale of Ordinary Shares ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) Exercise of Options GBP2.25 30,648 ---------- ---------- Sale of Ordinary Shares GBP24.00 30,648 ---------- ---------- ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- d) Aggregated information: See 4c) above * Aggregated volume * Price ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- e) Date of the transaction 1 April 2021 ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) ------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
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