Marshall Motor Holdings PLC Exercise of Share Options (9040X)

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RNS Number : 9040X

Marshall Motor Holdings PLC

24 December 2019

24 December 2019

MARSHALL MOTOR HOLDINGS PLC

("MMH" or the "Company")

Vesting of 2016 LTIP, Director Shareholdings and Total Voting Rights

Marshall Motor Holdings Plc, one of the UK's leading automotive retail groups, announces that on 23 December 2019 certain Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities ('PDMRs') of the Company exercised nil cost options over ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") (the "2016 LTIPs") granted under the Marshall Motor Holdings Plc Performance Share Plan ("PSP").

In addition, the Company's Remuneration Committee has determined that, taking into account the Company's performance over the performance period (being the three financial years ended 31 December 2018), further Shares would be awarded to those Directors and PDMRs for nil cost by the trustee of the MMH Employee Benefit Trust, with those further Shares subject to the same holding period that applies to the 2016 LTIPs.

As a result, the interests of the following Directors and PDMRs in Shares have changed as follows:

 
Name             Position              Number of    Number of         Resultant   % holding of 
                                        new Shares   Shares* awarded   interest    total issued 
                                        over which   by Trustee        in Shares   share capital 
                                        2016 LTIPs                                 of Company 
                                        exercised* 
---------------  --------------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------  -------------- 
Daksh Gupta      Chief Executive       39,994       69,993            1,451,111   1.85% 
Jamie Crowther   Operations Director   5,999        10,499            65,490      0.08% 
Stephen Jones    Company Secretary     4,499        7,874             39,051      0.05% 
 

*associated tax and national insurance contribution liabilities arising in respect of the exercise of the 2016 LTIPs and delivery of additional shares have already been cash settled.

A further 9,297 new Shares were issued pursuant to exercise of the 2016 LTIPs by persons other than directors or PDMRs. An application for admission to trading of the 59,789 total new Shares issued and allotted pursuant to the 2016 LTIPs as set out above has today been submitted to London Stock Exchange plc and admission is expected to become effective on 31 December 2019.

Following admission of the new Shares, the Company hereby notifies that, as at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 78,232,237 Shares, with each share carrying the right to one vote. The Company does not hold any Shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of Shares in the Company with voting rights is 78,232,237. The above figure of 78,232,237 Shares 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 to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Details of the notifications received by the Company are set out below:

 
1      Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
        / person closely associated 
a)     Name                             Daksh Gupta 
2      Reason for notification 
a)     Position/status                  Chief Executive 
b)     Initial notification             Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
3      Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
a)     Name                             Marshall Motor Holdings plc 
b)     LEI                              213800BP3HZWHDWXAY78 
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 64p each 
        instrument, type of instrument   GB00BVYB2Q58 
        Identification code 
b)     Nature of the transaction              1. Acquisition of Shares for nil cost 
                                               in connection with the Marshall Motor 
                                               Holdings plc Performance Share Plan 
                                               2. Award of Shares 
c)     Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)           Volume(s) 
                                                1. GBPNil    39,994 
                                                 2. GBPNil    69,993 
d)     Aggregated information           N/A 
        - Aggregated volume 
        - Price 
e)     Date of the transaction          23 December 2019 
f)     Place of the transaction         Outside a trading venue 
1      Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
        / person closely associated 
a)     Name                             Jamie Crowther 
2      Reason for notification 
a)     Position/status                  Operations Director 
b)     Initial notification             Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
3      Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
a)     Name                             Marshall Motor Holdings plc 
b)     LEI                              213800BP3HZWHDWXAY78 
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 64p each 
        instrument, type of instrument   GB00BVYB2Q58 
        Identification code 
b)     Nature of the transaction              1. Acquisition of Shares for nil cost 
                                               in connection with the Marshall Motor 
                                               Holdings plc Performance Share Plan 
                                               2. Award of Shares 
c)     Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)           Volume(s) 
                                                1. GBPNil    5,999 
                                                 2. GBPNil    10,499 
d)     Aggregated information           N/A 
        - Aggregated volume 
        - Price 
e)     Date of the transaction          23 December 2019 
f)     Place of the transaction         Outside a trading venue 
1      Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
        / person closely associated 
a)     Name                             Stephen Jones 
2      Reason for notification 
a)     Position/status                  Company Secretary 
b)     Initial notification             Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
3      Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
a)     Name                             Marshall Motor Holdings plc 
b)     LEI                              213800BP3HZWHDWXAY78 
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 64p each 
        instrument, type of instrument     GB00BVYB2Q58 
        Identification code 
b)     Nature of the transaction              1. Acquisition of Shares for nil cost 
                                               in connection with the Marshall Motor 
                                               Holdings plc Performance Share Plan 
                                               2. Award of Shares 
c)     Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                          GBPNil     4,499 
                                           GBPNil     7,874 
d)     Aggregated information           N/A 
        - Aggregated volume 
        - Price 
e)     Date of the transaction          23 December 2019 
f)     Place of the transaction         Outside a trading venue 
 
 
 ENDS 
 

For further information and enquiries please contact:

 
 Marshall Motor Holdings plc            c/o Hudson Sandler Tel: +44 (0) 
                                         20 7796 4133 
 Daksh Gupta, Chief Executive Officer 
  Richard Blumberger, Chief Financial 
  Officer 
 
 Investec Bank plc (NOMAD & Broker)     Tel: [phone] 
 Christopher Baird 
 David Flin 
 David Anderson 
 
 Hudson Sandler                         Tel: [phone] 
 Nick Lyon 
  Bertie Berger 
  Nick Moore 
 

Notes to Editors

About Marshall Motor Holdings plc (www.mmhplc.com)

The Group's principal activities are the sale and repair of new and used vehicles. The Group's businesses comprise a total of 119 franchises covering 24 brands, operating from 96 locations across 28 counties in England. In addition, the Group operates six trade parts specialists, two used car centres, six standalone body shops and one pre delivery inspection centre.

In May 2019 the Group was recognised by the Great Place to Work Institute, being ranked the 11th best place to work in the UK (super large company category). This was the ninth year in succession that the Group has achieved Great Place to Work status.

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