Robinson PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (6006V)

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RNS Number : 6006V

Robinson PLC

15 April 2021

Robinson plc

15 April 2021

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

Total Voting Rights

Robinson plc ("Robinson" or the "Group" stock code: RBN), the custom manufacturer of plastic and paperboard packaging, announces that the Company has issued 140,056 ordinary shares of 0.5p in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") from treasury to satisfy the exercise of options over Ordinary Shares by Guy Robinson, Director of the Company, at an exercise price of 69 pence each ("Exercise"). Following the Exercise, Mr. Robinson's resultant interest in the Company will be 1,352,657 Ordinary Shares, representing 8.07% of the Company's voting rights.

Following the issue of the Ordinary Shares from treasury, the Company's issued share capital remains 17,687,223 Ordinary Shares of which 933,778 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights in the Company is 16,753,445. Accordingly, the figure of 16,753,445 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 Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:

 
Robinson plc                        www.robinsonpackaging.com 
Helene Roberts, CEO                 Tel: [phone] 
 Mike Cusick, Finance Director 
 
finnCap Limited 
Ed Frisby / Giles Rolls, Corporate  Tel: [phone] 
 Finance 
 Tim Redfern / Barney Hayward, ECM 
 

About Robinson:

Being a purpose-led business, Robinson specialises in custom packaging with technical and value-added solutions for food and consumer product hygiene, safety, protection, and convenience; going above and beyond to create a sustainable future for our people and our planet. Its main activity is in injection and blow moulded plastic packaging and rigid paperboard luxury packaging, operating within the food and beverage, homecare, personal care and beauty, and luxury gift sectors. Robinson provides products and services to major players in the fast-moving consumer goods market including McBride, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson and Unilever.

Headquartered in Chesterfield, UK, Robinson has 3 plants in the UK, 2 in Poland and recently acquired a plant in Denmark, Schela Plast. Schela Plast specialises in the design and manufacture of plastic blow moulded containers, serving a number of the major FMCG brands in Denmark and neighbouring countries.

Robinson was formerly a family business with its origins dating back 180 years, currently employing nearly 400 people. The Group also has a substantial property portfolio with development potential.

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                             Guy Robinson 
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            2.   Reason for the Notification 
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 a)              Position/status                  Property Director 
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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                             Robinson plc 
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 b)              LEI                              213800591SNLBFFF7M61 
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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                 Options over Ordinary 
                  Financial instrument,               shares of 0.5p 
                  type of instrument 
                 Identification code              GB00B00K4418 
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 b)              Nature of the transaction         Exercise of options 
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 c)              Price(s) and volume(s)            Exercise Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                                    69 pence             140,056 
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 d)              Aggregated information: 
                   *    Aggregated volume           As above 
 
 
                   *    Price 
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 e)              Date of the transaction          14 April 2021 
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 f)              Place of the transaction         Outside of trading venue 
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