Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Gym Group PLC (The)
09 July 2021
 

09 July 2021

 

THE GYM GROUP PLC ("THE COMPANY")

 

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and their Persons Closely Associated ("PCAs") 

Pursuant to the notification obligations in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation, the Company has been notified of the following transactions in Ordinary Shares of £0.0001 each in the Company ("Shares") by Directors/PDMRs and their PCAs:

 

Name

Position or status

Number of shares sold

Sale price per share

Ordinary shareholding following transaction(s)

Richard Darwin

Chief Executive Officer

325,000

278.46p

621,760

Charlotte Darwin

PCA of Richard Darwin

25,000

278.46p

100,000

 

In addition, Richard Darwin has transferred 89,242 shares to Charlotte Darwin, PCA.

 

Richard retains a substantial interest over 721,760 ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company, having not sold any shares in the Company (other than to meet tax and NI liabilities when exercising a share award) since its IPO in 2015. Richard also retains options over 843,256 shares in the Company under the Company's employee share schemes.

 

1.

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

Richard Darwin

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

The Gym Group plc

b)

LEI

213800VCU9TBANZIN455

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 instrument

Ordinary Shares of 0.01 pence each

 

ISIN: GB00BZBX0P70

 

b)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

278.46p

325,000

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

 

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

8/7/2021

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON

 

1.

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

Charlotte Darwin

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

PCA of Richard Darwin, 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

The Gym Group plc

b)

LEI

213800VCU9TBANZIN455

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 instrument

Ordinary Shares of 0.01 pence each

 

ISIN: GB00BZBX0P70

 

b)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of shares

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

278.46p

25,000

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

 

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

8/7/2021

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON

 

1.

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

Richard Darwin

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

The Gym Group plc

b)

LEI

213800VCU9TBANZIN455

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 instrument

Ordinary Shares of 0.01 pence each

 

ISIN: GB00BZBX0P70

 

b)

Nature of the transaction

Transfer to PCA Charlotte Darwin

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil

89,242

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

 

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

9/7/2021

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

The Gym Group:

Penny Hughes, Chairwoman

Mark George, CFO

 

via Tulchan Communications

Tulchan Communications:

James Macey White

Elizabeth Snow

Laura Marshall

 

+44 (0) 207 353 4200

 

 

 

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