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RNS Number : 9840B

Tristel PLC

07 April 2017

Tristel plc

("Tristel" or "the Company")

GBP5.8m placing of 3,329,371 new and existing Ordinary Shares

Exercise of Options

Director Dealing

Tristel plc (AIM: TSTL), the manufacturer of infection prevention, contamination control and hygiene products, is pleased to announce that in order to satisfy market demand and broaden the institutional shareholder base of the Company, finnCap, as the Company's broker, have conducted a placing of 3,086,871 existing ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the Company and 242,500 new Ordinary Shares (the "Placing Shares" and the "Placing") with new and existing institutional investors.

The Placing Shares have been sold on behalf of certain directors of the Company (the "Vendors"). The Placing Shares were sold at a price of 175 pence per share and represent, in aggregate, 7.79 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.

Included in the shares sold by the Vendors are 242,500 Ordinary Shares sold by Paul Swinney, pursuant to an exercise of options under the Tristel plc Performance Share Plan 2009 ("the 2009 Option Plan").

Subsequent to the Placing, the Vendors revised shareholdings are set out below:

 
 Vendors                Placing Shares sold           Resultant shareholding 
----------------  ------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
                         Number      % of Issued         Number      % of Issued 
                    of Ordinary    Share Capital    of Ordinary    Share Capital 
                         Shares                          Shares 
----------------  -------------  ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Francisco 
  Soler*              2,500,000            5.85%      8,413,834           19.70% 
----------------  -------------  ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Paul Swinney**         689,371            1.61%        483,129            1.13% 
----------------  -------------  ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Paul Barnes            140,000            0.33%        590,180            1.38% 
----------------  -------------  ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
 

*Includes family and related corporate vehicles

**following the sale of 242,500 Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of options under the 2009 Option Plan, Paul Swinney now holds 1,156,679 options, representing 2.71% of the issued share capital.

Application has been made for the 247,500 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"), including 5,000 new Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of employee share options. The employee options are not being sold as part of the Placing and dealings in 247,500 new Ordinary Shares are expected to commence on 12 April 2017. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue following Admission will be 42,718,917. Accordingly, the figure of 42,718,917 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.

The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

For further information please contact:

 
 Tristel plc                                        Tel: 01638 721 500 
 Paul Swinney, Chief 
  Executive Officer 
 Liz Dixon, Finance 
  Director 
 
 Walbrook PR Ltd          Tel: 020 7933 8780 or tristel@walbrookpr.com 
 Paul McManus                                       Mob: 07980 541 893 
 Lianne Cawthorne                                   Mob: 07854 391 303 
 
 finnCap                                            Tel: 020 7220 0500 
 Geoff Nash (Corporate 
  Finance) 
 Giles Rolls (Corporate 
  Finance) 
 Alice Lane (Corporate 
  Broking) 
 

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                             Francisco Soler 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 2.   Reason for the Notification 
---  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                  PDMR 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment    Initial notification 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Tristel plc 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                              n/a 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 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                     Ordinary shares 
       the Financial                       of 1p 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument 
--- 
      Identification                   GB00B07RVT99 
       code 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the                      Sale of ordinary shares 
       transaction 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and                      Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       volume(s)                        ---------  ---------- 
                                         175p       2,500,000 
                                        ---------  ---------- 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information: 
        *    Aggregated volume           Sale of 2,500,000 ordinary 
                                         shares of 1p pence at GBP1.75 
                                         per ordinary share 
        *    Price 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction          7 April 2017 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the                     London Stock Exchange, AIM 
       transaction                      Market (XLON) 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 
 5.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
---  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Paul Barnes 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 6.   Reason for the Notification 
---  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                  PDMR 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment    Initial notification 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 7.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Tristel plc 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                              n/a 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 8.   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                     Ordinary shares 
       the Financial                       of 1p 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument 
--- 
      Identification                   GB00B07RVT99 
       code 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the                      Sale of ordinary shares 
       transaction 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and                      Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       volume(s)                        ---------  ---------- 
                                         175p       140,000 
                                        ---------  ---------- 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information: 
        *    Aggregated volume           Sale of 140,000 ordinary shares 
                                         of 1p pence at GBP1.75 per 
                                         ordinary share 
        *    Price 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction          7 April 2017 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the                     London Stock Exchange, AIM 
       transaction                      Market (XLON) 
---  -------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 
 9.    Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities / person closely associated 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                             Paul Swinney 
----  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 10.   Reason for the Notification 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                  PDMR 
----  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification/Amendment    Initial notification 
----  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 11.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                             Tristel plc 
----  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                              n/a 
----  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 12.   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                     Ordinary shares 
        the Financial                       of 1p 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
---- 
       Identification                   GB00B07RVT99 
        code 
----  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of the                      Exercise of share options and sale of ordinary shares 
        transaction 
----  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and                      Price(s)   Volume(s) 
        volume(s)                        ---------  ---------- 
                                          53.75p     242,500 
                                         ---------  ---------- 
                                          175p       689,371 
                                         ---------  ---------- 
----  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information: 
         *    Aggregated volume 
                                          Exercise of 242,500 share 
                                          options 
         *    Price                       Sale of 689,371 ordinary shares 
                                          of 1p pence at GBP1.75 per 
                                          ordinary share 
----  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the transaction          7 April 2017 
----  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the                     London Stock Exchange, AIM 
        transaction                      Market (XLON) 
----  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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