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RNS Number : 3173J

Escher Group Holdings PLC

28 March 2018

28 March 2018

Escher Group Holdings plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Escher Group Holdings plc (AIM: ESCH, "Escher" or "the Group"), a world leading provider of outsourced, point of service software to the postal industry, received notification from a number of directors and PDMRs about sales of Ordinary Shares and exercise of options and subsequent sale of Ordinary Shares by way of acceptance of the Takeover Offer of Exeter Acquisition Limited - full details are below.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

Sales of Ordinary Shares by way of acceptance of the Takeover Offer of Exeter Acquisition Limited

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

 
       Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
   1    / person closely associated 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)    Names                          1. Liam Church 
                                       2. Fionnuala Higgins 
                                       3. Jacob Skowronek 
                                       4. Jeremy Folkes 
                                       5. Peter Dreifus 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)    Position/status                1. Liam Church - President and Chief Executive 
                                       Officer 
                                       2. Fionnuala Higgins - Chief Commercial 
                                       Officer 
                                       3. Jacob Skowronek - General Manger US 
                                       Delivery 
                                       4. Jeremy Folkes - Chief Product Officer 
                                       5. Peter Dreifus - Chief Administrative 
                                       Officer 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification           Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)    Name                           Escher Group Holdings plc 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                            213800J5MY8YOA1U9F06 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 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 EUR0.005 
        instrument, type of 
        instrument 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Identification code            IE00B6SKRB38 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Nature of the transaction      Sale of Ordinary Shares by way of acceptance 
                                       of the Takeover Offer of Exeter Acquisition 
                                       Limited 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 d)    Price(s) and volume(s)         1. Liam Church - 895,160 Ordinary Shares 
                                       at a price of 185 pence per Ordinary Share 
 
                                       2. Fionnuala Higgins - 895,160 Ordinary 
                                       Shares at a price of 185 pence per Ordinary 
                                       Share 
 
                                       3. Jacob Skowronek - 40,000 Ordinary Shares 
                                       at a price of 185 pence per Ordinary Share 
 
                                       4. Jeremy Folkes - 5,000 Ordinary Shares 
                                       at a price of 185 pence per Ordinary Share 
 
                                       5. Peter Dreifus - 80,000 Ordinary Shares 
                                       at a price of 185 pence per Ordinary Share 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information 
        - Aggregated volume             Aggregated volume: 1,915,320 Ordinary 
        - Price                         Shares 
                                        Price: 185 pence per Ordinary Share 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the transaction        27 March 2018 (the date the Offer became 
                                       unconditional in all respects) 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction       Outside of a trading venue 
----  -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 

Exercise of options and subsequent sale of Ordinary Shares by way of acceptance of the Takeover Offer of Exeter Acquisition Limited

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

 
       Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
   1    / person closely associated 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Names                       1. Liam Church 
                                    2. Clem Garvey 
                                    3. Fionnuala Higgins 
                                    4. Peter Dreifus 
                                    5. Pauline Kenna 
                                    6. Michael Sackton 
                                    7. Jacob Skowronek 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status             1. Liam Church - President and Chief 
                                    Executive Officer 
                                    2. Clem Garvey - Chief Financial Officer 
                                    3. Fionnuala Higgins - Chief Commercial 
                                    Officer 
                                    4. Peter Dreifus - Chief Administration 
                                    Officer 
                                    5. Pauline Kenna - General Manager Delivery 
                                    6. Michael Sackton - Chief Technical 
                                    Officer 
                                    7. Jacob Skowronek - General Manager 
                                    US Delivery 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification        Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                        Escher Group Holdings plc 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                         213800J5MY8YOA1U9F06 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 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          Options over Ordinary Shares of EUR0.005 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Identification code         IE00B6SKRB38 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Nature of the transaction   Exercise of options and, as envisaged, 
                                    the concurrent sale of Ordinary Shares 
                                    to Exeter Acquisition Limited under the 
                                    share option proposal made by Exeter 
                                    Acquisition Limited 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 d)    Price(s) and volume(s)      1. Liam Church - 25,000 options over 
                                    Ordinary Shares at a price of 185 pence 
                                    per Ordinary Share 
 
                                    2. Clem Garvey - 120,000 options over 
                                    Ordinary Shares at a price of 185 pence 
                                    per Ordinary Share 
 
                                    3. Fionnuala Higgins - 25,000 options 
                                    over Ordinary Shares at a price of 185 
                                    pence per Ordinary Share 
 
                                    4. Peter Dreifus - 18,000 options over 
                                    Ordinary Shares at a price of 185 pence 
                                    per Ordinary Share 
 
                                    5. Pauline Kenna - 10,000 options over 
                                    Ordinary Shares at a price of 185 pence 
                                    per Ordinary Share 
 
                                    6. Michael Sackton - 10,000 options over 
                                    Ordinary Shares at a price of 185 pence 
                                    per Ordinary Share 
 
                                    7. Jacob Skowronek - 18,000 options over 
                                    Ordinary Shares at a price of 185 pence 
                                    per Ordinary Share 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information      Aggregated volume: 226,000 options over 
        - Aggregated volume         Ordinary Shares 
        - Price                     Price: 185 pence per Ordinary Share 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the transaction     27 March 2018 (the date the proposal 
                                    became unconditional in all respects) 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction    Outside of a trading venue 
----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 

Enquiries:

 
 
   Escher www.eschergroupholdings.com        +353 (0)1 254 5400 
 Clem Garvey, Chief Financial Officer 
 
 Panmure Gordon                              +44 (0)20 7886 2500 
 Andrew Godber / Alina Vaskina, Corporate 
  Finance 
 Erik Anderson, Corporate Broking 
 
 Instinctif Partners                         +44 (0)20 7457 2020 
 Adrian Duffield / Chris Birt 
 

This information is provided by RNS

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