Director/PDMR Shareholding
LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / March 22, 2018 / Jackpotjoy plc (LSE: JPJ) (the "Company"), announces that it was notified on 21 March 2018 that on the same day Neil Goulden, Executive Chairman of the Company, and Simon Wykes, Chief Executive Officer of Jackpotjoy Operations Limited, purchased ordinary shares of £0.10 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as follows:
Director | Number of Ordinary Shares purchased | Price | Number of Ordinary Shares held following the transaction | % of Company's issued share capital held |
Neil Goulden | 25,000 | £8.20 | 65,000 | 0.09% |
Simon Wykes | 5,031 | £8.20 | 5,031 | 0.01% |
The Company was notified on 22 March 2018 that on the same day Keith Laslop, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, exercised options under the Jackpotjoy plc Share Option Plan (the "JPJ Share Option Plan") as follows:
Director | Number of Options exercised | Exercise Price | Number of Ordinary Shares held following the transaction | % of Company's issued share capital held |
Keith Laslop | 100,000 | CA$4.00 | 838,606 | 1.13% |
The newly purchased shares by each of Neil Goulden and Simon Wykes and the shares received on exercise of options by Keith Laslop will count toward their respective shareholding requirement as directors as outlined in the Company's remuneration policy, to be voted on by shareholders in June.
The notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014
1. | Details of PDMR | |||||
a) | Name | Neil Goulden | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Executive Chairman | ||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer | |||||
a) | Name | Jackpotjoy plc | ||||
b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 213800J9SZ4YJ2RYMU17 | ||||
4. | Details of the transaction(s) | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument | Ordinary Shares of £0.10 each | ||||
b) | Identification code | GB00BZ14BX56 | ||||
c) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of 25,000 Ordinary Shares | ||||
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price | N/A - single transaction | ||||
f) | Date of the transaction | 21 March 2018 (UK) | ||||
g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1. | Details of PDMR | |||||
a) | Name | Simon Wykes | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | CEO, Jackpotjoy Operations Limited | ||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer | |||||
a) | Name | Jackpotjoy plc | ||||
b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 213800J9SZ4YJ2RYMU17 | ||||
4. | Details of the transaction(s) | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument | Ordinary Shares of £0.10 each | ||||
b) | Identification code | GB00BZ14BX56 | ||||
c) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of 5,031 Ordinary Shares | ||||
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price | N/A - single transaction | ||||
f) | Date of the transaction | 21 March 2018 (UK) | ||||
g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1. | Details of PDMR | |||||
a) | Name | Keith Laslop | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer | |||||
a) | Name | Jackpotjoy plc | ||||
b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 213800J9SZ4YJ2RYMU17 | ||||
4. | Details of the transaction(s) | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument | Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.10 each | ||||
b) | Identification code | GB00BZ14BX56 | ||||
c) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of Options under the Jackpotjoy plc Share Option Plan | ||||
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated price | N/A - single transaction | ||||
f) | Date of the transaction | 22 March 2018 (UK) | ||||
g) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
About Jackpotjoy plc
Jackpotjoy plc is the parent company of an online gaming group that provides entertainment to a global consumer base through its subsidiaries. Jackpotjoy plc currently offers bingo and casino games to its customers through its subsidiaries using the InterCasino (www.intercasino.com), Costa (www.costabingo.com), Vera&John (www.verajohn.com), Jackpotjoy (www.jackpotjoy.com), Starspins (www.starspins.com) and Botemania (www.botemania.es) brands. For more information about Jackpotjoy plc, please visit www.jackpotjoyplc.com.
Enquiries:
Jackpotjoy plc
Jason Holden, Director of Investor Relations
+44 (0) 203 907 4032
+44 (0) 7812 142118
jason.holden@jpj.com
Jackpotjoy Group
Amanda Brewer, Vice President of Corporate Communications
+1 (0) 416 720 8150
amanda.brewer@jpj.com
Finsbury
James Leviton
Andy Parnis
+44 (0) 207 251 3801
jackpotjoy@finsbury.com
SOURCE: Jackpotjoy plc via RNS, the company news service from the London Stock Exchange
