Exercise of Options and Directors’ Dealings

5 May 2017

Northern Bear PLC

(“Northern Bear” or the “Company”)

Exercise of Options and Directors’ Dealings

Northern Bear announces that it today received notice of the exercise of options over, in aggregate, 130,000 ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) at an exercise price of 28.5 pence per Ordinary Share (the “Option Shares”) from Steve Roberts, Graham Jennings and Tom Hayes, all of whom are Directors of the Company.

The Company has also been notified that Keith Soulsby, a Director of the Company, transferred 200,000 Ordinary Shares to his wife on 27 April 2017. These Ordinary Shares will remain included in Mr Soulsby’s beneficial interest in the Company and therefore his aggregate beneficial interest in Ordinary Shares remains unchanged.

Following the issue of the Option Shares, the beneficial shareholdings of the relevant Directors will be as follows:

Director PositionNumber of Option Shares to be issuedTotal Resultant Number of Ordinary Shares Resultant % of voting rights
Steve RobertsExecutive Chairman60,000813,3004.53
Graham JenningsManaging Director60,0001,336,2607.45
Tom HayesFinance Director10,00080,0000.45
Keith SoulsbyDirectorN/A771,0114.30

The Company has transferred 130,000 Ordinary Shares out of treasury to satisfy the issue of the Option Shares.  Following the issue of the Option Shares, the Company’s issued share capital will consist of 17,945,184 Ordinary Shares with voting rights; in addition, the Company will hold 474,540 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The aforementioned figure of 17,945,184 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company 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, Northern Bear under the Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

For further information, please contact:

Northern Bear PLC

Steve Roberts – Executive Chairman

Tom Hayes – Finance Director

 

+44 (0) 166 182 0369

+44 (0) 166 182 0369

 

Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

James Harris

James Spinney

James Bellman

+44 (0) 20 7409 3494

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014.

 

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)NameSteven Mark Roberts
2.Reason for the Notification
a)Position/statusDirector of the Company
b)Initial notification/amendmentInitial notification
3.Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)NameNorthern Bear plc
b)LEI21380039N5EBUGAE7T76
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, type of instrumentOrdinary shares of 1 pence each
Identification codeGB00B19FLM15
b)Nature of the TransactionExercise of options
c)Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)Volume(s)
28.5p60,000
d)Aggregated information

Aggregated volume Price

N/A (Single transaction)
e)Date of the transaction04 May 2017
f)Place of the transactionLondon Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

 

1.Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)NameGraham Roy Jennings
2.Reason for the Notification
a)Position/statusDirector of the Company
b)Initial notification/amendmentInitial notification
3.Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)NameNorthern Bear plc
b)LEI21380039N5EBUGAE7T76
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, type of instrumentOrdinary shares of 1 pence each
Identification codeGB00B19FLM15
b)Nature of the TransactionExercise of options
c)Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)Volume(s)
28.5p60,000
d)Aggregated information

Aggregated volume Price

N/A (Single transaction)
e)Date of the transaction04 May 2017
f)Place of the transactionLondon Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

 

1.Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)NameThomas Edward Hayes
2.Reason for the Notification
a)Position/statusDirector of the Company
b)Initial notification/amendmentInitial notification
3.Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)NameNorthern Bear plc
b)LEI21380039N5EBUGAE7T76
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, type of instrumentOrdinary shares of 1 pence each
Identification codeGB00B19FLM15
b)Nature of the TransactionExercise of options
c)Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)Volume(s)
28.5p10,000
d)Aggregated information

Aggregated volume Price

N/A (Single transaction)
e)Date of the transaction04 May 2017
f)Place of the transactionLondon Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)