EPE
Special Opportunities Limited
Vesting
of the Share Matching Scheme and PDMR Shareholdings
Vesting of the Share Matching
Scheme
EPE Special Opportunities Limited
(the "Company") announces that, on 8 April 2024 in the offices of
the Company's administrator, certain awards made under the
Company's share matching scheme (the "Scheme") vested to certain
members of the Board of Directors and EPIC Investment Partners LLP
("EPIC"), the Company's investment advisor (the "Participants")
(the "Vesting").
As a result of the Vesting, the
Participants' interests in jointly held vesting ordinary shares
("Matching Shares") have increased such that the Participants now
hold the entire beneficial interest in the Matching Shares (as
opposed to just a portion of the beneficial interest) and the
Participants now hold the full legal title to those ordinary
shares.
The interests in the Matching Shares
were transferred to Participants from the Company's employee
benefit trust. The number of ordinary shares in issue, not held by
the Company in treasury, is unchanged by the Vesting and remains
29,876,847 ordinary shares (which should be used as the denominator
for calculations of interests in the Company's voting
rights).
PDMR Shareholding
Certain members of EPIC and certain
Directors of the Company (being PDMRs of the Company) have received
the entire beneficial interest and
legal title to the Matching Shares as part
of the Vesting described above. The details of the Matching Shares
received by PDMRs are provided below:
PDMR
|
Role
|
Movement in Number of
Ordinary Shares Held
|
Number of Ordinary Shares
Held Following Movement
|
Percentage of Total Voting
Rights held Following Movement
|
Clive Spears
|
Company Director
|
2,895
|
70,520
|
0.2%
|
Heather Bestwick
|
Company Director
|
2,895
|
58,110
|
0.2%
|
David Pirouet
|
Company Director
|
2,895
|
41,145
|
0.1%
|
Giles Brand (and connected
parties)
|
Managing Partner of EPIC
|
23,158
|
10,633,214
|
35.6%
|
Hiren Patel
|
Managing Partner of EPIC
|
5,535
|
494,246
|
1.7%
|
The notification of dealing forms
for each PDMR can be found below. This announcement is made in
accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation
596/2014.
The person responsible for releasing
this information on behalf of the Company is Amanda Robinson of
Langham Hall Fund Management (Jersey) Limited.
Enquiries:
EPIC Investment Partners LLP
|
+44 (0) 207 269 8865
Alex Leslie
|
|
|
Langham Hall Fund Management (Jersey)
Limited
|
+44 (0) 153 488 5200
Amanda Robinson
|
|
|
Cardew Group Limited
|
+44 (0) 207 930 0777
Richard Spiegelberg
|
|
|
Numis Securities Limited
|
+44 (0) 207 260 1000
|
Nominated Advisor:
|
Stuart Skinner
|
Corporate Broker:
|
Charles Farquhar
|
DEALING
NOTIFICATION FORM
FOR USE
BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR CLOSELY
ASSOCIATED PERSONS
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
a)
|
Name
|
Clive Spears
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Company Director
|
b)
|
Initial
notification/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Name
|
EPE Special Opportunities
Limited
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800BQKN9C23A7LK98
|
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 instrument
|
Ordinary Shares of 5 pence
each
|
|
Identification code
|
BMG3163K1053
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Acquisition of interest in
shares
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volumes(s)
|
Price(s)1
|
Volume(s)
|
148.35p
|
2,895
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
|
|
Aggregated volume
|
2,895
|
|
Price
|
148.35p
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 April 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange;
AIM
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
a)
|
Name
|
Heather Bestwick
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Company Director
|
b)
|
Initial
notification/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Name
|
EPE Special Opportunities
Limited
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800BQKN9C23A7LK98
|
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 instrument
|
Ordinary Shares of 5 pence
each
|
|
Identification code
|
BMG3163K1053
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Acquisition of interest in
shares
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volumes(s)
|
Price(s)1
|
Volume(s)
|
148.35p
|
2,895
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
|
|
Aggregated volume
|
2,895
|
|
Price
|
148.35p
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 April 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange;
AIM
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
a)
|
Name
|
David Pirouet
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Company Director
|
b)
|
Initial
notification/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Name
|
EPE Special Opportunities
Limited
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800BQKN9C23A7LK98
|
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 instrument
|
Ordinary Shares of 5 pence
each
|
|
Identification code
|
BMG3163K1053
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Acquisition of interest in
shares
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volumes(s)
|
Price(s)1
|
Volume(s)
|
148.35p
|
2,895
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
|
|
Aggregated volume
|
2,895
|
|
Price
|
148.35p
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 April 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange;
AIM
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
a)
|
Name
|
Giles Brand (and connected
parties)
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Managing Partner of EPIC
|
b)
|
Initial
notification/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Name
|
EPE Special Opportunities
Limited
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800BQKN9C23A7LK98
|
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 instrument
|
Ordinary Shares of 5 pence
each
|
|
Identification code
|
BMG3163K1053
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Acquisition of interest in
shares
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volumes(s)
|
Price(s)1
|
Volume(s)
|
148.35p
|
23,158
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
|
|
Aggregated volume
|
23,158
|
|
Price
|
148.35p
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 April 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange;
AIM
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
a)
|
Name
|
Hiren Patel
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Managing Partner of EPIC
|
b)
|
Initial
notification/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Name
|
EPE Special Opportunities
Limited
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800BQKN9C23A7LK98
|
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 instrument
|
Ordinary Shares of 5 pence
each
|
|
Identification code
|
BMG3163K1053
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Acquisition of interest in
shares
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volumes(s)
|
Price(s)1
|
Volume(s)
|
148.35p
|
5,535
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
|
|
Aggregated volume
|
5,535
|
|
Price
|
148.35p
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 April 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange;
AIM
|
Note 1: PDMRs acquired an interest
in each ordinary share for the price given ("Interest Price"). The
Interest Price was calculated in relation to the size of interest
purchased (i.e. size of the interest not already held by the PDMR),
the Company's closing price on the day prior to the Vesting and the
Company's closing price on the day prior to the granting of the
share matching award.