Change in Significant and Director Shareholdings
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4 December 2018
Green & Smart Holdings plc
("Green & Smart" or "the Company")
Change in Significant Shareholding and
Director / PDMR Shareholding
Green & Smart Holdings plc (AIM: GSH), a renewable energy company generating power from biogas captured through the treatment of palm oil mill effluent ("POME") in Malaysia, announces that it has been notified that Serba Dinamik Group Berhad ("SDGB"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad ("SDHB"), has purchased from K2M Ventures Sdn Bhd ("K2MV"), a company wholly owned by Mr Saravanan Rasaratnam (CEO and a director of the Company) and Mr Navindran Balakrishnan (COO and a director of the Company), 34,537,581 ordinary shares of no par value ("Ordinary Shares") in Green & Smart (the "Share Purchase"), representing 10.0% of the issued share capital of the Company. The conditions precedent to the Share Purchase have been fulfilled and the Share Purchase is due to settle within seven (7) days from 4 December 2018. The Share Purchase was at a price of 6.97 pence per share, being equal to the five-day volume weighted average price of the Company's shares on AIM up to and including 13 November 2018.
SDHB is a Malaysia-based investment holding company focused on the energy services industry. Serba Dinamik International Limited ("SDIL"), a significant shareholder in the Company, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SDHB. Following the Share Purchase, SDHB, through its ownership of SDGB and SDIL, has a beneficial interest in 86,343,581 Ordinary Shares in Green & Smart, representing 25.0% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Under the terms of the share purchase agreement, SDGB is entitled to appoint one non-executive director to the Company's Board of Directors. The appointment of the nominated non-executive director will be subject to the usual regulatory requirements for an AIM listed company.
The Company has also revised the terms of the Continuing Lock-in Agreement, detailed within the Company's admission document dated 6 May 2016, such that the 34,537,581 Ordinary Shares to be held by SDGB are subject to the terms of the Continuing Lock-in Agreement, under which SDGB has agreed not to dispose of any interest in any Ordinary Shares held by it unless a legal opinion is obtained from the Company's Malaysian lawyers in terms satisfactory to the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald Europe that no member of the Company is subject to any restriction on foreign ownership under the Malaysian Renewable Energy (Feed-in Approval and Feed-in Tariff Rate) Rules 2011 (as amended, extended or re-enacted from time to time).
Following the Share Purchase, K2MV has an interest in 112,319,753 Ordinary Shares representing 32.5% of the Company's issued share capital. Following the Share Purchase, Mr Rasaratnam and Mr Balakrishnan, through their direct and indirect holdings, have a beneficial interest in 68,003,211 and 68,003,210 Ordinary Shares respectively, representing 19.7% and 19.7% of the issued share capital of the Company respectively.
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 | Mr Saravanan Rasaratnam (Held through K2M Ventures Sdn Bhd) | ||||
2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer and Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Green & Smart Holdings plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800VRBEM772RI6T86 | ||||
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 no par value | ||||
Identification code | JE00BYTQ7945 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale of shares | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price |
17,268,790 shares 6.97 pence per ordinary share | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 4 December 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Mr Navindran Balakrishnan (Held through K2M Ventures Sdn Bhd) | ||||
2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Operating Officer and Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Green & Smart Holdings plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800VRBEM772RI6T86 | ||||
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 no par value | ||||
Identification code | JE00BYTQ7945 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale of shares | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price |
17,268,791 shares 6.97 pence per ordinary share | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 4 December 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
Enquiries
Green & Smart Holdings plc | |
Saravanan Rasaratnam, Chief Executive Officer Navindran Balakrishnan, Chief Operations Officer | +603 2095 0024 |
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser and Broker) | |
Phil Davies, Richard Salmond | +44 20 7894 7000 |
Luther Pendragon Ltd (Financial PR) | |
Claire Norbury, Alexis Gore | +44 20 7618 9100 |
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