BLACKROCK THROGMORTON TRUST PLC BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plc
LEI: 5493003B7ETS1JEDPF59
Notification andpublicdisclosure oftransactions bypersonsdischarging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associatedwith them.
The Company has received notification that Louise Nash, a director of the Company:
(i) purchased 1,035 ordinary shares in the Company on 16 January 2024 at a price of £5.9605 per share (for a consideration of £6,169.12); and
(ii) sold 1,035 ordinary shares in the Company on 27 March 2024 at a price of £5.9605 per share (for a consideration of £6,169.12).
Such purchase and sale were undertaken pursuant to a discretionary investment management agreement between Ms Nash and a third-party discretionary investment manager (the "Discretionary Manager") notwithstanding a standing instruction of Ms Nash to the Discretionary Manager not to trade in the Company's shares on her behalf. The Discretionary Manager, discovering its error in acquiring shares in the Company in January 2024, contrary to Ms Nash's standing instructions, sold the shares on 27 March 2024 in an attempt to reverse the transaction. The Discretionary Manager first informed Ms Nash of these transactions on 2 April 2024 following the sale of the shares in question.
Following these transactions, Ms Nash holds 3,900 ordinary shares in the Company.
1 | Details ofthe person discharging managerial responsibilities /person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name
| Louise Nash | ||||||
2 | Reason for thenotification | |||||||
a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification
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3 | Detailsoftheissuer,emissionallowancemarketparticipant,auctionplatform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a) | Name | BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 5493003B7ETS1JEDPF59 | ||||||
4.1 | Detailsofthetransaction(s):sectiontoberepeatedfor(i)eachtypeofinstrument; (ii)eachtypeoftransaction;(iii)eachdate;and(iv)eachplacewheretransactions havebeen conducted | |||||||
a) | Description ofthe financialinstrument,type of instrument
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 5p each (shares)
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b) | Natureofthetransaction | Purchase of shares
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
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e) | Dateofthetransaction | 2024-01-16 | ||||||
f) | Place ofthetransaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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4.2 | Detailsofthetransaction(s):sectiontoberepeatedfor(i)eachtypeofinstrument; (ii)eachtypeoftransaction;(iii)eachdate;and(iv)eachplacewheretransactions havebeen conducted | |||||||
a) | Description ofthe financialinstrument,type of instrument
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 5p each (shares)
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b) | Natureofthetransaction | Sale of shares | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
| n/a | ||||||
e) | Dateofthetransaction | 2024-03-27 | ||||||
f) | Place ofthetransaction | Off exchange
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Enquiries:
Kevin Mayger
for and on behalf of BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Company Secretary
020 7743 1098
9 April 2024
