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RNS Number : 4606M

Quixant PLC

30 April 2018

Quixant plc

("Quixant", the "Company" or the "Group")

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

Quixant (AIM: QXT), a leading provider of specialised computing platforms and monitors for gaming and slot machine applications, was notified on 27 April 2018 that on the same day certain directors of the Company, persons closely associated with directors of the Company ("PCA's") (together the "Director Vendors") and a founder shareholder of the Company sold a total of 2,239,025 existing ordinary shares of 0.1p in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 410 pence per Ordinary Share (the "Placing Shares" and the "Placing").

The Placing, which was oversubscribed, was undertaken in order to satisfy market demand and broaden the institutional shareholder base of the Company and represent, in aggregate, approximately 3.4 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.

Subsequent to the Placing, the Director Vendors revised shareholdings are set out below:

 
 Director Vendor          Placing Shares            Resultant shareholding 
                               sold 
-----------------  ---------------------------  ------------------------------ 
                          Number   % of Issued         Number      % of Issued 
                     of Ordinary         Share    of Ordinary    Share Capital 
                          Shares       Capital         Shares 
-----------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Nick Jarmany 
  and PCA's            1,309,177          2.0%     10,870,763            16.5% 
-----------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Jon Jayal 
  and PCA's              100,000          0.2%        360,200             0.5% 
-----------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  --------------- 
 Gary Mullins 
  and PCA's              629,848          1.0%      2,199,395             3.3% 
-----------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  --------------- 
 

Following the Placing, the aggregate Mullins family shareholding (comprising Gary Mullins, Sophie Mullins, Mark Mullins, John Mullins and Susan Mullins) amounts to 7,375,815 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 11.2% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

For further information please contact:

 
Quixant plc                                      Tel: +44 (0) 1223 892696 
Jon Jayal (Chief Executive Officer) 
 Cresten Preddy (Chief Financial Officer) 
 
Nominated Adviser and Broker: 
finnCap Ltd                                      Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500 
Matt Goode / Simon Hicks (Corporate Finance) 
 Simon Johnson / Alice Lane (Corporate Broking) 
 
Financial PR:                                    Tel: +44 (0) 7909 009173 
Alma PR 
John Coles 
Susie Hudson 
 

About Quixant

Quixant, founded in 2005, designs and manufactures highly optimised computing solutions and monitors principally for the global gaming industry. The Company is headquartered in Cambridge in the UK where the global sales function is based. North America sales and sales support is run from their subsidiary in Las Vegas. Quixant has its own manufacturing and engineering operation based in Taiwan and software engineering and customer support team based in Italy. All the specialised products software and manufacturing are produced in-house and Quixant owns all its own IP some of which is protected by patents and design rights.

In November 2015 Quixant acquired Densitron Technologies plc. Densitron has a strong heritage in the sale of electronic display solutions to global industrial markets. Through Densitron's experienced sales team, Quixant has a robust platform to build its business into wider industrial markets. In-depth information on the Company's products, markets, activities and history can be found on the corporate website at www.quixant.com.

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                             Nick Jarmany - Executive Vice-Chairman 
                                        Francesca Marzilli (PCA) 
---  -------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 2.   Reason for the Notification 
---  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Position/status                  PDMR 
---  -------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment   Initial notification 
---  -------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Name                             Quixant plc 
---  -------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                              2138003VERSWQP561X71 
---  -------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 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                   Ordinary shares of 0.1p 
       the Financial 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument 
--- 
      Identification                   GB00B99PCP71 
       code 
---  -------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the                    Sales of ordinary shares 
       transaction 
---  -------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and                      Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       volume(s)                        ---------  ---------- 
                                         410p       1,309,177 
                                        ---------  ---------- 
---  -------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information:          Sale of 1,309,177 ordinary 
        *    Aggregated volume          shares at 410p per ordinary 
                                        share 
 
        *    Price 
---  -------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction          27/04/2018 
---  -------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the                     AIM Market (XLON) 
       transaction 
---  -------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
---  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Jon Jayal - Chief Executive 
                                        Officer 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 2.   Reason for the Notification 
---  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                  PDMR 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment   Initial notification 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Quixant plc 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                              2138003VERSWQP561X71 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 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                   Ordinary shares of 0.1p 
       the Financial 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument 
--- 
      Identification                   GB00B99PCP71 
       code 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the                    Sales of ordinary shares 
       transaction 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and                      Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       volume(s)                        ---------  ---------- 
                                         410p       100,000 
                                        ---------  ---------- 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information:          Sale of 100,000 ordinary shares 
        *    Aggregated volume          at 410p per ordinary share 
 
 
        *    Price 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction          27/04/2018 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the                     AIM Market (XLON) 
       transaction 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 
 
 5.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
---  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Gary Mullins - Group Strategic 
                                        Sales Director 
                                        Sophie Mullins (PCA) 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 6.   Reason for the Notification 
---  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                  PDMR 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment   Initial notification 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 7.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Quixant plc 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                              2138003VERSWQP561X71 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 8.   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                   Ordinary shares of 0.1p 
       the Financial 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument 
--- 
      Identification                   GB00B99PCP71 
       code 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the                    Sales of ordinary shares 
       transaction 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and                      Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       volume(s)                        ---------  ---------- 
                                         410p       629,848 
                                        ---------  ---------- 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information:          Sale of 629,848 ordinary shares 
        *    Aggregated volume          at 410p per ordinary share 
 
 
        *    Price 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction          27/04/2018 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the                     AIM Market (XLON) 
       transaction 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 

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