Director/PDMR Shareholding
Mercia Asset Management PLC announced that James Sly, Group Finance Director, acquired 76,923 ordinary shares at 26.00 pence per share on January 23, 2026, through his SIPP. Following this transaction, Mr. Sly beneficially holds 76,923 ordinary shares, representing 0.02% of the company's issued ordinary share capital. This acquisition by a key executive could be viewed positively by the market.
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| RNS | 26 January 2026 |
Mercia Asset Management PLC
("Mercia", the "Group" or the "Company")
PDMR Dealing
Mercia Asset Management PLC (AIM: MERC), the regionally focused, private capital asset manager with c.£2.0billion of assets under management, announces that it has received notifications of the following transaction relating to Ordinary shares of £0.00001 each in the capital of Mercia ("Ordinary Shares") by a PDMR of the Company as follows:
- James Sly, Group Finance Director, became beneficially interested in 76,923 Ordinary Shares. The shares were bought at 26.00 pence per share, via his SIPP.
Following the above transaction, James Sly is beneficially interested in the following number of Ordinary Shares:
| PDMR | Number of Ordinary Shares | Percentage of issued Ordinary share capital | ||||
| James Sly | 76,923 | 0.02 | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | James Sly | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position / status | PDMR | ||||
| b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial | ||||
| a) | Name | Mercia Asset Management PLC | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800A1Q4CF57NECG66 | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of £0.00001 each ISIN: GB00BSL71W47 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of 76,923 Ordinary shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A - single transaction | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 23 January 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | AIM (AIMX) |
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