Director/PDMR Shareholding
Mercia Asset Management PLC announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Mark Payton, purchased 121,760 ordinary shares for approximately £33,000, its Chief Financial Officer, Martin Glanfield, acquired 104,132 shares for around £27,600, and Chief Operating Officer, Jocelyne Bath, bought 50,442 shares for approximately £13,500. These transactions represent a reinvestment of part of their bonuses and the shares will be held for at least one year, increasing their respective beneficial interests to 7,643,165 shares (1.82%), 2,255,401 shares (0.54%), and 148,012 shares (0.04%) of the issued share capital.
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| RNS | 21 August 2026 |
Mercia Asset Management PLC
("Mercia", the "Company" or the "Group")
Director/PDMR Dealings
Mercia Asset Management PLC (AIM: MERC), the proactive, regionally focused private capital asset manager with over £2.2billion of assets under management, announces that it has received notifications of the following transactions relating to Ordinary shares of £0.00001 each in the capital of Mercia ("Ordinary Shares") by Directors and PDMRs of the Company as follows:
- Mark Payton, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, became beneficially interested in a further 121,760 Ordinary Shares. These shares were bought at 27.00 and 27.40 pence per share.
- Martin Glanfield, Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, became beneficially interested in a further 104,132 Ordinary Shares. These shares were bought at 26.50 pence per share.
- Jocelyne Bath, Chief Operating Officer of the Company, became beneficially interested in a further 50,442 Ordinary Shares. These shares were bought at 26.736 pence per share.
The personal share purchases by Messrs Payton, Glanfield and Bath (276,334 shares in total) are the re-investment of part of their 31 March 2026 net bonuses, and the shares will be held for a minimum period of one year.
Following the above transactions, Mark Payton, Martin Glanfield and Jocelyne Bath are beneficially interested in the following number of Ordinary Shares:
| Director/PDMR | Number of Ordinary Shares | Percentage of issued and voting Ordinary share capital | ||||
| Mark Payton* | 7,643,165 | 1.82% | ||||
| Martin Glanfield** | 2,255,401 | 0.54% | ||||
| Jocelyne Bath | 148,012 | 0.04% | ||||
| * Including 12,793 Ordinary Shares held by Katharine Yeo | ||||||
| ** Including 125,784 Ordinary Shares held by Bryonie Glanfield | ||||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Mark Payton | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position / status | Director (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 121,760 Ordinary shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
.40p 56,083 65,677 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 121,760 27.22p | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 20 August 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | AIM (AIMX) | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Martin Glanfield | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position / status | Director (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 104,132 Ordinary shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 104,132 26.50p | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 20 August 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | AIM (AIMX) | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Jocelyne Bath | ||||
| 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 50,442 Ordinary shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 50,442 26.736p | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 20 August 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | AIM (AIMX) | ||||
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