Acquisition of The IT Recruitment Network Ltd

05 January 2010

5 January 2010

Network Group Holdings plc

("NGH" or the "Company")

Acquisition of The IT Recruitment Network Ltd

The Company is pleased to announce that on 31 December 2009 it acquired 100 per cent. of the IT Recruitment Network Limited ("ITRN") from Pertemps Investments Limited ("PIL") for £1.  

ITRN was formed in April 2008 and is based in Solihull. The business provides both temporary and permanent recruitment, operating in the sector of Information technology.  For the eight month period ended 31 December 2008 ITRN had turnover of £56,000 and as at 31 December 2008 had gross assets of £98,000.


Holdings in Company

The Company announces that it was notified on 4 January 2010 that on 31 December 2009 the following directors, or persons connected to the following directors of the Company acquired shares in the Company:

 

 

No. of shares acquired

Purchase price 

(pence per share)

John E Smith

200,000

10

Spencer Jones

100,000

10

Paul Davis

100,000

10

Nigel Dudley  (see note 1)

100,000

10

David Waller  (see note 2)

50,000

10

John James  (see note 1)

50,000

10

 

Note 1 - shares acquired by the wife of the director

Note 2 - shares acquired by Delaware Investments Limited, a company controlled by the director

 

On the same date Jonathan D Smith, executive director of the company, sold 605,000 ordinary shares at a price of 10 pence per share.

 

Following this transaction, the notifiable holdings of the directors are as follows

 

 

No. of ordinary shares

%

Jonathan D Smith

4,358,068

6.17

John E Smith

3,536,560

5.01

Spencer Jones

119,039

0.17

Paul Davis

100,000

0.14

Nigel Dudley

111,424

0.16

David Waller

50,000

0.07

John James

60,000

0.08

 

For further information please contact: 

 

Network Group Holdings plc

Spencer Jones

www.networkgroupholdings.co.uk

 

01676 525 000

Nominated Adviser

Arden Partners plc

Steve Douglas

0121 423 8943

 


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Published : 04/02/2010 12:51:01

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