Harworth chief executive sells £280,062 of shares to Peel Bidco under takeover offer terms
A notification filed with the FCA shows Harworth Group chief executive Lynda Shillaw sold 149,766 ordinary shares at £1.87 each on 6 October 2026, worth £280,062.42, to Peel Pepper (UK) Limited under the terms of its offer for the company.
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An FCA Director/PDMR notification shows Harworth Group chief executive Lynda Shillaw sold 149,766 ordinary shares at £1.87 each, worth £280,062.42, on 6 October 2026 to Peel Pepper (UK) Limited ("Peel Bidco") under the terms of Peel Bidco's offer for Harworth, with a further 17,984 shares sold at the same price on 7 October 2026.
- Seller
- Lynda Shillaw, Chief Executive
- Shares sold (6 October)
- 149,766 at £1.87 each
- Value of 6 October sale
- £280,062.42
- Buyer
- Peel Pepper (UK) Limited ("Peel Bidco")
- Second disposal (7 October)
- 17,984 shares at £1.87 each
Harworth Group plc has disclosed that its chief executive, Lynda Shillaw, agreed to sell 149,766 ordinary shares at £1.87 per share on 6 October 2026, a transaction worth £280,062.42, according to the Director/PDMR Shareholding notification published on the FCA's National Storage Mechanism on 8 October 2026.
The notification states that the shares were sold to Peel Pepper (UK) Limited, referred to in the filing as "Peel Bidco", under the terms of Peel Bidco's offer for Harworth. The transaction took place outside a trading venue.
The same filing discloses a second sale by Shillaw of 17,984 ordinary shares, also at £1.87 per share, on 7 October 2026, likewise outside a trading venue.
The filing does not describe the wider terms of Peel Bidco's offer for Harworth or state what proportion of Shillaw's total shareholding these sales represent.
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