PDMR/PCA Dealing

RNS Number : 0442V
Audioboom Group PLC
09 December 2021
 

 

Audioboom Group plc

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

 

PDMR/PCA Dealing

Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the leading global podcast company, announces that it has been notified that, on 8 December, Nicholas Candy purchased 10,000 ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at 1075 pence per Ordinary Share.  Following this purchase, Nicholas Candy is directly and indirectly interested in a total of 2,332,602 Ordinary Shares, which is equivalent to c. 14.8 per cent. of the Company's total issued ordinary share capital. 

 

Of these, 2,197,602 Ordinary Shares are held by Candy Ventures sarl, of which Nicholas Candy is a 90 per cent. shareholder.  Candy Ventures sarl is a person closely associated with Steven Smith, a non-executive director of the Company, who is a person discharging managerial responsibilities.

 

The FCA notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, is appended below.

 

 

Enquiries

Audioboom Group plc

Tel: +44(0)300 303 3765

Stuart Last, Chief Executive Officer

Brad Clarke, Chief Financial Officer

 

 




finnCap Ltd (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Tel: +44(0)20 7220 0500

Jonny Franklin-Adams/Abigail Kelly/Milesh Hindocha (Corporate Finance)

Richard Chambers/Harriet Ward (ECM)

 

 


 

About Audioboom

Audioboom is a global leader in podcasting - our shows are downloaded more than 100 million times each month by 30 million unique listeners around the world. Audioboom is ranked as the fourth largest podcast publisher in the US by Triton Digital.

 

Audioboom's ad-tech and monetisation platform underpins a scalable content business that provides commercial services for a premium network of 250 top tier podcasts, with key partners including 'Casefile True Crime' (US), 'Morbid' (US), 'True Crime Obsessed' (US), 'The Morning Toast' (US), 'No Such Thing As A Fish' (UK), and 'The Cycling Podcast' (UK).

 

Audioboom Studios is home to a slate of content developed and produced by Audioboom including 'Dark Air with Terry Carnation', 'F1: Beyond The Grid', 'RELAX!', 'Covert', 'It's Happening with Snooki & Joey', 'Mafia', 'Huddled Masses' and 'What Makes A Killer'.

 

Audioboom operates internationally, with operations and global partnerships across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The platform allows content to be distributed via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Saavn, Stitcher, Facebook and Twitter as well as a partner's own websites and mobile apps. 

 

For more information, visit audioboom.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

Nicholas Candy (90% shareholder of Candy Ventures sarl)

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Candy Ventures sarl is a person closely associated with Steven Smith, a non-executive director of the Company

b) 

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Audioboom Group plc

b)

LEI

213800QO681575J97813

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 the financial instrument, type of instrument 

Identification code

Ordinary shares of no par value in Audioboom Group plc

 

Identification code (ISIN) for Audioboom Group plc ordinary shares: JE00BJYJFG60

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1075p

 

10,000

 

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 

e)

Date of the transaction

8 December 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, XLON

 

 

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