Director/PDMR/PCA Shareholding

RNS Number : 1100F
Blackbird PLC
10 July 2019
 

10 July 2019

 

Blackbird plc

("Blackbird" or the "Company")

 

Director/PDMR/PCA Shareholding

 

Blackbird plc (AIM: BIRD), the developer and seller of cloud video platform technology using its patented Blackbird technology, has been notified that on 9 July 2019, Ian McDonough, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, purchased 100,000 ordinary shares of 0.8 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 6.645 pence per Ordinary Share.

 

Ian McDonough and his wife Syarifah Aidid, a person closely associated with Ian McDonough, now hold a total beneficial interest in 3,639,562 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to approximately 1.23 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

 

Contacts:

 

Blackbird Plc

 

Tel: +44 (0)20 8879 7245

Ian McDonough, Chief Executive Officer

 

Adrian Lambert, Marketing Director

 

 

 

Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656

Nick Naylor

 

Nicholas Chambers

 

 

 

Yellow Jersey (Financial PR)

Tel: +44 (0)776 932 5254

Joe Burgess

 

 

Felicity Winkles

 

 

       

 

About Blackbird plc

Blackbird operates in the fast-growing SaaS and cloud video market, and has created the world's most advanced suite of cloud-native computing applications for video, all underpinned by its lightning-fast codec. Blackbird's patented technology allows for frame accurate navigation, playback, viewing and editing in the cloud. Blackbird underpins multiple applications, which are used by rights holders, broadcasters, sports and news video specialists, esports, live events and content owners, post-production houses, other mass market digital video channels and corporations.

 

Since it is cloud-native, Blackbird removes the need for costly, high end workstations and can be used from almost anywhere on almost any device. It also allows full visibility on multi-location digital content, improves time to market for live content such as video clips and highlights for social media distribution, and ultimately results in much more effective monetisation.

 

Blackbird(R) is a registered trademark of Blackbird plc.

 

Websites
www.blackbird.video
 

Social media

www.linkedin.com/company/blackbird-cloud
www.twitter.com/blackbirdcloud
www.facebook.com/blackbirdplc 

 

 

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

Ian McDonough

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive Officer

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

 

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

a)

Name

Blackbird plc

b)

LEI

2138006DWRVTIAVW3415

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 0.8p each in Blackbird plc

 

Identification code (ISIN) for Blackbird plc ordinary shares: GB0004740477

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of Ordinary Shares

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

6.645p

100,000

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

9 July 2019

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, AIM

 


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