PDMR Announcement

K3 Business Technology Group PLC

15 January 2024

 

AIM: KBT

15 January 2024

K3 Business Technology Group plc

("K3", "Company" or "Group")

PDMR Announcement

K3, which provides business‐critical software solutions focused on fashion and apparel brands, has received notification from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on 12 January 2024 it acquired, on behalf of its discretionary clients, 38,000 ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") in the Company at an average price of £1.0916 per Share.

Mr Scott, a non-executive director of K3, is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in Kestrel. Mr Scott is also a shareholder in one of Kestrel's clients ("Kestrel Opportunities") and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in the Company.

Following these transactions, Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr Scott is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 8,566,468 Shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Scott has no beneficial interest, hold 4,172,134 Shares in the Company.

On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 12,738,602 Shares in the Company, which represents 28.48% per cent of the Company's issued share capital.

Kestrel's interest in the Shares in the Company is held through the following nominees:

Holding type	Nominee		No. of shares	% of issued share capital
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd		8,566,468	19.15%
Indirect	JIM Nominees Limited		316,376	0.71%
Indirect Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd Northern Trust Company AVFC		2,672,003 1,183,755	5.97% 2.65%

Further details in respect of the purchase are provided below, in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation (No 596/2014).

For further information contact:

K3 Business Technology Group plc	[phone]
Marco Vergani, CEO
Eric Dodd, CFO
Cavendish Securities plc	[phone]
Nominated Adviser and Broker
Julian Blunt/Dan Hodkinson (Corporate Finance)
Sunila de Silva/Harriet Ward (Corporate Broking)
KTZ Communications	[phone]
Katie Tzouliadis/Dan Mahoney

ANNEX

Template for 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	Kestrel Partners LLP ('Kestrel')
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA - Oliver Rupert Andrew Scott (non-executive director of K3 Business Technology Group plc and Partner in Kestrel)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	K3 Business Technology Group plc
b)	LEI	213800QOJ9OF2AV81748
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	25p Ordinary Shares ISIN: GB00B00P6061
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	12 January 2024 Price(s) Volume(s) £1.0916 38,000 shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Total purchase of 38,000 at an average of £1.0916 per Share
e)	Date of the transaction	12 January 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

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