Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5001Q
Draper Esprit PLC
19 February 2019
 

19 February 2019      

                                                                                                                                               

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC

("Draper Esprit" or the "Company")


PDMR Shareholding

 

 

Draper Esprit PLC (AIM: GROW, ESM: GRW), a leading venture capital firm involved in the creation, funding and development of high-growth digital technology businesses, announces that on 19 February 2019, Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer) purchased 3,125 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") at a price of £4.80 per Share.

 

The Company advises that, following the purchase of Shares, Mr Wilkinson remains interested in 5,604 Shares, representing 0.005% per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

 

The notification set out in the Annex below, which was made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details of such purchase.

 

ANNEX

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

Name

Ben Wilkinson

2

Reason for the notification

 

a)

Position / status

Chief Financial Officer

 

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial notification

 

3

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

 

a)

Name

Draper Esprit PLC

 

b)

LEI

 

213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

 

a)

Description of financial instrument,

type of instrument

Ordinary shares of £0.01 each

 

Identification Code

 

GB00BY7QYJ50

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of Shares

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

3,125 Shares at 480 pence per Share

d)

Aggregated information

-      Aggregated volume

-      Price

 

n/a

e)

Date of the transaction

 

19 February 2019

f)

Place of the transaction

 

London Stock Exchange

 

 

Draper Esprit plc

Simon Cook (Chief Executive Officer)

Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer)

+44 (0)20 7931 8800

Numis Securities

Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker

Alex Ham 

Richard Thomas

Jamie Loughborough

+44 (0)20 7260 1000

Goodbody Stockbrokers

ESM Adviser & Joint Broker

Corporate Finance: Don Harrington / Richard Tunney

Corporate Broking: Linda Hickey / Charlotte Craigie

+44 (0)20 3128 8570

MHP Communications (PR)

Reg Hoare

Pete Lambie

Flo Mayo

+44 (0)20 3128 8570

 draperesprit@mhpc.com

 


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