Exercise of Share Options and Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 4526F

Equals Group PLC

16 July 2021

 

For immediate release

16 July 2021

Equals Group plc

('Equals' or the 'Company')

Exercise of Share Options and Issue of Equity

Equals Group plc, the e-banking and international payments group, announces that following the exercise of employee share options, application has been made for the admission of 550,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each, with trading expected to occur on AIM at 8:00am on 21 July 2021 ("Admission").

Following Admission, the Company will have 179,291,807 ordinary shares of 1p each in issue admitted to trading on AIM. The Company holds no shares in Treasury. Accordingly, the above figure (179,291,807), may be used as the denominator for the calculations by which shareholders will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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For more information, please contact:

Equals Group plc
Ian Strafford-Taylor, CEO Richard Cooper, CFO	Tel: [phone] www.equalsplc.com
Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Advisor / Broker)
Emma Gabriel / Bobbie Hilliam / Georgina McCooke Alex Aylen (Sales)	Tel: [phone]
Buchanan (Financial Communications)
Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph Watson / Toto Berger [e-mail]	Tel: [phone] www.buchanan.uk.com

Notes to Editors:

Equals Group is a technology-led international payments group augmented by highly personalised service for the payment needs of SME's whether these be FX, card payments or via Faster Payments. Founded in 2007, the Group listed on AIM in 2014 and currently employs around 250 staff across sites in London and Chester.  For more information, please visit www.equalsplc.com .

 

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