Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3935R

Draper Esprit PLC

14 June 2018

 

14 June 2018      

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC

("Draper Esprit" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Draper Esprit (AIM: GROW, ESM: GRW), a leading venture capital firm involved in the creation, funding and development of high-growth digital technology businesses across Europe, announces that on 13 June 2018, Simon Cook (Chief Executive Officer) and Stuart Chapman (Chief Operating Officer) sold 500,000 ordinary shares each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") at a price of £4.76 per Share.

The Company advises that, following the sale of Shares, Mr Cook remains interested in 1,619,306 shares, representing 1.6% of the Company's issued share capital and Mr Chapman remains interested in 1,619,306 shares, representing 1.6% 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 sale.

ANNEX

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Simon Cook
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	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	Sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	500,000 shares at 476 pence per share
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -      Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	13 June 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Stuart Chapman
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Operating 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	Sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	500,000 shares at 476 pence per share
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -      Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	13 June 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Draper Esprit plc Simon Cook (Chief Executive Officer) Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer)	[phone]
Numis Securities Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker Alex Ham  Richard Thomas Jamie Loughborough	[phone]
Goodbody Stockbrokers ESM Adviser & Joint Broker Corporate Finance: Don Harrington / Richard Tunney Corporate Broking: Linda Hickey / Charlotte Craigie	[phone]
MHP Communications (PR) James White Vera Prokhorenko Pete Lambie	[phone]

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