Sale of Shares and PDMR notification

RNS Number : 4792S

Purplebricks Group PLC

21 December 2016

 

21 December 2016

Purplebricks Group plc

("Purplebricks" or the "Company")

Sale of Shares and PDMR notification

Purplebricks Group plc (AIM: PURP), the hybrid estate agent providing a new way to buy, sell or let property, announces that 786,107 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") were sold on 20 December 2016 at £1.48 per Ordinary Share by certain employees of the Company who are persons discharging managerial responsibilities.

David Kavanagh, Chief Technology Officer, David Shepherd, Chief Information Officer, and Matthew Farrow, Finance Director, who are each considered to be a person discharging managerial responsibilities, have sold 101,502 Ordinary Shares, 84,589 Ordinary Shares and 600,016 Ordinary Shares, respectively.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

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	1.   David Kavanagh 2.   David Shepherd 3.   Matthew Farrow
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1.   Chief Technology Officer 2.   Chief Information Officer 3.    Finance Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Purplebricks Group plc
b)	LEI	(Pending)
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 £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BYV2MV74
b)	Nature of the transaction	1.   Sale of shares 2.   Sale of shares 3.   Sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price No. of shares 1.   £1.48 2.   £1.48 3.   £1.48 1.    101,502 2.    84,589 3.    600,016
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Sale of shares volume: 786,107 Weighted average price: £1.48
e)	Date of the transaction	20 December 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

For further information, please contact:

Purplebricks                                                                                                                      [phone]

Michael Bruce, Chief Executive

Neil Cartwright, Chief Financial Officer

Zeus Capital - Nominated Adviser                                                                           [phone]

Nicholas How (Corporate Finance)

Pippa Underwood (Corporate Finance)

Ben Robertson (Corporate Broking)

Investec - Joint Broker                                                                                                  [phone]

Keith Anderson

Carlton Nelson

Peel Hunt - Joint Broker                                                                                               [phone]

Dan Webster

Instinctif Partners                                                                                                           [phone]

David Simonson

Mark Reed

George Yeomans

About Purplebricks

Purplebricks is the leading next generation estate agency in the UK that combines highly experienced and professional Local Property Experts and an innovative use of technology to help make the process of selling, buying or letting so much more convenient, transparent and cost effective. Purplebricks is transforming the way people perceive estate agents and estate agency.

 

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