Directors' Share Purchases/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9314D

dotDigital Group plc

08 March 2022

 

8 March 2022

Dotdigital Group plc

("Dotdigital", "the Company" or "the Group")

Directors' Share Purchases/PDMR Shareholding

Dotdigital Group plc (AIM: DOTD), the leading 'SaaS' provider of an omnichannel marketing automation and customer engagement platform, has been informed of purchases of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") by certain executive and non-executive directors of the Company on 7 March 2022. Details of the purchases are set out below:

-	Milan Patel, CEO of the Company, purchased 18,518 Ordinary Shares at a price of 54 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this transaction, Mr. Patel has an interest in 1,594,445 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.53 per cent of issued share capital of the Company.
-	George Kasparian, Finance Director and Company Secretary of the Company, purchased 9,180 Ordinary Shares at a price of 54.3 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this transaction, Mr. Kasparian has an interest in 126,192 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.04 per cent of issued share capital of the Company
-	Mike O'Leary, Non-executive Chairman of the Company, purchased 36,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 54.5 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this transaction, Mr. O'Leary has an interest in 50,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.01 per cent of issued share capital of the Company.
-	Boris Huard, Non-executive director of the Company, purchased 72,384 Ordinary Shares at an average price of 56.2 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this transaction, Mr. Huard has an interest in 95,084 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.03 per cent of issued share capital of the Company.
-	Liz Richards, Non-executive director of the Company, purchased 42,669 Ordinary Shares at an average price of 59.0 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this transaction, Mrs. Richards has an interest in 42,669 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.01 per cent of issued share capital of the Company.

For further information please contact:

Dotdigital Group Plc Milan Patel, CEO	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]
Alma PR (Financial PR) Josh Royston Hilary Buchanan David Ison Kieran Breheny	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]
Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker) Bobbie Hilliam Georgina McCooke Jonathan Barr, Sales	Tel: [phone]
finnCap (Joint Broker) Stuart Andrews, Corporate Finance Rhys Williams, Sales	Tel: [phone]
Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker) Shaun Dobson, Head of Corporate Finance Alex Bond, Corporate Finance	Tel: [phone]

Prior to this announcement's release, the statement contained inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR) (Market Abuse Regulation).

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by person discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Milan Patel
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	dotdigital Group plc
b)	LEI	2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42
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 0.5 pence each ISIN: GB00B3W40C23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 54.0p 18,518
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	7 March 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	LSE

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	George Kasparian
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Finance Director and Company Secretary
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	dotdigital Group plc
b)	LEI	2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42
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 0.5 pence each ISIN: GB00B3W40C23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 54.3p 9,180
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	7 March 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	LSE

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Mike O'Leary
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive Chairman
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	dotdigital Group plc
b)	LEI	2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42
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 0.5 pence each ISIN: GB00B3W40C23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 54.5 36,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	7 March 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	LSE

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Boris Huard
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	dotdigital Group plc
b)	LEI	2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42
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 0.5 pence each ISIN: GB00B3W40C23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 58.0p 57.5p 55.09p 54.1838p 35,071 18,542 15,295 3,476
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	72,384 56.19345p
e)	Date of the transaction	7 March 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	LSE

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Liz Richards
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	dotdigital Group plc
b)	LEI	2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42
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 0.5 pence each ISIN: GB00B3W40C23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 57.3521p 60.55p 26,154 16,515
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	42,669 58.95105p
e)	Date of the transaction	7 March 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	LSE

 

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