PDMR Announcement

RNS Number : 0417A

K3 Business Technology Group PLC

20 September 2022

 

AIM: KBT

20 September 2022

K3 Business Technology Group plc

("K3", "Company" or "Group")

PDMR Announcement

K3, which provides business ‐ critical software solutions focused on fashion and apparel brands, has received notification from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on 16 September 2022 it acquired, on behalf of its discretionary clients, 30,000 ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") in the Company at a price of £1.23 per Share.

Mr Scott, a non-executive director of K3, is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in Kestrel. Mr Scott is also a shareholder in one of Kestrel's clients ("Kestrel Opportunities") and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in the Company.

Following these transactions, Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr Scott is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 8,515,879 Shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Scott has no beneficial interest, hold 2,836,108 Shares in the Company.

On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 11,351,987 Shares in the Company, which represents 25.38% per cent of the Company's issued share capital.

Kestrel's interest in the Shares in the Company is held through the following nominees:

Holding type	Nominee		No. of shares	% of issued share capital
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd		8,515,879	19.04%
Indirect	JIM Nominees Limited		244,671	0.55%
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd		2,591,437	5.79%

Further details in respect of the purchase are provided below, in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation (No 596/2014).

For further information contact:

K3 Business Technology Group plc	[phone]
Marco Vergani, CEO
Rob Price, CFO
finnCap Ltd	[phone]
Nominated Adviser and Broker
Julian Blunt/James Thompson (Corporate Finance)
Richard Chambers/ Sunila de Silva (Corporate Broking)
KTZ Communications	[phone]
Katie Tzouliadis/Dan Mahoney

ANNEX

Template for 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	Kestrel Partners LLP ('Kestrel')
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA - Oliver Rupert Andrew Scott (non-executive director of K3 Business Technology Group plc and Partner in Kestrel)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	K3 Business Technology Group plc
b)	LEI	213800QOJ9OF2AV81748
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	25p Ordinary Shares ISIN: GB00B00P6061
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.23 30,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Total purchase of 30,000 at £1.23 per Share
e)	Date of the transaction	16 September 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

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