Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Escape Hunt PLC

14 September 2021

 

14 September 2021

Escape Hunt plc (AIM: ESC)

("Escape Hunt" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding - The Escape Hunt plc Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP")

As previously announced on 5 February 2021, the SIP is a tax-advantaged all-employee share scheme under which eligible participating employees of Escape Hunt can elect to purchase ordinary shares of 1.25p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") via the SIP trustee using monthly salary deductions. Ordinary Shares acquired in this manner are referred to as "Partnership Shares" and, for each Partnership Share purchased, participants are awarded one further Ordinary Share, known as a "Matching Share", at nil cost.

On 13 September 2021, Escape Hunt received notification from Yorkshire Building Society, the trustee of the SIP, that, on 10 September 2021, it purchased an aggregate of 1,784 Partnership Shares in the market at a price of 33.625p per share on behalf of those Directors / PDMRs set out in the table below.  At the same time, these individuals were also awarded (for no consideration) their corresponding Matching Shares.

Director / PDMR	Number of Partnership Shares acquired under the SIP on 10 September 2021	Number of Matching Shares acquired under the SIP on 10 September 2021	Total beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares following these acquisitions
			No. of Ordinary Shares	Approximate % of Company's issued share capital
Richard Harpham	446	446	707,836	0.80%
Graham Bird	446	446	1,440,432	1.63%
Andrew Jacobs	446	446	273,822	0.31%
Sarah Lloyd-Baker	446	446	96,270	0.11%

The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Richard Harpham
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director, 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	Escape Hunt plc
b)	LEI	213800CMIYV5Q38P2487
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	Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB00BDB79J29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares purchased under the "Partnership Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.33625 446
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	10 September 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange
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	Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB00BDB79J29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares awarded under the "Matching Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.00 446
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	10 September 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Graham Bird
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director, Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Escape Hunt plc
b)	LEI	213800CMIYV5Q38P2487
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	Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB00BDB79J29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares purchased under the "Partnership Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.33625 446
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	10 September 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange
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	Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB00BDB79J29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares awarded under the "Matching Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.00 446
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	10 September 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Andrew Jacobs
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR, COO
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Escape Hunt plc
b)	LEI	213800CMIYV5Q38P2487
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	Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB00BDB79J29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares purchased under the "Partnership Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.33625 446
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	10 September 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange
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	Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB00BDB79J29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares awarded under the "Matching Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.00 446
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	10 September 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Sarah Lloyd-Baker
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR, CMO
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Escape Hunt plc
b)	LEI	213800CMIYV5Q38P2487
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	Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB00BDB79J29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares purchased under the "Partnership Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.33625 446
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	10 September 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange
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	Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB00BDB79J29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares awarded under the "Matching Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.00 446
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	10 September 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Enquiries:

Escape Hunt plc	[phone]
Richard Harpham (Chief Executive Officer)
Graham Bird (Chief Financial Officer)
Kam Bansil (Investor Relations)
Shore Capital, NOMAD and Joint Broker	[phone]
Tom Griffiths, David Coaten (Corporate Advisory)
Fiona Conroy (Corporate Broking)
Zeus Capital, Joint Broker	[phone]
John Goold
Daniel Harris
IFC Advisory, Financial PR	[phone]
Graham Herring
Florence Chandler

 

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