12 July 2021
Equals Group plc
('Equals' or the 'Company')
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Equals (AIM:EQLS) , the technology-led international payments group focused on the SME marketplace, announces that it was today notified that Richard Cooper, Chief Financial Officer, bought 61,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 9 July 2021 at a price of 46.9 pence per share.
Subsequent to this purchase, Richard Cooper now holds 150,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.08% of the Company's issued share capital.
The following disclosures are made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Richard Cooper
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| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer
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| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Equals Group plc
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| b) | LEI | 213800CPI5S2GYB3RI27
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| 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: GB00BLS0XX25
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| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of 61,000 ordinary shares at 1.0p per share | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
n/a - single transaction
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 9 July 2021 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
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For more information, please contact:
| Equals Group plc | |
| Alan Hughes, Non-Executive Chairman Ian Strafford-Taylor, CEO
| Tel: +44 (0) 20 7778 9308
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| Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Advisor / Broker) | |
| Emma Gabriel / Bobbie Hilliam / Georgina McCooke Alex Aylen (Sales) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8150
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| Buchanan (Financial Communications) | |
| Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph Watson / Toto Berger | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
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Notes to Editors:
Equals Group is a technology-led international payments group augmented by highly personalised service for the payment needs of SME's whether these be FX, card payments or via Faster Payments. Founded in 2007, the Group listed on AIM in 2014 and currently employs around 250 staff across sites in London and Chester. For more information, please visit www.equalsplc.com .
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