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SOPHEON PLC
("Sopheon" or the "Company")
PDMR SHAREHOLDINGS
The Company has been notified that Stuart Silcock, a non-executive director of the Company, has sold 74,328 ordinary shares of 20 pence each ("Shares") in the capital of the Company at a price of £9.63 per Share, pursuant to investor demand following the Company's recent results.
Mr Silcock has also sold 5,000 Shares held in his dealing account as bare trustee for his grandchildren into his Self-Invested Personal Pension ("SIPP") and has sold 1,000 Shares from his SIPP to the Individual Savings Account ("ISA") of his spouse, Christine Silcock. Mrs Silcock has in turn sold 1,450 shares held in her dealing account to her ISA.
Stuart Silcock's total beneficial interest in Ordinary Shares, including those held by his spouse or held on trust for family members, is now 279,490 Ordinary Shares.
For further information contact:
| Andy Michuda (Executive Chairman) | Sopheon plc | + 44 (0) 1276 919 560 |
| Carl Holmes/Edward Whiley (Corporate Finance) Alice Lane (ECM) | finnCap | + 44 (0) 20 7220 0500 |
About Sopheon. Sopheon (LSE: SPE) partners with customers to provide complete enterprise innovation management solutions including software, expertise, and best practices, that enable them to achieve exceptional long-term revenue growth and profitability. Sopheon's Accolade solution provides unique, fully-integrated coverage for the entire innovation management and new product development lifecycle, including strategic innovation planning, roadmapping, idea and concept development, process and project management, portfolio management and resource planning. Sopheon's solutions have been implemented by over 200 customers with over 60,000 users in over 50 countries. Sopheon is listed on AIM, operated by the London Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.sopheon.com.
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 | Stuart Silcock and Christine Silcock | ||||||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||||||
| a) | Position/status | Director/PDMR and PCA | ||||||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment |
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| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||
| a) | Name | Sopheon plc | ||||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800TA9E6UG2WWG646 | ||||||||
| 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 |
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| Identification code | GB00BSZM1369 | |||||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction |
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| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Stuart Silcock
Stuart Silcock & Christine Silcock
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| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price | As above | ||||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 31 August 2021 | ||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) | ||||||||
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