21 February 2022
LoopUp Group plc
("LoopUp" or the "Group")
PDMR Dealings, Total Voting Rights and Block Listing
LoopUp Group plc (AIM: LOOP), the cloud platform for premium specialist communications, announces that a total of 5,057,444 shares ("New Ordinary Shares") have been allotted to participants pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"), whereby employees may elect to sacrifice up to 25 percent of their salary in return for the allotment of New Ordinary Shares, as well as to employees who at this time have elected to exercise previously granted options pursuant to the LoopUp Share Option Scheme ("Option Scheme").
The participation of employees in the ESPP remains strong after the success of the first period reflecting the continued enthusiasm of employees to own shares in LoopUp. The Directors believe this is an effective way to reward and retain employees whilst ensuring they are aligned to the success of the Company.
PDMR Dealings
The following PDMRs have increased their overall holdings with dealings in relation to these allotments of New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the ESIS and Options Scheme:
| Name | Title | | |||||
| Shares held before dealing | Additional shares initially issued | Shares sold to cover tax liability | Net additional shares issued | Shares held after dealing | Shares held as a % of total issued share capital | ||
| Steve Flavell | co-CEO | 2,660,250 | 181,766 | 72,278 | 109,488 | 2,769,738 | 2.71% |
| Michael Hughes | co-CEO | 2,657,183 | 853,451 | 346,920 | 506,531 | 3,163,714 | 3.10% |
| Marcus Greensit | COO | 67,003 | 56,901 | 31,390 | 25,511 | 92,514 | 0.09% |
| Alex Breen | CPO | 488,313 | 256,680 | 116,220 | 140,460 | 628,773 | 0.62% |
| Robert Jardine | CMO | 32,065 | 50,578 | 24,933 | 25,645 | 57,710 | 0.06% |
| Dave Carroll | EVP, Network Operations | 20,470 | 111,040 | 54,798 | 56,242 | 76,712 | 0.08% |
| Edward Cooper | General Counsel | 11,375 | 43,815 | 21,627 | 22,188 | 33,563 | 0.03% |
Total Voting Rights
As a result of this issue, the total number of ordinary shares in issue now stands at 102,058,558 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 102,058,558. No ordinary shares are held in treasury.
The above figure of 102,058,558 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they may determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The FCA notification, made in accordance with the UK version of the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (as part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) is appended below.
Block Listing Application
The Company further announces that due to the success of the ESPP, application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for admission of 5,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each under a block listing. Such shares are to be issued from time to time to satisfy the allotment of shares pursuant to the ESPP.
Admission is expected to become effective on 24 February 2022. When issued, the shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued ordinary shares of the Group.
For further information, please contact:
| LoopUp Group plc | via FTI |
| Steve Flavell, co-CEO | |
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| Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited | +44 (0) 20 7886 2500 |
| Dominic Morley / Alina Vaskina (Corporate Finance) | |
| Erik Anderson (Corporate Broking) | |
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| Cenkos Securities Limited | +44 (0) 20 7397 8900 |
| Giles Balleny / Dan Hodkinson (Corporate Finance) | |
| Alex Pollen / Dale Bellis (Sales) | |
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| FTI Consulting, LLP | +44 (0) 20 3727 1000 |
| Matt Dixon / Jamille Smith / Tom Blundell | |
About LoopUp Group plc
LoopUp (LSE AIM: LOOP) is a cloud platform for premium specialist communications, focusing on capabilities that complement foundational unified communications platforms, such as Microsoft Teams. The Group's flagship Cloud Telephony solution for Microsoft Teams enables enterprise customers to eliminate disparate on-premises phone systems and multiple telecommunications service providers, and consolidate their global telecommunications into a single cloud implementation. LoopUp's global IP backbone interconnects with 18 carefully selected regional carrier partners and the Group has market-leading coverage as a licensed telecommunications service provider. The Group is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (LOOP) and is headquartered in London, with offices in the US, Spain, Germany, Hong Kong, Barbados and Australia. For further information, please visit: www.loopup.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)
| Names | 1. Steve Flavell 2. Michael Hughes 3. Marcus Greensit 4. Alex Breen 5. Robert Jardine 6. Dave Carroll 7. Edward Cooper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2
| Reason for the notification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a)
| Position/status
| Classified as PDMRs of the Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a)
| Name
| LoopUp Group plc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b)
| LEI | 21380063DQ4WXDQLYB80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 0.5p | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b) | Identification code
| GB00BYQP6S60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| c)
| Nature of the transaction
| Allotment and part sale pursuant to a group Share Option Scheme and Employee Share Purchase Plan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| d)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 1,554,231 shares allotted of which 668,166 have been sold to cover tax liabilities at a price of 8.5p per share. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction | 16 February 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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