Blinkx Plc Directors Dealings (0132A)

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RNS Number : 0132A

Blinkx Plc

23 September 2015

Directors' Dealings

London, England and San Francisco, CA - 23 September 2015 - blinkx plc ("blinkx" or the "Company") announces that on 18(th) September 2015, the following ordinary shares vested as part of the grant of restricted stock units under the US Share Plan for Senior Executives announced by the Company on 17(th) September 2013:

   --      50,000 in the name of Subhransu Mukherjee; and 
   --      16,667 in the name of Suranga Chandratillake. 

Each Director exercised his option to fund the tax obligation that arose from the vesting of the shares and now owns the shares indicated above.

Following this vesting:

-- Mr. Mukherjee has 200,000 restricted stock units, 9,080,000 unexercised share options and 650,000 ordinary shares, together representing 2.47% of the Total Voting Rights of the Company.

-- Mr. Chandratillake has 66,664 restricted stock units, 2,487,179 unexercised share option and 126,436 ordinary shares in the Company, together representing 0.67% of the Total Voting Rights of the Company.

For further information please contact:

 
 Analyst and Investor Contact   Financial Media Contacts 
  Dan Slivjanovski               Edward Bridges/Charles 
  blinkx plc                     Palmer 
                                 FTI Consulting 
                                 (UK) 020 3727 1000 
 NOMAD and Joint Broker         Joint Broker for blinkx 
  for blinkx plc                 plc 
  Charles Lytle/Christopher      Lorna Tilbian/Mark Lander/Nick 
  Wren                           Westlake 
  Citigroup Global Markets       Numis Securities Limited 
  Limited                        (UK) 020 7260 1000 
  (UK) 020 7986 9756 
 

About blinkx

blinkx (LSE AIM: BLNX) is an Internet media company that connects consumers and brands through premium content online. Founded in 2004, blinkx pioneered Internet Video Search using its patented COncept Recognition Engine (CORE). This technology leverages speech recognition, text and image analysis to deeply understand the meaning and context of video content to generate improved search relevancy for consumers and a brand safe environment for advertisers. Through its partnerships with hundreds of media companies, including NBC, Conde Nast, Reuters and Bloomberg, blinkx has indexed and search enabled millions of hours of video content. blinkx powers video search, discovery or monetization on thousands of online properties including Lycos, Discovery Networks, CBS and Fox Sports. blinkx is headquartered in San Francisco, California with offices worldwide. For more information please visit www.blinkx.com.

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