Blue Prism Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4251J)

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RNS Number : 4251J

Blue Prism Group PLC

28 June 2017

28 June 2017

Blue Prism Group plc

("Blue Prism" or the "Company")

HOLDINGS IN COMPANY AND DIRECTOR / PDMR SHAREHOLDING

Blue Prism, a global leader in Robotic Process Automation ("RPA"), announces that Alastair Bathgate, Chief Executive Officer, has today sold 650,000 ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), representing approximately 1.0 per cent of the issued share capital of Blue Prism at a price of 800 pence per share.

Following this sale Alastair Bathgate retains an interest in 5,658,462 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 9.1 per cent of Blue Prism's issued share capital. The remainder of the Ordinary Shares retained by Mr. Bathgate are now subject to a lock-in which has been extended for a period of six months from the date of this announcement.

 
 1.     Details of the person discharging managerial 
         responsibilities/person closely associated 
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 (a)    Name                          Alastair Bathgate 
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 2.     Reason for the notification 
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 (a)    Position/status               Chief Executive Officer 
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 (b)    Initial notification/         Initial notification 
         Amendment 
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 3.     Details of the issuer 
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 (a)    Name                          BLUE PRISM GROUP PLC 
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 (b)    LEI                           2138006DQE9FNUW8KO83 
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 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 
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 (a)    Description                   Ordinary shares of GBP0.01 
         of the Financial              each 
         Instrument 
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 (b)    Identification                GB00BYQ0HV16 
         code of the 
         Financial Instrument 
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 (c)    Nature of the                 Sale of shares 
         transaction 
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 (d)    Price(s) and                  Price(s)       Volume(s) 
         volume(s) 
                                     -------------  -------------- 
                                      800.00p        650,000 
                                     -------------  -------------- 
 
 (e)    Aggregated information        N/A 
          *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
         - Price 
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 (f)    Date of the                   28 June 2017 
         transaction 
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 (g)    Place of the                  London Stock Exchange 
         transaction 
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For further information please contact:

 
  Blue Prism Group plc                       via FTI Consulting 
   Alastair Bathgate, Chief 
   Executive Officer 
   Gary Johnson, Chief Financial 
   Officer 
 Investec Bank plc                          Tel: [phone] 
  Corporate Finance: Andrew                                5970 
  Pinder, Sebastian Lawrence 
  Corporate Broking: Carlton 
  Nelson, Rob Baker 
 FTI Consulting                             Tel: [phone] 
  Matt Dixon                                               1137 
  Dwight Burden                     [e-mail] 
 

About Blue Prism

Blue Prism Group plc ("Blue Prism" or the "Group"), a UK-headquartered global software company, is a leader in Robotic Process Automation ("RPA"), which enables blue-chip organisations to create a digital workforce powered by Blue Prism's software robots that are trained to automate routine back-office clerical tasks. The Group's enterprise-grade software enables the automation of manual, rules-based, administrative processes to create a more agile, cost effective and accurate back-office.

Blue Prism's RPA software delivers the world's most successful digital workforce and has executed over 1 billion transactions for our customers, which include Aegon, BNY Mellon, Commerzbank, IBM, ING, Maersk, Nokia, Nordea, Procter & Gamble, Raiffeisen Bank, Siemens, Westpac and Zurich. As at 30 April 2017, Blue Prism had 127 employees based out of offices in Newton le Willows and London (UK), Sydney (Australia), Austin, Miami, Chicago, New York and San Francisco (US).

For more information visit www.blueprism.com and follow the company on LinkedIn and Twitter.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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June 28, 2017 06:12 ET (10:12 GMT)