Draper Esprit PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (8460G)

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RNS Number : 8460G

Draper Esprit PLC

26 July 2019

26 July 2019

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC

("Draper Esprit" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Draper Esprit (AIM: GROW, Euronext Growth: GRW), a leading venture capital firm involved in the creation, funding and development of high-growth digital technology businesses across Europe, announces that on 25 July 2019, Simon Cook (Chief Executive Officer) and Stuart Chapman (Chief Operating Officer) sold 275,000 ordinary shares each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") at a price of GBP5.30 per Share.

The Company advises that, following the sale of Shares, Mr Cook remains interested in 1,344,306 shares, representing 1.1% of the Company's issued share capital and Mr Chapman remains interested in 1,344,306 shares, representing 1.1% of the Company's issued share capital. As reflected in the Annual Report, both Mr Cook and Mr Chapman have additional interests in 826,204 share options at various exercise prices under the Company share option plan.

The notification set out in the Annex below, which was made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details of such sale.

ANNEX

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                               Simon Cook 
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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 / amendment   Initial notification 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                               Draper Esprit PLC 
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 b)   LEI                                213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10 
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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; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted 
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 a)   Description of financial           Ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each 
       instrument, 
       type of instrument 
     ---------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
      Identification Code                GB00BY7QYJ50 
     ---------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction          Sale of shares 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)             275,000 shares at 530 pence per share 
     ---------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 d)        Aggregated information 
             *    Aggregated volume                   n/a 
 
 
             *    Price 
     ---------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction            25 July 2019 
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 f)   Place of the transaction           London Stock Exchange 
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 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                                   Stuart Chapman 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position / status                      Chief Operating Officer 
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 b)   Initial notification / amendment       Initial notification 
     -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                                   Draper Esprit PLC 
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 b)   LEI                                    213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10 
     -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) 
       each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) 
       each date; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of financial instrument,   Ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each 
       type of instrument 
     -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
      Identification Code                    GB00BY7QYJ50 
     -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction              Sale of shares 
     -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                 275,000 shares at 530 pence per share 
     -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 d)        Aggregated information 
             *    Aggregated volume                       n/a 
 
 
             *    Price 
     -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction                25 July 2019 
     -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction               London Stock Exchange 
     -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 

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