ECSC Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (3583G)

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RNS Number : 3583G

ECSC Group PLC

24 November 2020

24 November 2020

ECSC Group plc

('ECSC', the 'Company' or the 'Group')

Director/PDMR Shareholding

ECSC (AIM: ECSC), the provider of cyber security services, has been informed that Ian Castle, Chief Technical Officer of the Company, today purchased a total of 6,672 ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 74.85 pence per Ordinary Share. Ian Castle now has a total beneficial interest in 237,441 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to approximately 2.37 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

The FCA notification in respect of the above share purchase, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, is appended below.

Enquiries:

 
ECSC Group plc 
 David Mathewson (Non-Executive Chairman)       [phone] 
 Ian Mann (Chief Executive Officer)              223 
Allenby Capital Limited (NOMAD and Broker) 
 David Hart / Asha Chotai (Corporate Finance)   [phone] 
 Tony Quirke (Equity Sales)                      656 
Yellow Jersey (PR and IR) 
 Sarah Hollins 
 Annabel Atkins 
 Matthew McHale                                 [phone] 
 

Notes to Editors:

Founded in 2000, ECSC Group plc (AIM: ECSC) is the UK's longest running full-service cyber security service provider. With an extensive range of in-house developed proprietary technologies, including advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, ECSC provides expert security breach prevention and advisory support to organisations across all sectors.

ECSC operates from two Security Operations Centres (SOCs): one in Yorkshire, UK, and the other in Brisbane, Australia. ECSC offers flexible 24/7/365 cyber security monitoring, detection, and response support to its clients, either as a fully managed service or to enhance an organisation's existing cyber security systems. In addition, ECSC's Assurance division provides guidance, certification to industry standards, and extensive testing services to allow organisations to assess their cyber security protection.

ECSC is led by a highly experienced senior management team with over 80 years' combined experience within the company, and has delivered consecutive organic growth for the last 20 years.

The Company's broad client base ranges from e-commerce start-ups to global blue-chip organisations, including 10% of the FTSE 100.

For more information please visit the following: https://investor.ecsc.co.uk/

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                           Ian Castle 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                Director - Chief Technical Officer 
     -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification           Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
     -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Name                           ECSC Group plc 
     -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                            213800CG9B473DGJDC94 
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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 of the financial   Ordinary shares of 1p each in ECSC 
       instrument, type of            Group plc 
       instrument 
       Identification code            Identification code (ISIN) for ECSC 
                                      Group plc ordinary shares: GB00BYMJ4J99 
     -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction      Purchase of Ordinary Shares 
     -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)           Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                        74.85p     6,672 
                                                  ---------- 
     -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
       - Aggregated volume             N/A 
       - Price 
     -----------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction        24 November 2020 
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 f)   Place of the transaction       London Stock Exchange, XLON 
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