Equals Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (7408J)

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RNS Number : 7408J

Equals Group PLC

14 December 2022

 
 14 December 2022 
 

Equals Group plc

('Equals' or the 'Company')

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Equals (AIM:EQLS), the fast-growing payments group focused on the SME marketplace, announces that two of its Directors have today purchased ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company. Ian Strafford-Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, purchased 22,500 Ordinary Shares at a price of 88.0 pence per Ordinary Share on 14 December 2022. Following this purchase of shares, he now holds 2,200,250 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.22% of the Company's issued share capital.

Alan Hughes, Non-Executive Chairman, purchased 12,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 88.0 pence per Ordinary Share on 14 December 2022. Following this purchase of shares, he now holds 46,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.03% of the Company's issued share capital.

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 Strafford-Taylor 
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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, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                        Equals Group plc 
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 b)   LEI                         213800CPI5S2GYB3RI27 
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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 each 
       of the financial 
       instrument,                 ISIN: GB00BLS0XX25 
       type of instrument 
       Identification 
       code 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of the               Purchase of ordinary shares 
       transaction 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) and                 Price   No. of shares 
       volume(s)                    88.0p   22,500 
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 d)   Aggregated information 
       - Aggregated 
       volume                       n/a single transaction 
       - Price 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the                 14 December 2022 
       transaction 
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 f)   Place of the                London Stock Exchange, AIM 
       transaction 
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 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                             Alan Hughes 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                  Non-Executive Chairman 
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 b)   Initial notification        Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Equals Group plc 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   LEI                         213800CPI5S2GYB3RI27 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 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                 Ordinary Shares of GBP0.01 each 
       of the financial 
       instrument,                 ISIN: GB00BLS0XX25 
       type of instrument 
       Identification 
       code 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of the               Purchase of ordinary shares 
       transaction 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) and                 Price   No. of shares 
       volume(s)                    88.0p   12,000 
                                           -------------- 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 d)   Aggregated information 
       - Aggregated 
       volume                       n/a single transaction 
       - Price 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the                 14 December 2022 
       transaction 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 f)   Place of the                London Stock Exchange, AIM 
       transaction 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 

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For more information, please contact:

 
 Equals Group plc 
 Ian Strafford-Taylor, CEO              Tel: [phone] 
  Richard Cooper, CFO                                   9308 
                                           www.equalsplc.com 
 Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Adviser 
  / Broker) 
 Max Hartley / Harry Rees               Tel: [phone] 
                                                        8150 
 Buchanan (Financial Communications) 
 Henry Harrison-Topham / Toto Berger    Tel: [phone] 
  [e-mail]                                5000 
                                         www.buchanan.uk.com 
 

Notes to Editors:

Equals Group is a technology-led international payments group augmented by highly personalised service for the payment needs of SME's whether these be FX, card payments or via Faster Payments. Founded in 2007, the Group listed on AIM in 2014 and currently employs around 285 staff across sites in London and Chester. For more information, please visit www.equalsplc.com .

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