SimplyBiz Group PLC (The) Director/PDMR Shareholding (8106M)

TIDMSBIZ

RNS Number : 8106M

SimplyBiz Group PLC (The)

01 May 2018

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement via the Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

The SimplyBiz Group plc (the "Company" or "SimplyBiz")

Director / PDMR Dealing

The SimplyBiz Group plc, the leading independent provider of compliance and business services to financial advisers and financial institutions in the UK, is pleased to announce that it has been notified that Matt Timmins Joint CEO of SimplyBiz, has purchased 25,000 ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each ("Ordinary Shares") on 1(st) May 2018 at a price of 162p per Ordinary Share.

Following this transaction, Matt has an interest in 1,536,975 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 2.1 per cent. of the Company's issued Ordinary Share capital.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

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 
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 a)   Name                             Matthew Lloyd Timmins 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                  Joint Chief Executive 
                                        Officer (PDMR) 
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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 
===  ========================================================== 
 a)   Name                             The SimplyBiz Group 
                                        plc 
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 b)   LEI                              213800DXP1VY21GCTH04 
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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 
===  ========================================================== 
 a)   Description of the               Ordinary shares of 
       financial instrument,            1p each 
       type of instrument 
 
 
                                        ISIN: GB00BG1THS43 
       Identification Code 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction        Purchase of Ordinary 
                                        Shares 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)           Price(s) 162p 
                                        Volume(s) 25,000 
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 d)   Aggregated information           N/a - single transaction 
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 e)   Date of transaction              1 May 2018 
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 f)   Place of transaction             London Stock Exchange, 
                                        AIM 
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For further information please contact:

 
 The SimplyBiz Group plc       via Instinctif Partners 
 Matt Timmins (Joint Chief 
  Executive Officer) 
  Neil Stevens (Joint Chief 
  Executive Officer) 
 
 Zeus Capital (Nominated       [phone] 
  Adviser and Sole Broker)      5000 
 Martin Green 
  Andrew Jones 
  Dan Bate 
  Pippa Underwood 
  John Goold 
  Mike Cuthbert 
 
                               [phone] 
 Instinctif Partners            7938 
 Giles Stewart 
  Rui Videira 
  Ambrose Fullalove 
 

This information is provided by RNS

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