Sumo Group PLC Director's Dealings (3328V)

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RNS Number : 3328V

Sumo Group PLC

13 April 2021

13 April 2021

Sumo Group plc

("Sumo Group" or the "Company")

Director's Dealings

Sumo Group announces that David Wilton, Chief Financial Officer, has sold and acquired 10,000 ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares").

The transactions took place on 13 April 2021, as David sold 10,000 Ordinary Shares, at a price of 354 pence per share, previously held in his dealing account and acquired 5,000 Ordinary Shares in an ISA under his name and 5,000 Ordinary Shares in an ISA under the name of his wife, Helen Wilton, each at a price of 354 pence per share.

Following these transactions, David's interest in Ordinary Shares remains unchanged at 696,876, representing 0.4 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 (as retained in UK law), provides further detail.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by person discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them:

 
 1.   Details of PDMR / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                             (i) David Wilton 
                                        (ii) Helen Wilton 
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 2.   Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position / status                (i) Chief Financial Officer 
                                        (ii) Person closely associated 
     --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification        Initial notification 
       /amendment 
     --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 3.   Details of the issuer 
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 a)   Name                        Sumo Group plc 
     --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                         213800LTZXJCG5QKIM14 
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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              Ordinary Shares of 1p each 
       the financial instrument 
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 b)   Identification              ISIN for Sumo Group plc: GB00BD3HV384 
       code of the Financial 
       Instrument 
     --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Nature of the transaction   Sale and purchases 
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 d)   Price(s) and volume(s)      Name of        Nature of      Price  Volume 
                                    PDMR/PCA       transaction 
                                   David Wilton   Sale           354 p  10,000 
                                                  Purchase 
                                   David Wilton    in ISA        354 p  5,000 
                                                  Purchase 
                                   Helen Wilton    in ISA        354 p  5,000 
     --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Aggregated information      N/A 
       - Aggregated volume 
       - Price 
     --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Date of the transaction     13 April 2021 
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 g)   Place of the transaction    AIM, London Stock Exchange 
     --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 

Enquiries:

 
 Sumo Group plc                                    Via Belvedere Communications 
  Carl Cavers, Chief Executive Officer              Tel: [phone] 
  David Wilton, Chief Financial Officer             078 
 Zeus Capital (Nominated adviser & Joint 
  Broker)                                            Tel: [phone] 
  Nick Cowles / Andrew Jones (Corporate Finance)     1512 
  Benjamin Robertson / John Goold (Corporate         Tel: [phone] 
  Broking)                                           5000 
 Investec Corporate & Investment Banking 
  (Joint Broker)                                     Tel: [phone] 
  David Flin/Bruce Garrow                            5970 
 Belvedere Communications Limited                  [e-mail] 
  Cat Valentine ([e-mail])        Tel: [phone] 
  Keeley Clarke ([e-mail])          078 
  Llew Angus ([e-mail])               Tel: [phone] 
                                                    525 
                                                    Tel: [phone] 
                                                    147 
 

About Sumo Group - www.sumogroupplc.com

Sumo Group's businesses provide acclaimed development, design and publishing services to the video games and entertainment industries from studios in the UK, India, Canada, the US, and Poland.

Sumo Digital, as the Group's primary business, is one of the UK's largest independent developers of AAA-rated video games, having studios in Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham, Leamington Spa, Warrington and Pune, India. The business has acquired three studios since IPO, which operate under their own names, BAFTA award-winning The Chinese Room in Brighton, Red Kite Games in Leeds, Lab42 in Leamington Spa and PixelAnt Games in Wroclaw, Poland. Sumo Digital provides turnkey and co-development solutions to a global blue-chip client base.

Pipeworks is an innovative, well-established, and respected US video games developer based in Eugene, Oregon. It provides full development, co-development, and live operations to premier video game publishers and other partners.

Atomhawk is a multi-award-winning visual design company, with studios in Newcastle and in Vancouver (Canada), servicing the games, film, and visual effects industries.

Secret Mode is a video games publisher, focused on delivering fresh and new gaming experiences to players and building expansive and fulfilling communities around those games. It will publish titles developed within Sumo Group and also by independent developers.

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