Bigblu Broadb. Regulatory News (BBB)

Bigblu Broadband plc

("BBB" or the "Company")

Director Dealings, Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Exercise of LTIP awards (acquisition of shares) together with Further Director Dealings

Bigblu Broadband plc (AIM: BBB.L), a leading provider of alternative super-fast broadband services, announces that, on 19 September 2024, Frank Waters, Chief Executive Officer of BBB, exercised options over 131,658 ordinary shares of 15 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 15p per share under the Bigblu Broadband Long Term Incentive Plan 2018 (the "LTIP").

Immediately following the exercise of his LTIP options on 19 September 2024, Frank Waters sold 131,658 Ordinary Shares at a price of £0.31 per share and then purchased into his self-invested personal pension account ("SIPP") a total of 131,658 Ordinary Shares at a price of £0.31 per share.

Following the above transactions (further details of which are provided below), Frank Waters has increased his beneficial interest to 456,748 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.776% of the Company's issued share capital.

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

In order to satisfy the above exercises of LTIP options, the Company has issued and allotted 131,658 Ordinary Shares. Application will be made for these new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and dealings are expected to commence on or around 26 September 2024.

The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing shares of the Company. Following the exercise of the options, the Company's issued share capital consists of 58,847,018 Ordinary Shares. Accordingly, the figure of 58,847,018 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

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About BBB

Bigblu Broadband plc (AIM: BBB.L), is a market leading provider of alternative superfast and ultrafast broadband solutions throughout Australia. BBB delivers a portfolio of superfast and ultrafast wireless broadband products for consumers and businesses.

High levels of recurring revenue, increasing economies of scale and Government stimulation of the alternative broadband market in many countries provide a solid foundation for significant organic growth as demand for alternative ultrafast broadband services increases around the world.

BBB's range of solutions includes satellite, GEO and LEO, next generation fixed wireless and 4G/5G FWA delivering between 30 Mbps and 500Mbps for consumers, and up to 1 Gbps for businesses. BBB provides customers with a full range of services including hardware supply, installation, pre-and post-sale support, billings, and collections, whilst offering appropriate tariffs depending on each end user's requirements.

Importantly, as its core technologies evolve, and more affordable capacity is made available, BBB continues to offer ever-increasing speeds and higher data throughputs to satisfy market demands for broadband services. BBB's alternative broadband offerings present a customer experience that is broadly similar to that offered by wired broadband and the connection can be shared in the normal way with PCs, tablets and smart phones.