4 Oct 2021 07:00
4 October 2021
Kape Technologies plc
("Kape," the "Group" or the "Company")
Director/PDMR Dealings & Exercise of Options
Kape (AIM: KAPE), the digital security and privacy software business, announces that pursuant to the completion of the recent placing, approved by shareholders at the General Meeting held on 1 October 2021, 2,784,373 ordinary shares of US$0.0001 each ("Ordinary Shares") have today been issued to Directors, PDMRs and certain senior members of staff of Kape.
In addition, Ido Erlichman, Chief Executive Officer, and Moran Laufer, Chief Financial Officer, have each exercised certain options in the Company held by them. Mr Erlichman has exercised a total of 400,000 options utilising the net cashless exercise feature, surrendering 64,773 ordinary shares to the Company in respect of this exercise, with 335,227 ordinary shares to be issued to him. Mr Laufer exercised a total of 200,000 options utilising the net cashless exercise feature, surrendering 32,387 ordinary shares to the Company in respect of this exercise, with 167,613 ordinary shares to be issued to him.
Total Voting Rights
The Company's issued share capital will consist of 310,964,694 Ordinary Shares of which the Company holds 9,835,602 Ordinary Shares in treasury, the voting rights to which have been waived. Following the admission of shares the total number of voting rights in Kape will be 301,129,092 which is the figure which should 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, Ordinary Shares under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Kape Technologies plc Ido Erlichman, Chief Executive Officer Moran Laufer, Chief Financial Officer
| via Vigo Consulting |
Shore Capital (Nominated Adviser & Broker) Toby Gibbs / Mark Percy / James Thomas / Michael McGloin | +44 (0)20 7408 4090 |
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Joint Broker) Alex Price / Brad Topchik / Alain Dobkin / Richard Short
| +44 (0) 20 7710 7600 |
Vigo Consulting (Financial Public Relations) Jeremy Garcia / Antonia Pollock kape@vigoconsulting.com | +44 (0)20 7390 0237 |
About Kape
Kape is a leading 'privacy-first' digital security software provider to consumers. Through its range of privacy and security products, Kape focusses on protecting consumers and their personal data as they go about their daily digital lives.
To date, Kape has over 2.7 million paying subscribers, supported by a team of over 430 people across eight locations worldwide. Kape has a proven track record of revenue and EBITDA growth, underpinned by a strong business model which leverages our digital marketing expertise.
Through its subscription-based platform, Kape has fast established a highly scalable SaaS-based operating model, geared towards capitalising on the vast global consumer digital privacy market.
www.kape.com
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Don Elgie | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Kape Technologies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800GTF3PYCXPXET67 | ||||
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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| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares of $0.0001 par value each
ISIN: IM00BQ8NYV14 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Share Consideration | ||||
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e) | Date of the transaction | 4 October 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name | Ido Erlichman | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a) | Name | Kape Technologies plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800GTF3PYCXPXET67 | ||||||
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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| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code
| Ordinary Shares of $0.0001 par value each
ISIN: IM00BQ8NYV14 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase & Exercise of options | ||||||
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e) | Date of the transaction | 4 October 2021 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name | Moran Laufer | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a) | Name | Kape Technologies plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800GTF3PYCXPXET67 | ||||||
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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ISIN: IM00BQ8NYV14 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase | ||||||
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e) | Date of the transaction | 4 October 2021 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Martin Blair | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Non-executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Kape Technologies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800GTF3PYCXPXET67 | ||||
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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b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase | ||||
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e) | Date of the transaction | 4 October 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | David Cotterell | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Non-executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Kape Technologies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800GTF3PYCXPXET67 | ||||
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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b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase | ||||
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e) | Date of the transaction | 4 October 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Daniel Sagi | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Kape Technologies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800GTF3PYCXPXET67 | ||||
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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e) | Date of the transaction | 4 October 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Ran Greenberg | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Kape Technologies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800GTF3PYCXPXET67 | ||||
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e) | Date of the transaction | 4 October 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Shalev Katav | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Kape Technologies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800GTF3PYCXPXET67 | ||||
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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e) | Date of the transaction | 4 October 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Yossi Peretz | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Kape Technologies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800GTF3PYCXPXET67 | ||||
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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e) | Date of the transaction | 4 October 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
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