31 Jan 2018 13:57
31 January 2018
Blue Prism Group plc
("Blue Prism" or the "Group")
DIRECTOR / PDMR SHAREHOLDING
Blue Prism, a global leader in Robotic Process Automation, announces that on 31 January 2018 an award of a total of 41,284 market value options (the "Options") was made to Ijoma Maluza, the Group's Chief Financial Officer.
39,079 of the Options were awarded under the Blue Prism Group plc Employee Share Plan and 2,205 of the Options were awarded under the Blue Prism Group plc Company Share Option Plan. The Options have an exercise price of 1360p, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on the day prior to the date of award. The Options will vest after three years, subject to continued employment.
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
(a) | Name | Ijoma Maluza | |
2. | Reason for the notification | ||
(a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |
(b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | |
3. | Details of the issuer | ||
(a) | Name | BLUE PRISM GROUP PLC | |
(b) | LEI | 2138006DQE9FNUW8KO83 | |
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 Financial Instrument | Ordinary shares of £0.01 each | |
(b) | Identification code of the Financial Instrument | GB00BYQ0HV16 | |
(c) | Nature of the transaction | Award of market value options under the Blue Prism Group plc Employee Share Plan and the Blue Prism Group plc Company Share Option Plan
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(d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| 1360p | 41,284 |
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(e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | |
(f) | Date of the transaction | 31 January 2018 | |
(g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |
For further information please contact:
Blue Prism Group plc Alastair Bathgate, Chief Executive Officer Ijoma Maluza, Chief Financial Officer | via FTI Consulting |
Investec Bank plc Andrew Pinder Sebastian Lawrence Carlton Nelson Rob Baker | Tel: +44 (0)20 7597 5970 |
FTI Consulting Matt Dixon Dwight Burden | Tel: +44 (0)20 3727 1000 |
Blue Prism, a UK-headquartered global software company, is a leader in RPA, which enables blue-chip organisations to create a digital workforce powered by Blue Prism's software robots that are trained to automate routine back-office clerical tasks. The Group's enterprise-grade software enables the automation of manual, rules-based, administrative processes to create a more agile, cost effective and accurate back-office.
Blue Prism's RPA software delivers the world's most successful digital workforce and has executed over 1 billion transactions for its customers, which include AEGON, BNY Mellon, Commerzbank, IBM, ING, Maersk, Nokia, Nordea, Procter & Gamble, Raiffeisen Bank, Siemens, Westpac and Zurich. As at 31 October 2017, Blue Prism had 187 employees based out of offices in Newton le Willows and London (UK), Sydney (Australia), Tokyo (Japan), Bangalore (India), Austin, Miami, Chicago, New York and San Francisco (US).
For more information visit www.blueprism.com and follow the Group on LinkedIn and Twitter.