12 Nov 2018 17:58
12 November 2018
LOOPUP GROUP PLC
("LoopUp Group" or the "Group")
Issue of Equity and Notification of Director Dealings
LoopUp Group plc (LSE AIM: LOOP), the premium remote meetings company, announces that the Company has issued 30,000 new Ordinary Shares of 0.5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") as a result of an exercise of share options by Simon Healey, the Chief Financial Officer.
Issue of Equity
Application has been made for the 30,000 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that dealings in these new Ordinary Shares will commence on 16 November 2018 ("Admission"). The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares.
Following Admission, the Company will have in issue a total of 55,132,043 Ordinary Shares. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury.
Director Dealings
Simon Healey, the Chief Financial Officer, exercised options granted in 2012 at an exercise price of 50 pence over a total of 30,000 Ordinary Shares, of which he subsequently sold 10,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 387 pence. Following this exercise of options and sale of shares, Mr. Healey will hold options over 130,000 Ordinary Shares and will hold 20,000 Ordinary Shares representing 0.04% of the Group's issued share capital following Admission.
The FCA notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation is appended below.
For further information, please contact:
LoopUp Group plc | via FTI |
Steve Flavell, co-CEO | |
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited |
+44 (0) 20 7886 2500 |
Dominic Morley / Alina Vaskina (Corporate Finance) | |
Erik Anderson (Corporate Broking) | |
Numis Securities Limited | +44 (0) 20 7260 1000 |
Simon Willis / Jonny Abbott (Corporate Finance) | |
Tom Ballard (Corporate Broking) | |
FTI Consulting, LLP | +44 (0) 20 3727 1000 |
Matt Dixon / Harry Staight |
About LoopUp Group plc
LoopUp (LSE AIM: LOOP) is a premium remote meetings solution. Streamlined and intuitive, LoopUp is built for business users and delivers the quality, security and reliability required in the enterprise. One-click screen sharing and integration with tools business people use every day, like Outlook™, make it easy for LoopUp users to collaborate in real time. LoopUp's award-winning SaaS solution doesn't overwhelm users with features, and doesn't require training. Over 2,000 enterprises worldwide, including Travelex, Kia Motors America, Planet Hollywood and National Geographic trust LoopUp with their remote meetings.
The Group is headquartered in London, with offices in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Hong Kong and Barbados, and is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (LOOP). For further information, please visit: www.loopup.com.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a)
| Names | Simon Healey | ||||||
2
| Reason for the notification | |||||||
a)
| Position/status
| Chief Financial Officer
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b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a)
| Name
| LoopUp Group plc | ||||||
b)
| LEI | 21380063DQ4WXDQLYB80 | ||||||
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, type of instrument
| Options over Ordinary Shares of 0.5p each and Ordinary Shares of 0.5p each | ||||||
b) | Identification code
| GB00BYQP6S60 | ||||||
c)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of Options and Sale of Ordinary Shares | ||||||
d)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
50p exercise price for 30,000 options over Ordinary Shares exercises
387p for 10,000 Ordinary Shares sold
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e)
| Date of the transaction | 12 November 2018 | ||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||||
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