EQUALS GROUP PLC

Director's Dealing • Dec 14, 2022

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RNS Number : 7408J

Equals Group PLC

14 December 2022

14 December 2022

Equals Group plc

('Equals' or the 'Company')

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Equals (AIM:EQLS), the fast-growing payments group focused on the SME marketplace, announces that two of its Directors have today purchased ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company.  Ian Strafford-Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, purchased 22,500 Ordinary Shares at a price of 88.0 pence per Ordinary Share on 14 December 2022. Following this purchase of shares, he now holds 2,200,250 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.22% of the Company's issued share capital.

Alan Hughes, Non-Executive Chairman, purchased 12,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 88.0 pence per Ordinary Share on 14 December 2022. Following this purchase of shares, he now holds 46,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.03% of the Company's issued share capital.

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

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Ian Strafford-Taylor

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive Officer

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Equals Group plc

b)

LEI

213800CPI5S2GYB3RI27

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

Identification code

Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each

ISIN: GB00BLS0XX25

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price	No. of shares
88.0p	22,500

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated  volume

- Price

n/a single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

14 December 2022

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, AIM

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Alan Hughes

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Chairman

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Equals Group plc

b)

LEI

213800CPI5S2GYB3RI27

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

Identification code

Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each

ISIN: GB00BLS0XX25

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price	No. of shares
88.0p	12,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated  volume

- Price

n/a single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

14 December 2022

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, AIM

- Ends -

For more information, please contact:

Equals Group plc
Ian Strafford-Taylor, CEO Richard Cooper, CFO	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7778 9308 www.equalsplc.com
Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Adviser / Broker)
Max Hartley / Harry Rees	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8150
Buchanan (Financial Communications)
Henry Harrison-Topham / Toto Berger equals@buchanan.uk.com	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 www.buchanan.uk.com

Notes to Editors:

Equals Group is a technology-led international payments group augmented by highly personalised service for the payment needs of SME's whether these be FX, card payments or via Faster Payments. Founded in 2007, the Group listed on AIM in 2014 and currently employs around 285 staff across sites in London and Chester.  For more information, please visit www.equalsplc.com.

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