EQUALS GROUP PLC

Director's Dealing • Jul 12, 2021

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RNS Number : 8303E

Equals Group PLC

12 July 2021

12 July 2021

Equals Group plc

('Equals' or the 'Company')

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Equals (AIM:EQLS) , the technology-led international payments group focused on the SME marketplace, announces that it was today notified that Richard Cooper, Chief Financial Officer, bought 61,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 9 July 2021 at a price of 46.9 pence per share.

Subsequent to this purchase, Richard Cooper now holds 150,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.08% of the Company's issued share capital.

The following disclosures are made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014. 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Richard Cooper

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Financial 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

Acquisition of 61,000 ordinary shares at 1.0p per share

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price	No. of shares
46.9p	61,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated  volume

- Price

n/a - single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

9 July 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, AIM

- Ends -

For more information, please contact:

Equals Group plc
Alan Hughes, Non-Executive Chairman Ian Strafford-Taylor, CEO	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7778 9308 www.equalsplc.com
Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Advisor / Broker)
Emma Gabriel / Bobbie Hilliam / Georgina McCooke Alex Aylen (Sales)	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8150
Buchanan (Financial Communications)
Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph Watson / 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 250 staff across sites in London and Chester.  For more information, please visit www.equalsplc.com .

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