REG - Audioboom Group PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

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03/12/2021 07:00

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RNS Number : 4516U  Audioboom Group PLC  03 December 2021

 

Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom", the "Group" or the "Company")

 

PDMR/PCA Dealing

Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the leading global podcast company, announces that it
has been notified that, on 2 December, Nicholas Candy purchased 45,000
ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at 1000 pence per Ordinary
Share.  Following this purchase, Nicholas Candy is directly and indirectly
interested in a total of 2,322,602 Ordinary Shares, which is equivalent to
14.75 per cent. of the Company's total issued ordinary share capital.

 

Of these, 2,197,602 Ordinary Shares are held by Candy Ventures sarl, of which
Nicholas Candy is a 90 per cent. shareholder.  Candy Ventures sarl is a
person closely associated with Steven Smith, a non-executive director of the
Company, who is a person discharging managerial responsibilities.

 

The FCA notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK
Market Abuse Regulation, is appended below.

 

 

Enquiries

 Audioboom Group plc                                                     Tel: +44(0)300 303 3765
 Stuart Last, Chief Executive Officer

 Brad Clarke, Chief Financial Officer

 finnCap Ltd (Nominated Adviser and Broker)                              Tel: +44(0)20 7220 0500
 Jonny Franklin-Adams/Abigail Kelly/Milesh Hindocha (Corporate Finance)

 Richard Chambers/Harriet Ward (ECM)

 

About Audioboom

Audioboom is a global leader in podcasting - our shows are downloaded more
than 100 million times each month by 30 million unique listeners around the
world. Audioboom is ranked as the fourth largest podcast publisher in the US
by Triton Digital.

 

Audioboom's ad-tech and monetisation platform underpins a scalable content
business that provides commercial services for a premium network of 250 top
tier podcasts, with key partners including 'Casefile True Crime' (US),
'Morbid' (US), 'True Crime Obsessed' (US), 'The Morning Toast' (US), 'No Such
Thing As A Fish' (UK), and 'The Cycling Podcast' (UK).

 

Audioboom Studios is home to a slate of content developed and produced by
Audioboom including 'Dark Air with Terry Carnation', 'F1: Beyond The Grid',
'RELAX!', 'Covert', 'It's Happening with Snooki & Joey', 'Mafia', 'Huddled
Masses' and 'What Makes A Killer'.

 

Audioboom operates internationally, with operations and global partnerships
across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The platform allows content
to be distributed via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Deezer,
Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Saavn, Stitcher, Facebook and
Twitter as well as a partner's own websites and mobile apps.

 

For more information, visit audioboom.com.

 

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                                                           Nicholas Candy (90% shareholder of Candy Ventures sarl)
 2     Reason for the notification
 a)    Position/status                                                Candy Ventures sarl is a person closely associated with Steven Smith, a
                                                                      non-executive director of the Company
 b)    Initial notification /Amendment                                Initial notification
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
       platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)    Name                                                           Audioboom Group plc
 b)    LEI                                                            213800QO681575J97813
 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    Ordinary shares of no par value in Audioboom Group plc

       Identification code

                                                                      Identification code (ISIN) for Audioboom Group plc ordinary shares:
                                                                      JE00BJYJFG60
 b)    Nature of the transaction                                      Purchase of shares
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s)                                         Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                                                      1000p     45,000

 
 d)    Aggregated information

       - Aggregated volume

       - Price
 e)    Date of the transaction                                        2 December 2021
 f)    Place of the transaction                                       London Stock Exchange, XLON

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 

e)

Date of the transaction

2 December 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, XLON

 

 

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