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RNS Number : 6915Z  Literacy Capital PLC  09 April 2026

09 April 2026

Literacy Capital plc ("Literacy Capital" or the "Company")

Director / PDMR Shareholding

 

The Company announces further to its Director / PDMR Shareholding announcement
on 30 January 2025 that Paul Pindar, the Chair of the Company, has repaid in
full the personal loan facility with HSBC entered into to provide liquidity
for personal property investment commitments, as referred to in that
announcement.

The Company has received confirmation that the charge over the 15,000,000
Ordinary Shares of £0.001 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") previously
pledged as security against that facility has been released. These 15,000,000
Ordinary Shares are now unencumbered.

Mr Pindar's shareholding in the Company remains unchanged at 15,500,000
Ordinary Shares. Mr Pindar, together with his wife, Sharon Pindar, continue to
own 17,000,000 Ordinary Shares, representing over 28% of the Company's issued
share capital. They have not sold any shares in Literacy Capital since the
Company's Admission to the London Stock Exchange in June 2021.

 

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                                                         Paul Pindar
 2.                  Reason for the notification
 a)                  Position/status                                              Chair
 b)                  Initial notification / Amendment                             Initial Notification
 3.                  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
                     platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)                  Name                                                         Literacy Capital plc
 b)                  LEI                                                          2549006P3DFN5HLFGR54
 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
                     Identification code                                          ISIN: GB00BMF1L080
 b)                  Nature of the transaction                                    The release of a pledge over 15,000,000 Ordinary Shares previously granted as
                                                                                  security in connection with a personal loan facility with HSBC.
 c)                  Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Price: N/A

                                                                                  Volume: 15,000,000
 d)                  Aggregate information                                        As above
                     - Aggregate volume
                     - Total Exercise Price
 e)                  Date of the transaction                                      07 April 2026
 f)                  Place of the transaction                                     Off-market
 g)                  Additional information                                       N/A

 

-ENDS-

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Literacy Capital plc / Book Asset Management LLP

Richard Pindar / Aasha Tailor

+44 (0) 20 3960 0280

 

MHP Group

Reg Hoare / Ollie Hoare / Matthew Taylor

book@mhpgroup.com (mailto:book@mhpgroup.com)

+44 (0) 7817 458 804

 

Deutsche Numis

Hugh Jonathan / George Shiel

+44 (0) 20 7260 1000

 

 

A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website at
www.literacycapital.com (http://www.literacycapital.com) .

 

Neither the content of the Company's website, nor the content on any website
accessible from hyperlinks on its website for any other website, is
incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement nor, unless previously
published by means of a recognised information service, should any such
content be relied upon in reaching a decision as to whether or not to acquire,
continue to hold, or dispose of, securities in the Company.

 

LEI: 2549006P3DFN5HLFGR54

 

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