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Appreciate Group PLC

09 August 2021

09 August 2021

Appreciate Group plc

("Appreciate Group" or the "Company")

Grant of Share Options and PDMR Notification

Appreciate Group plc (AIM:APP), the prepayment, gifting and engagement company behind many of the country's most-loved gifting and reward products, announces that the Company has granted nil-cost options over the ordinary shares of GBP0.02 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the rules of the 2021 Appreciate Group Incentive Plan to the following employees each a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities.

 
 PDMR             Position                    Number of options   Percentage 
                                               granted over        of issued 
                                               Ordinary Shares     share capital 
                                                                   under option 
                                                                   (rounded) 
 Julian Coghlan   Chief Commercial Officer              183,004           0.098% 
                  -------------------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 Claire Jones     Group HR Director                     125,487           0.067% 
                  -------------------------  ------------------  --------------- 
                  Chief Transformation 
 Gillian Taylor    Officer                               93,718           0.050% 
                  -------------------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 

The options awarded under the plan relate to the FY21 performance of the Company, and vest 3 years from the date of the award.

The awards were granted as conditional awards and will ordinarily vest on 22 June 2024, subject to the grantee's continued service and the Remuneration Committee's assessment of the extent to which the award's performance conditions are satisfied.

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       (PDMR) / person closely associated (PCA) 
 a)   Name                           1. Julian Coghlan 
                                      2. Claire Jones 
                                      3. Gillian Taylor 
     -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   Position/status                1. Chief Commercial Officer 
                                      2. Group HR Director 
                                      3. Chief Transformation Officer 
     -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 c)   Is this an Initial 
       notification or Amendment       Initial notification 
       to a previous notification? 
     -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 2    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                           Appreciate Group plc 
     -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                            213800MQ5U1F8SPHK638 
     -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 3    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             Ordinary Shares of GBP0.02 pence 
       financial instrument,          each in Appreciate Group plc 
       type of instrument 
 
       Identification code            ISIN : GB0006710643 
     -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction      Grant of a conditional award under 
                                      the Appreciate Group plc Incentive 
                                      Plan 
     -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)           Price(s)      Volume(s) 
                                        1. GBPnil     183,004 
                                         2. GBPnil     125,487 
                                         3. GBPnil     93,718 
                                                     ---------- 
     -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
       (for multiple transactions      Not applicable - single transactions 
       for the same instrument 
       on same day at same 
       place) 
 
       - Aggregated volume 
 
       - Price 
     -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction        2021-08-06 
     -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction       Outside a trading venue 
     -----------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 

For further information, please contact:

 
 Appreciate Group         Liberum Capital Ltd   MHP Communications 
  PLC 
                                                Reg Hoare 
   John (Ian) O'Doherty     Richard Crawley      Katie Hunt 
                                                 Charles Hirst 
                                                 Robert Clark 
 Tel: 0151 653 1700       Tel: 020 3100 2000    Tel: 020 3128 8193 
 

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