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LoopUp Group PLC

21 March 2023

21 March 2023

LoopUp Group plc

("LoopUp" or the "Group")

PDMR Dealings and Total Voting Rights

LoopUp Group plc (AIM: LOOP), the cloud platform for premium hybrid communications, announces that a total of 5,569,924 shares ("New Ordinary Shares") have been allotted to participants pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"), whereby employees may elect to sacrifice up to 25 per cent of their salary in return for the allotment of New Ordinary Shares .

The participation of employees in the ESPP remains strong since its launch in July 2021 reflecting the continued enthusiasm of employees to own shares in LoopUp. The Directors believe this is an effective way to reward and retain employees whilst ensuring they are aligned to the success of the Company.

PDMR Dealings

The following PDMRs elected to participate in the ESPP in October 2022 and their holdings have increased in accordance with the Rules of the ESPP as follows:

 
 
                                                                                                           Shares held 
                                                                                      Net                    as a % of 
                                                 Additional     Shares sold    additional                        total 
                                  Shares held        shares   (primarily to        shares    Shares held        issued 
                                       before     initially       cover tax    issued (or          after         share 
 Name            Title                dealing        issued      liability)         sold)        dealing       capital 
 Michael 
  Hughes         co-CEO          3,827,011      591,620       299,893         291,727       4,118,738      2.20% 
 Steve Flavell   co-CEO          3,028,700      588,028       256,244         331,784       3,360,484      1.80% 
 Simon 
  Sacerdoti      CFO             14,790         276,117       276,117         -             14,790         0.01% 
 Marcus 
  Greensit       COO             142,097        92,039        40,108          51,931        194,028        0.10% 
 Victor 
  Sanchez        CTO             537,609        105,646       53,382          52,264        589,873        0.32% 
                 EVP, Network 
 Dave Carroll     Operations     563,222        383,496       167,115         216,381       779,603        0.42% 
 Jana Rhyu       SVP Product     157,892        380,327       380,327         -             157,892        0.08% 
                 General 
 Edward Cooper    Counsel        131,464        173,851       75,759          98,092        229,556        0.12% 
 

Total Voting Rights

As a result of this issue, the total number of ordinary shares in issue now stands at 186,945,822 shares and the total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 186,945,822. No ordinary shares are held in treasury.

The above figure of 186,945,822 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they may determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The FCA notification, made in accordance with the UK version of the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (as part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) is appended below.

For further information, please contact:

 
LoopUp Group plc                                    via FTI 
Steve Flavell, co-CEO 
 
                                                    +44 (0) 20 7886 
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited                          2500 
Dominic Morley / Ivo Macdonald (Corporate 
 Finance) 
 
                                                    +44 (0) 20 7397 
Cenkos Securities Limited                            8900 
Giles Balleny / Dan Hodkinson (Corporate Finance) 
Alex Pollen / Dale Bellis (Sales) 
 
                                                    +44 (0) 20 3727 
FTI Consulting, LLP                                  1000 
Matt Dixon / Jamille Smith / Tom Blundell 
 

About LoopUp Group plc

LoopUp (LSE AIM: LOOP) is a cloud platform for premium hybrid communications. The Group's flagship Cloud Telephony solution (www.loopup,com) enables multinational enterprises to consolidate their global telecommunications into a single, consistently managed cloud implementation rather than disparate implementations from multiple carriers. The Group's hybrid auditorium and events solution, Hybridium (www.hybridium.com), brings unrivaled engagement and analytics to larger scale hybrid education, training and events such as management onsites, departmental kick-offs, capital markets days and thought leadership seminars.

The Group is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (LOOP) and is headquartered in London, with offices in the US, Spain, Germany, Hong Kong, Barbados and Australia.

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

 
       Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
   1    / person closely associated 
 a)    Names                            1. Michael Hughes 
                                         2. Steve Flavell 
                                         3. Simon Sacerdoti 
                                         4. Marcus Greensit 
                                         5. Victor Sanchez 
                                         6. Dave Carroll 
                                         7. Jana Rhyu 
                                         8. Edward Cooper 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
       Reason for the notification 
  2 
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status             Classified as PDMRs of the Company 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification        Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
       Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
  3     auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                        LoopUp Group plc 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                         21380063DQ4WXDQLYB80 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
       Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
  4     (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 0.5p 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Identification code         GB00BYQP6S60 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Nature of the transaction   Allotment and part sale pursuant to the 
                                    Employee Share Purchase Plan 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 d)    Price(s) and volume(s)                      Volume(s)        Price 
                                               Allotment   Sale 
                                              ----------  -------- 
                                          1.   591,620     299,893   2.88p 
                                              ----------  --------  ------ 
                                          2.   588,028     256,244   2.88p 
                                              ----------  --------  ------ 
                                          3.   276,117     276,117   2.88p 
                                              ----------  --------  ------ 
                                          4.   92,039      40,108    2.88p 
                                              ----------  --------  ------ 
                                          5.   105,646     53,382    2.88p 
                                              ----------  --------  ------ 
                                          6.   383,496     167,115   2.88p 
                                              ----------  --------  ------ 
                                          7.   380,327     380,327   2.88p 
                                              ----------  --------  ------ 
                                          8.   173,851     75,759    2.88p 
                                              ----------  --------  ------ 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information      2,591,124 shares allotted of which 1,548,945 
        - Aggregated volume         have been sold primarily to cover tax 
        - Price                     liabilities at a price of 2.88 p per 
                                    share. 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the transaction     15 March 2023 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction    London Stock Exchange 
      --------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 
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