17 September 2024
Blackbird plc
(the
"Company")
Director / PDMR
Shareholding
Blackbird plc (AIM: BIRD), the technology
licensor, developer and seller of the market-leading cloud native
video editing platform, Blackbird, and developer of
the online video editor and content creation platform,
elevate.io, has been informed that, on 16 September 2024, Ian McDonough, Chief Executive Officer,
and Stephen White, Chief Operating and Financial Officer, bought
ordinary shares of 0.8 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary
Shares"), as set out in the below table:
|
Director
|
No. of
Ordinary Shares bought
|
Price
|
|
Ian McDonough
|
71,770
28,482
42,687
|
6.95p
6.98p
6.9999p
|
|
Stephen White
|
85,000
|
6.85p
|
Following the above purchases, Ian McDonough
and his wife, Syarifah Aidid, now have a total beneficial interest
in 10,431,116 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to approximately 2.70 per
cent. of the Company's issued share capital and Stephen White now
has a total beneficial interest in 1,094,828 Ordinary Shares,
equivalent to approximately 0.28 per cent. of the Company's issued
share capital.
The FCA notifications in relation to the above
and made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse
Regulation are appended further below.
Enquiries:
|
Blackbird
plc
|
Tel: +44 (0)20 8879 7245
|
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Ian McDonough, Chief Executive
Officer
|
|
|
Stephen White, Chief Operating and Financial
Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allenby
Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and
Broker)
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Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656
|
|
Nick Naylor/Piers Shimwell
(Corporate Finance)
|
|
|
Amrit Nahal (Sales and Corporate
Broking)
|
|
About Blackbird
plc
Blackbird plc operates in the fast-growing
SaaS, Media and Entertainment and content creation markets.
Blackbird plc's patented technology allows for frame accurate
navigation, playback, viewing and editing in the cloud and it has
two products.
BlackbirdⓇ a market leading suite of cloud-native
computing applications, is used by rights holders, broadcasters,
sports and news video specialists, live events and content owners,
post production houses, other mass market digital video channels
and corporations.
elevate.io is the company's new browser-based
collaborative content creation platform currently in general
release. elevate.io is
built using Blackbird's core technology and is aimed at
professional teams and the fast growing Creator
Economy.
Blackbird plc also licences its core video
technology, under its 'Powered by Blackbird' licensing model,
enabling video companies to accelerate their path to true cloud
business models.
www.blackbird.video
www.linkedin.com/company/blackbird-cloud
www.twitter.com/blackbirdcloud
www.facebook.com/blackbirdplc
www.youtube.com/c/Blackbirdcloud
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons
discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely
associated with them.
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1
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
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a)
|
Name
|
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Chief Executive Officer
|
|
b)
|
Initial notification
/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
|
3
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Blackbird plc
|
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b)
|
LEI
|
2138006DWRVTIAVW3415
|
|
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 0.8p each
GB0004740477
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Purchase of ordinary shares
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
6.95p
|
71,770
|
|
6.98p
6.9999p
|
28,482
42,687
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
N/a - see prices above
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
16 September 2024
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange, XLON
|
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Chief Operating and 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
|
Blackbird plc
|
|
b)
|
LEI
|
2138006DWRVTIAVW3415
|
|
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 0.8p each
GB0004740477
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Purchase of ordinary shares
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
6.85p
|
85,000
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
n/a
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
16 September 2024
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange, XLON
|