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K3 Business Technology Group PLC

01 February 2022

AIM: KBT

K3 Business Technology Group plc

("K3", "Company" or "Group")

PDMR Announcement

K3, which provides mission -- critical business software and cloud solutions, has received notification from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on 28 January 2022 it acquired, on behalf of its discretionary clients, 21,497 ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company at an average price of GBP1.559304 per share. In addition, on the 27 January 2022 it transferred, on behalf of its discretionary clients, an aggregate of 53,572 ordinary shares at an average price of GBP1.52 per share between accounts managed by Kestrel.

Mr Scott, a non-executive director of K3, is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in Kestrel. Mr Scott is also a shareholder in one of Kestrel's clients ("Kestrel Opportunities") and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in the Company.

Following these transactions, Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr Scott is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 8,515,879 ordinary shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Scott has no beneficial interest, hold 2,653,427 ordinary shares in the Company.

On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 11,169,306 ordinary shares in the Company, which represents 24.97% per cent of the Company's issued share capital.

Kestrel's interest in the ordinary shares in the Company is held through the following nominees:

 
 Holding     Nominee                      No. of shares   % of issued share 
  type                                                              capital 
             Bank of New York Nominees 
 Indirect     Ltd                             8,515,879              19.04% 
 Indirect    JIM Nominees Limited               140,080               0.31% 
             Bank of New York Nominees 
 Indirect     Ltd                             2,513,347               5.62% 
 
 

Further details in respect of the purchase are provided below, in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation (No 596/2014).

For further information contact:

 
                                                    +44 (0) 161 876 
 K3 Business Technology Group plc                    4498 
 Marco Vergani, CEO 
 Rob Price, CFO 
 
                                                    +44 (0) 207 220 
 finnCap Ltd                                         0500 
 Nominated Adviser and Broker 
 Julian Blunt/James Thompson (Corporate finance) 
 Richard Chambers/ Sunila de Silva (Corporate 
  Broking) 
 
                                                    +44 (0) 20 3178 
 KTZ Communications                                  6378 
 Katie Tzouliadis/Dan Mahoney 
 

ANNEX

Template for 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                     Kestrel Partners LLP ('Kestrel') 
     -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status          PCA - Oliver Rupert Andrew Scott (non-executive 
                                director of K3 Business Technology Group plc 
                                and Partner in Kestrel) 
     -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Initial notification     Initial 
       /Amendment 
     -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                     K3 Business Technology Group plc 
     -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 b)   LEI                      213800QOJ9OF2AV81748 
     -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 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              25p Ordinary Shares 
       of the financial 
       instrument, 
       type of instrument       ISIN: GB00B00P6061 
       Identification 
       code 
     -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of the            Purchase / Transfer 
       transaction 
     -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) and              Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       volume(s)                 GBP1.52    53,572 - Transfer 
                                           ------------------ 
                                 GBP1.54    10,000 - Purchase 
                                           ------------------ 
                                            1,497 - Purchase 
                                  GBP1.55 
                                           ------------------ 
                                            10,000 - Purchase 
                                  GBP1.58 
                                           ------------------ 
     -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 d)   Aggregated information   Total purchase of 21,497 at an average of 
       - Aggregated             GBP1.559304 for value GBP33,520.35. 
       volume                   Total transfer of 53,572 at a price of GBP1.52 
                                for value GBP81,429.44 
       - Price 
     -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the              27/01/2022 - Transfer 
       transaction              28/01/2022 - Purchase 
     -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 f)   Place of the             London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) 
       transaction 
     -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 

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