Blackbird PLC Director/PDMR/PCA Shareholding (1100F)

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RNS Number : 1100F

Blackbird PLC

10 July 2019

Blackbird plc

("Blackbird" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR/PCA Shareholding

Blackbird plc (AIM: BIRD), the developer and seller of cloud video platform technology using its patented Blackbird technology, has been notified that on 9 July 2019, Ian McDonough, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, purchased 100,000 ordinary shares of 0.8 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 6.645 pence per Ordinary Share.

Ian McDonough and his wife Syarifah Aidid, a person closely associated with Ian McDonough, now hold a total beneficial interest in 3,639,562 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to approximately 1.23 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

Contacts:

 
 
   Blackbird Plc                                 Tel: +44 (0)20 
                                                 8879 7245 
 Ian McDonough, Chief Executive Officer 
 Adrian Lambert, Marketing Director 
 
 Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser     Tel: +44 (0)20 
  and Broker)                                    3328 5656 
 Nick Naylor 
 Nicholas Chambers 
 
 Yellow Jersey (Financial PR)                   Tel: +44 (0)776 
                                                 932 5254 
 Joe Burgess 
 Felicity Winkles

About Blackbird plc

Blackbird operates in the fast-growing SaaS and cloud video market, and has created the world's most advanced suite of cloud-native computing applications for video, all underpinned by its lightning-fast codec. Blackbird's patented technology allows for frame accurate navigation, playback, viewing and editing in the cloud. Blackbird underpins multiple applications, which are used by rights holders, broadcasters, sports and news video specialists, esports, live events and content owners, post-production houses, other mass market digital video channels and corporations.

Since it is cloud-native, Blackbird removes the need for costly, high end workstations and can be used from almost anywhere on almost any device. It also allows full visibility on multi-location digital content, improves time to market for live content such as video clips and highlights for social media distribution, and ultimately results in much more effective monetisation.

Blackbird(R) is a registered trademark of Blackbird plc.

Websites

www.blackbird.video

Social media

www.linkedin.com/company/blackbird-cloud

www.twitter.com/blackbirdcloud

www.facebook.com/blackbirdplc

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                              Ian McDonough 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                   Chief Executive Officer 
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 b)   Initial notification /Amendment   Initial notification 
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 3    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 
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 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 
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 a)   Description of the financial      Ordinary shares of 0.8p each in 
       instrument, type of instrument    Blackbird plc 
       Identification code 
                                         Identification code (ISIN) for Blackbird 
                                         plc ordinary shares: GB0004740477 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction         Purchase of Ordinary Shares 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)             Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                          6.645p     100,000 
                                                    ---------- 
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 d)   Aggregated information            N/A 
       - Aggregated volume 
       - Price 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the transaction           9 July 2019 
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 f)   Place of the transaction          London Stock Exchange, AIM 
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