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LoopUp Group PLC

30 May 2022

30 May 2022

LoopUp Group plc

("LoopUp" or the "Group")

PDMR Dealings and Total Voting Rights

LoopUp Group plc (AIM: LOOP), the cloud platform for premium specialist communications, announces that a total of 1,587,821 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 percent of their salary in return for the allotment of New Ordinary Shares .

The participation of employees in the ESPP remains strong after 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 January 2022 and their holdings have increased in accordance with the Rules of the ESPP as follows:

 
 
                                                                                                           Shares held 
                                                                                                             as a % of 
                                                 Additional                           Net                        total 
                                  Shares held        shares    Shares sold     additional    Shares held        issued 
                                       before     initially   to cover tax         shares          after         share 
 Name            Title                dealing        issued      liability         issued        dealing       capital 
 Michael 
  Hughes         co-CEO             3,197,321       221,467         86,596        134,871      3,332,192         3.22% 
 Victor 
  Sanchez        CTO                  466,476        24,762         10,017         14,745        481,221         0.46% 
                 EVP, Network 
 Dave Carroll     Operations           95,094       156,109         68,024         88,085        183,179         0.18% 
                 General 
 Edward Cooper    Counsel              40,829        62,443         27,207         35,236         76,065         0.07% 
 

Total Voting Rights

As a result of this issue, the total number of ordinary shares in issue now stands at 103,528,486 shares and the total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 103,528,486. No ordinary shares are held in treasury.

The above figure of 103,528,486 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 / Alina Vaskina (Corporate 
 Finance) 
Erik Anderson (Corporate Broking) 
 
                                                    +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 specialist communications, focusing on capabilities that complement foundational unified communications platforms, such as Microsoft Teams. The Group's flagship Cloud Telephony solution for Microsoft Teams enables enterprise customers to eliminate disparate on-premises phone systems and multiple telecommunications service providers, and consolidate their global telecommunications into a single cloud implementation. LoopUp's global IP backbone interconnects with 18 carefully selected regional carrier partners and the Group has market-leading coverage as a licensed telecommunications service provider. 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. For further information, please visit: www.loopup.com

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. Victor Sanchez 
                                         3. Dave Carroll 
                                         4. 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 a 
                                    group Share Option Scheme and Employee 
                                    Share Purchase Plan 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 d)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                      Price(s)                   Volume(s) 
                                                         Allotment   Sale to cover 
                                                                      tax 
                                                        ----------  -------------- 
                                           1.   7.065p   221,467     86,596 
                                               -------  ----------  -------------- 
                                           2.   7.065p   24,762      10,017 
                                               -------  ----------  -------------- 
                                           3.   7.065p   156,109     68,024 
                                               -------  ----------  -------------- 
                                           4.   7.065p   62,443      27,207 
                                               -------  ----------  -------------- 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 d)    Aggregated information      464,781 shares allotted of which 191,844 
        - Aggregated volume         have been sold to cover tax liabilities 
        - Price                     at a price of 7.065p per share. 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 e)    Date of the transaction     23 May 2022 and 25 May 2022 (trades took 
                                    place over two phases) 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 f)    Place of the transaction    London Stock Exchange 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 

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