Draper Esprit PLC

16 June 2021

DRAPER ESPRIT PLC

("Draper Esprit" or the "Company")

Dealings by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR")

Draper Esprit PLC (AIM: GROW, ESM: GRW), a leading venture capital firm investing in and developing high growth digital technology businesses, hereby notifies of the acquisition of ordinary shares of £0.01 each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company on 16th June 2021 by directors Martin Davis, Chief Executive Officer and Ben Wilkinson, Chief Financial Officer.

Martin Davis has acquired 12,500 Ordinary Shares at a price of 800 pence per share. Mr Davis's resultant interest following this purchase is now 14,632 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.010 per cent of the Company's issued share capital. Ben Wilkinson has acquired 3,750 Ordinary Shares at a price of 800 pence per share. Mr Wilkinson's resultant interest following this purchase is now 12,225 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.008 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.

Following these dealings the PDMRs will have the following Ordinary Shares in the Company:

	Ordinary Shares Acquired	Resulting Position (Ordinary Shares)	Resulting Position (% of Issued Share Capital)
Martin Davis	12,500	14,632	0.010%
Ben Wilkinson	3,750	12,225	0.008%

The notification set out in the Annex below, which was made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details of such acquisition.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
1.1	Name	Martin Davis
2	Reason for the notification
2.1	Position / status	Chief Executive Officer
2.2	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
3.1	Name	Draper Esprit PLC
3.2	LEI	213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
4.1	Description of financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
	Identification Code	GB00BY7QYJ50
4.2	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Shares
4.3	Price(s) and volume(s)	12,500 Shares at 800 pence per Share
4.4	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
4.5	Date of the transaction	16th June 2021
4.6	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
1.1	Name	Ben Wilkinson
2	Reason for the notification
2.1	Position / status	Chief Financial Officer
2.2	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
3.1	Name	Draper Esprit PLC
3.2	LEI	213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
4.1	Description of financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
	Identification Code	GB00BY7QYJ50
4.2	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Shares
4.3	Price(s) and volume(s)	3,750 Shares at 800 pence per Share
4.4	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
4.5	Date of the transaction	16th June 2021
4.6	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Enquiries

Draper Esprit plc +44 (0)20 7931 8800

Martin Davis (Chief Executive Officer)

Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer)

Numis Securities +44 (0)20 7260 1000

Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker

Richard Thomas

Jamie Loughborough

Goodbody Stockbrokers +44 (0)20 3841 6202

Euronext Growth Adviser & Joint Broker

Don Harrington

Charlotte Craigie

Powerscourt +44 (0)79 7024 6725

Public relations

Elly Williamson

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