Issue of Equity, Purchase of Treasury Shares and Total Voting Rights

22 Jul 2021

Eckoh plc (AIM:ECK), the global provider of secure payment products and customer contact solutions, today announces that it has issued 615,621 new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the "New Ordinary Shares"), following an exercise of share options by an employee.

The options being exercised were granted under the 2017 Eckoh plc Performance Share Plan and the number of New Ordinary Shares that ultimately vested was subject to a Total Shareholder Return performance condition, measured over a 3-year performance period.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, with dealings expected to commence on 23 July 2021 ("Admission").

Treasury Purchase

The Company also announces that, on 22 July 2021, it purchased 200,000 ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the Company at an average price of 62.5p, to be held in Treasury (“Treasury Shares”), which are expected to be used to meet future employers National Insurance for share options yet to be exercised by employees.

Total Voting Rights

Following Admission and the Treasury Purchase, the Company will have a total of 256,076,621 Ordinary Shares in issue. Pursuant to the Purchase, the number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury is 1,875,123 and, as a result, the Ordinary Shares in issue carrying voting rights will be 254,201,498. Shareholders may use this figure of 254,201,498 Ordinary Shares as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.


For more information, please contact:

Eckoh PLC
Nik Philpot, Chief Executive Officer
Chrissie Herbert, Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +44 (0) 1442 458 300
www.eckoh.com

FTI Consulting LLP
Ed Bridges / Jamie Ricketts / Tom Blundell
Tel: +44 (0) 203 727 1017
eckoh@fticonsulting.com

Singer Capital Markets (Nomad & Joint Broker)
Shaun Dobson / Tom Salvesen / Alex Bond / Kailey Aliyar
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7496 3000
www.singercm.com

Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker)
Simon Bridges, Andrew Potts
Tel: +44(0) 20 7523 8000
www.canaccordgenuity.com