11 September 2025
ActiveOps plc
("ActiveOps", the "Company" or the "Group")
Director / PDMR / PCA Shareholding
ActiveOps plc (AIM: AOM), a global leader in AI-driven Decision Intelligence for banking, insurance, BPOs and healthcare organisations has been informed that, for estate planning purposes, Richard Jeffery, Executive Chair, has gifted (i) 600,000 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to his wife, Mrs Susan Jeffery, (ii) 600,000 Ordinary Shares in aggregate to his adult children and (iii) 4,800,000 Ordinary Shares to the Jeffery Family Settlement (trust) (the trustees of which are Richard Jeffery and Susan Jeffery, and the beneficiaries of which are their children, grandchildren and subsequent generations of their family). Subsequently Mrs Susan Jeffery gifted 600,000 Ordinary Shares in aggregate to her adult children.
As a result of these transactions, Richard Jeffery's total shareholding in the Company (including 282,108 Ordinary Shares held by his wife) is 8,743,389 Ordinary Shares, of which 4,800,000 Ordinary Shares are held by him and his wife as trustees of the Jeffery Family Settlement (trust). The total shareholding represents, in aggregate, 12.24 % of the total issued share capital of the Company.
The notifications below are made in accordance with Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation:
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name
| 1. Richard Jeffery 2. Susan Jeffery
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| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| 1. Executive Chair 2. Person closely associated with Richard Jeffery | |||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification. | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| a)
| Name
| ActiveOps plc | |||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800RHBFOK6YNI3B30 | |||
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| 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 instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each
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| Identification code | ISIN Code: GB00BLH37Y17 | ||||
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| 1. i. Gift of 600,000 Ordinary Shares to Mrs Susan Jeffery ii. Gift of 600,000 Ordinary Shares to adult children iii. Gift of 4,800,000 Ordinary Shares to the Jeffery Family Settlement (trust)
2. Gift of 600,000 Ordinary Shares to adult children
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| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | |
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| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | 1. i. nil ii. nil iii. nil | 1. i. 600,000 ii. 600,000 iii. 4,800,000 | | |
| | | 2. nil
| 2. 600,000 | | |
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| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
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| - Aggregated volume | 1. 6,000,000 2. 600,000 | ||||
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| - Price | 1. Nil 2. Nil | ||||
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 1. i. 10 September 2025 ii. 10 September 2025 iii. 10 September 2025
2. 10 September 2025
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| f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off market | |||
For more information, please contact:
| ActiveOps | Via Alma |
| Richard Jeffery, Executive Chair | |
| Emma Salthouse, Chief Financial Officer | |
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| Investec Bank plc | +44 (0)20 7597 5970 |
| Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker | |
| Patrick Robb / Nick Prowting / James Smith | |
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| Canaccord Genuity Limited | +44 (0)20 7523 8000 |
| Joint Broker | |
| Simon Bridges / Harry Gooden / Harry Rees | |
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| Alma Strategic Communications | + 44(0) 203 405 0205 |
| Caroline Forde / Louisa El-Ahwal | |
About ActiveOps
ActiveOps is a Software as a Service business, dedicated to helping organisations create more value from their service operations. ActiveOps' Decision Intelligence software solutions are specifically designed to support leaders with the vast number of decisions they make daily in the running their operations. Our customers make better decisions and consume less time and effort making them. The outcomes are significantly improved turnaround times and double-digit improvements in productivity with backlogs of work materially reduced. Customers can leverage the capacity created to invest in transformation and development, and more efficiently utilise resources.
The Company's AI-powered SaaS solutions are underpinned by 15+ years of operational data and its AOM methodology which is proven to enhance cross departmental decision-making.
The Company has approximately 280 employees, serving a global base of enterprise customers from offices in the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, India, and South Africa. The Group's customers are predominantly in the banking, insurance, healthcare administration and business process outsourcing (BPO) sectors, including Nationwide, TD Bank, Elevance and Xchanging.
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