Richard Cooper buys 61,000 shares in Equals
Equals Group plc (LON:EQLS), a technology-led international payments group focused on the SME marketplace, announces that it was today notified that Richard Cooper, Chief Financial Officer, bought 61,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the company on 9 July 2021 at a price of 46.9 pence per share.
Subsequent to this purchase, Richard Cooper now holds 150,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.08% of the company’s issued share capital.
Richard Cooper was the CFO of GVC Holdings plc, one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming groups, from 2008 to 2017. Whilst at GVC, he played a key role in the implementation of the Company’s acquisition strategy during that period, together with its move from AIM to the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market. GVC is currently included within the FTSE 250 index.
He was also a non-executive director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Sportech Plc from May 2017 to October 2018.
Richard Cooper, a Chartered Accountant, is currently a non-executive director of VR Education Holdings plc, a technology focused education company quoted on AIM.