2 June 2017

Draper Esprit plc

('Draper Esprit' or the 'Company')

Dealings by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMRs')

Draper Esprit plc, one of the leading venture capital investors involved in the creation, funding and development of high-growth technology businesses with an emphasis on digital technologies in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Europe, hereby notifies the market that, on 2 June 2017, PDMRs Simon Cook (Chief Executive Officer), Stuart Chapman (Chief Operating Officer) and Brian Caulfield (Managing Partner), sold in aggregate 287,670 ordinary shares of the Company at 324 pence per share, representing 0.7% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The share sales result in the following interests for the selling PDMRs:

PDMR

Ordinary shares sold

Resulting position (ordinary shares)

Resulting position (% of issued share capital)

Simon Cook

110,908

2,119,306

5.2%

Stuart Chapman

110,908

2,119,306

5.2%

Brian Caulfield

65,854

1,258,383

3.1%

For further information, please contact:

Draper Esprit plc

Simon Cook (Chief Executive Officer)

Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer)

+44 (0)20 7931 8800

Numis Securities

Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker

Alex Ham

Richard Thomas

Jamie Loughborough

Harry Trueman

+44 (0)20 7260 1000

Goodbody Stockbrokers

ESM Adviser & Joint Broker

Don Harrington

Linda Hickey

Dearbhla Gallagher

+252 1 667 0420

Belvedere Communications (PR)

John West

Kim van Beeck

+44 (0)20 3567 0510

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