Rhythmone : Director/PDMR Shareholding Notification

RhythmOne plc
('RhythmOne' or the 'Company')

Director/PDMR Shareholding Notification

The PDMR notifications below made under Article 19.1 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation ('MAR') relate to the vesting of restricted stock units granted under the terms of the RhythmOne plc 2017 International Equity Incentive Plan (the '2017 Plan'). This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19.3 of MAR.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Ms. Amy Rothstein
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Legal Officer
b)	Initial Notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	RhythmOne plc
b)	LEI	213800MZEQLXEIOJ9N61
4.	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
a)	Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of £0.10 each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares')
	Identification code	GB00BYW0RC64
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition following the automatic vesting of 1,201 Restricted Stock Units ('RSUs') granted under the terms of the 2017 Plan, resulting in the issue of 1,201 Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.00 1,201
d)	Aggregated information:	-Aggregated volume: 1,201 Ordinary Shares -Aggregated price: £0.00
e)	Date of the transaction	21 May 2018* *Although the automatic vesting of the RSUs took place on 21 May 2018, the Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to such vesting have not been settled in the account of the PDMR until the completion of the sales of Ordinary Shares to fund the tax liability
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

For further enquiries:

Financial Media Contacts
Edward Bridges / Rob Mindell
FTI Consulting LLP
(UK) 020 3727 1000

Nomad and Broker for RhythmOne
Nick Westlake (Nomad) / Michael Wharton / Toby Adcock
Numis Securities Limited
(UK) 020 7260 1000

About RhythmOne
RhythmOne drives engagement between advertisers and targeted audiences - resulting in real, measurable business outcomes. We offer fully integrated, cross-screen solutions that span desktop, mobile, and connected TV ('CTV') across high-impact video, rich media, display, social, and native advertising formats - ensuring advertisers reach high-propensity audiences wherever and however they consume content. The connections we make are further enhanced through unique audience data and powered by our unified programmatic platform, RhythmMax. RhythmMax includes unique verification technology, RhythmGuard, which ensures quality audiences in brand safe environments. This end-to-end platform - coupled with the world-class service of our account teams - provides more direct, efficient, and effective connections, driving ROI for advertisers and publishers. Founded in 2004 in the UK, RhythmOne is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in the US, UK, Europe, APAC, and Canada. For more information, please visit www.rhythmone.com.