Porta Communications : Director Dealing

1 May 2018

Porta Communications Plc("Porta" or the "Company" or the "Group")

Director Dealing

Porta Communications Plc (AIM: PTCM) has been notified that Ms Emma Kane, an Executive Director of the Company, has purchased 1,538,462 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company("Ordinary Shares")at a price of 3.25p per Ordinary Share.

Following this purchase, Ms Kane is beneficially interested in 1,538,462 Ordinary Shares in Porta, representing 0.33 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

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The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

Enquiries

Porta Communications Plc

Gene Golembiewski, Executive Directorwww.portacomms.com[phone]

Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser)

Samantha Harrison [phone]

N+1 Singer (Broker)

James Maxwell Lauren Kettle [phone]

Newgate Communications (Media Enquiries)

Bob Huxford

Adam Lloyd James Ash [phone]

Notes to Editors

Porta is a fully integrated communications and marketing group with specialisms including financial, corporate and consumer public relations, public affairs and research and multi-capability marketing, brand and creative communications.

The group has offices in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brisbane, Bristol, Canberra, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, London, Manchester, Melbourne, Perth, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney.

The brands and companies it owns are Newgate Communications, Redleaf Communications, Publicasity and 2112 Communications.

Porta Communications' corporate website iswww.portacomms.com

The notifications below are made in accordance with the requirements of the EU regulation on market abuse.

Template for 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	Emma Victoria Kane
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Executive Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Porta Communications Plc
b)	LEI	213800E2NB62KDYYOM55
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 Identification code	Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each ISIN: GB00B71C7K21
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) 3.25pVolume(s) 1,538,462
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total	1,538,462 3.25p £50,000
e)	Date of the transaction	1 May 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)