Issue of Equity

Draper Esprit VCT plc
Legal Entity Identifier: 2138003I9Q1QPDSQ9Z97
11 January 2022
Issue of Equity

The Board of Draper Esprit VCT plc (the “Company”) announces an allotment on 10 January 2022 of Ordinary Shares of 5p each (“Shares”), pursuant to the Offer for Subscription that launched on 12 November 2021 (the “Offer”) as follows:

33,405,003 Ordinary Shares at an average price of 64.38p per Share.

Application for the Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities will be made shortly. Dealings are expected to commence on or around 17 January 2022.

Included in the above were the following allotments to Directors/PDMRs:

Director / PDMR		Shares allotted	Issue price
Hugh Aldous	Director	26,143	61.2p
Richard Marsh	Director	326,797	61.2p
Jean Brock	Person closely associated with David Brock – Director	114,379	61.2p
William Horlick	PDMR	16,339	61.2p
Benjamin Wilkinson	PDMR	81,699	61.2p

Following this allotment, the Company has 178,409,407 Shares in issue, which is also the Total Voting Rights of the Company.