8 Feb 2019 12:17
Connect Group PLC
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Connect Group PLC (the "Company") announces that it has been notified of the following transactions in the Company's ordinary 5p shares undertaken by directors / persons discharging managerial responsibility:
1. Exercise by Jonathan Bunting (Chief Executive Officer, Smiths News) of 97,649 Deferred Bonus Plan (2016) shares, receipt of 49,077 shares in respect of the dividend equivalent payment and the subsequent sale of 69,103 ordinary shares to cover the tax and NI liability.
The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Jonathan Bunting
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2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chief Executive Officer, Smiths News | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Connect Group PLC | |||
b)
| LEI
| 2138004033ONVOOQXB02 | |||
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
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary 5p shares | |||
Identification code | ISIN: GB00B17WCR61 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of 97,649 Deferred Bonus Plan (2016) shares and receipt of 49,077 shares in respect of the dividend equivalent payment. | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
Nil consideration | 146,726 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | n/a single transaction | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 7 February 2019 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, Main Market | |||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Jonathan Bunting
| |||
2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
a)
| Position/status
| Chief Executive Officer, Smiths News | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Connect Group PLC | |||
b)
| LEI
| 2138004033ONVOOQXB02 | |||
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 5p shares | |||
Identification code | ISIN: GB00B17WCR61 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of 69,103 shares to cover the tax and NI liability arising following exercise of 97,649 Deferred Bonus Plan (2016) shares and receipt of 49,077 shares in respect of the dividend equivalent payment. | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
£0.365883 | 69,103 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | n/a single transaction | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 7 February 2019 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, Main Market | |||
Adele Duff
Deputy Company Secretary