Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1451M

CPPGroup Plc

25 April 2018

 

25 April 2018

CPPGroup Plc ("CPP" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

CPPGroup Plc Long Term Incentive Plan

On 25 April 2018, options over ordinary shares of 1 penny each in CPP ("Ordinary Shares") were awarded to the following Directors under the CPPGroup Plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2016 (the "Plan"):

	Award of Ordinary Shares under the Plan	Resultant interests in unvested Ordinary Shares under incentive plans
Jason Walsh	4,635,463	10,976,043
Oliver Laird	1,710,171	2,982,776
Justine Shaw	1,622,412	5,578,028

No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards which are structured as nil cost options. 

The vesting of an award is subject to the satisfaction of performance conditions set by the Remuneration Committee of the Company.  The awards will normally vest following the third anniversary of the grant and the determination of the performance conditions, and will then normally remain exercisable until the day before the tenth anniversary of the date of the grant, provided the individual remains an employee or officer of the Company.

The total number of options awarded under the Plan to the above Directors and certain other senior employees on this date was 15,364,348. 

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1(R), the Company would like to notify the market of the following.

As at 25 April 2018 the Company's capital consisted of 857,205,936 Ordinary Shares. All of these shares carry voting rights of one vote per share. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
(a)	Name	(i)         Jason Walsh (ii)         Oliver Laird (iii)        Justine Shaw
	Reason for the notification
(a)	Position/status	(i)         Chief Executive Officer (ii)         Chief Financial Officer (iii)        People & Culture Director
(b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer
(a)	Name	CPPGroup Plc
(b)	LEI	213800FRDE79FTQI4X25
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	Ordinary shares of 1 penny each
(b)	Identification code of the Financial Instrument	GB00B5W55H93
(c)	Nature of the transaction	Award of share options
(d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
	Jason Walsh	N/A	4,635,463
	Oliver Laird	N/A	1,710,171
	Justine Shaw	N/A	1,622,412
(e)	Aggregated information -           Aggregated volume -           Price	N/A
(f)	Date of the transaction	25 April 2018
(g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Enquiries:

CPPGroup Plc

Lorraine Beavis, Group Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

Nominated Adviser and Corporate Broker

Investec Bank plc

Sara Hale / James Rudd / Carlton Nelson

Tel: [phone]

Media

Maitland

Neil Bennett; Daniel Yea

Tel: [phone]

CPP is a leading, product innovation business which works with Business Partners across a range of sectors in 11 markets within Asia, Europe and Latin America to provide product, marketing and distribution expertise delivering tangible commercial benefits and meaningful solutions to their customers. CPP's insurance and assistance products provide peace of mind by reducing the stresses of everyday life ranging from protection of mobile phones, payment cards and household belongings to keeping travel plans moving and the monitoring of compromised personal data.

For more information on CPP visit international.cppgroup.com

REGISTERED OFFICE

CPPGroup Plc

6 East Parade

LEEDS

LS1 2AD

Registered number: 07151159

 

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