Director/PDMR Shareholding

GlobalData PLC

13 September 2023

 

GlobalData Plc

(the "Company, or "GlobalData")

PDMR Dealing Announcement

Pursuant to the stock lending and forward sale agreements entered on 8 August 2023 between Michael Danson (PDMR) and Estel Asset Management Limited, a person closely associated with him, the Company announces that on 11 September 2023, 2,554,936 ordinary shares of £0.0001 each in the Company were physically settled and transferred to Estel Asset Management Limited, as set out below.  This transaction reduces the number of ordinary shares participating in the stock lending and forward sale arrangements to 15,173,364, being approximately 3.0% of Michael Danson's shareholding in the Company.

The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended, provide further detail.

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	Michael Danson
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR, Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	GlobalData Plc
b)	LEI	2138005I669UO6PJXM24
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 ISIN: GB00BR3VDF43
b)	Nature of transaction	Settlement of stock lending
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Nil	2,554,936
d)	Aggregate information - Aggregate volume - Total Price	2,554,936 shares in aggregate Nil
e)	Date of the transaction	11/09/2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue
g)	Additional information	N/A

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Estel Asset Management Limited
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	The notification concerns a person closely associated with Michael Danson (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	GlobalData Plc
b)	LEI	2138005I669UO6PJXM24
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 ISIN: GB00BR3VDF43
b)	Nature of transaction	Settlement of stock borrowing
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Nil	2,554,936
d)	Aggregate information - Aggregate volume - Total Price	2,554,936 shares in aggregate Nil
e)	Date of the transaction	11/09/2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue
g)	Additional information	N/A

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Michael Danson
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR, Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	GlobalData Plc
b)	LEI	2138005I669UO6PJXM24
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 ISIN: GB00BR3VDF43
b)	Nature of transaction	Settlement of forward sale
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£1.56	2,554,936
d)	Aggregate information - Aggregate volume - Total Price	2,554,936 shares in aggregate £3,981,114.99
e)	Date of the transaction	11/09/2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue
g)	Additional information	N/A

For more information, please contact:

GlobalData Plc
Mike Danson, Chief Executive Officer	0207 936 6400
Graham Lilley, Chief Financial Officer
J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Nomad)	0203 493 8000
Bill Hutchings / Mose Adigun
Panmure Gordon (Joint Broker)	0207 886 2500
Rupert Dearden / Dougie McLeod
Numis Securities (Joint Broker)	0207 260 1000
Nick Westlake / Iqra Amin
FTI Consulting (Financial PR)	0203 727 1000
Edward Bridges / Dwight Burden / Emma Hall

LEI: 2138005I669UO6PJXM24

A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website at https://www.globaldata.com/. Neither the content of the Company's website, nor the content on any website accessible from hyperlinks on its website for any other website, is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement nor, unless previously published by means of a recognised information service, should any such content be relied upon in reaching a decision as to whether or not to acquire, continue to hold, or dispose of, securities in the Company.

 

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