PDMR Dealing

RNS Number : 4798S

GlobalData PLC

11 March 2019

 

GlobalData plc

("GlobalData" or the "Company")

PDMR Dealing

GlobalData today announces that it has received notification that on 8 March 2019, certain Directors of the Company exercised share options over ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") and sold Shares on the same day, as set out in further detail in the below Notification of Dealing Forms. This exercise follows confirmation in the Company's Final Results announcement released on 25 February 2019 that the results for the year ended 31 December 2018 fulfilled the performance condition for the exercisability of 2.1 million employee share options.

To satisfy the exercise of options by Directors and other employees 1,999,583 Shares were transferred from the Company's employee benefit trust. The total voting rights in the Company remain unchanged at 118,113,869 with 190,000 Shares held in treasury.

This notification is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation.

ENQUIRIES

GlobalData Plc	0207 936 6400
Mike Danson, Chief Executive
Graham Lilley, Group Financial Officer
N+1 Singer	0207 496 3000
James Maxwell
James White
Hudson Sandler	0207 796 4133
Nick Lyon

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	Bernard Cragg (Executive Chairman)
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	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 of 1/14p each GB00B87ZTG26
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of share options and sale of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Share option exercise price of nil 125,000 Sale of Shares at 600p 125,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	8 March 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	Off market and London Stock Exchange, AIM (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Graham Lilley (Chief Financial Officer)
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	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 of 1/14p each GB00B87ZTG26
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of share options and sale of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Share option exercise price of nil 50,000 Sale of Shares at 600p 50,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	8 March 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	Off market and London Stock Exchange, AIM (XLON)

 

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