Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3029J

Leeds Group PLC

04 December 2018

 

Leeds Group plc

(the "Company")

Director dealing

Leeds Group plc announces that it has today been informed that on 3 December 2018 Mr Johan Claesson, a director of the Company, purchased 3,967,150 Ordinary Shares in the Company from his brother Mr Magnus Claesson, at a price of 27.3p per share.

Johan Claesson and his associates' combined shareholding remains unchanged at 7,978,050 Ordinary Shares, equal to 29.20% of the Company's total issued ordinary share capital.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014 (MAR) and has been arranged for release by Jan G Holmstrom, Chairman.

Enquiries:

Dawn Henderson

Leeds Group plc

077747 777055

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP

Tony Rawlinson / Liam Murray

020 7213 0880

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a.	Name	Johan Claesson
2	Reason for notification
a.	Position/Status	Mr Magnus Claesson, is the brother of Mr Johan Claesson, a director of the Leeds Group plc. Although Mr Magnus Claesson is not a "persons closely associated" with Mr Johan Claesson as defined in Article 3 of the Regulations (EU) No 596/204 "Market Abuse Regulations" Mr Magnus Claesson has previously been ruled by the Takeover Panel to be acting in concert with Mr Johan Claesson for the purposes of the UK Takeover Code.
b.	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Leeds Group plc
b.	LEI	213800DD2YHUVCJ8VC23
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 25 pence each ISIN GB0005100606
b.	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of shares between Mr Magnus Claesson and Mr Johan Claesson. No change of overall shareholding of Mr Claesson and associates.
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			27.3p	3,967,150
d.	Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Price	3,967,150 27.3p
e.	Date of the transaction	3 December 2018
f.	Place of the transaction	Sweden

 

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