Director/PDMR Shareholding & Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 5501N

NCC Group PLC

09 August 2017

 

NCC Group plc

("NCC" or the "Company")

Exercise of Share Options

Director / PDMR Dealing

NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC) received notification on 4 August 2017 that on the same day the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") listed below was awarded 18,372 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") by the trustees of NCC Group Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") pursuant to options granted to him under the Deferred Bonus Plan (part of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan). The aggregate exercise price paid by the PDMR in relation to the options exercised by him was £1. The Ordinary Shares required to satisfy the award were acquired in the market by the EBT at a price of £1.9475 per Ordinary Share.

On 4 August 2017, the trustees of the EBT sold 8,634 Ordinary Shares on behalf of the PDMR at a price of £1.9475 per Ordinary Share to satisfy the costs of the income tax, national insurance and other liabilities arising on the exercise of the options.

As a result of the exercise of the options and the subsequent sale of Ordinary Shares mentioned above, the net number of Ordinary Shares acquired by the PDMR is set out below:

Name	Director / PDMR	Former shareholding	Ordinary Shares awarded	Ordinary Shares sold	Resultant shareholding	Percentage of issued share capital
Roger Rawlinson**	PDMR	966,571	18,372	8,634	976,309	0.353%

** Including 41,454 shares held by spouse

Total voting rights

Following the transactions above, the total Ordinary Shares in issue is 276,510,137. The number of voting rights in issue is 276,510,137 and should be used by shareholders as the denominator in the calculation of their interest in the Company. 

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
a)	Name	Roger Rawlinson
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	NCC Group plc
b)	LEI	213800DJCGZRB6523934
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: GB00B01QGK86
b)	Nature of the transaction	1.   Exercise of options over Ordinary Shares 2.    Subsequent sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	1. Purchase of Ordinary Shares pursuant to exercise of options Price(s) Volume(s) £1.00 (paid in total for all 18,372 Ordinary Shares)  18,372 2. Sale of Ordinary Shares Price(s) Volume(s) £1.9475  8,634
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	As above
e)	Date of the transaction	4 August 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Enquiries:
NCC Group (www.nccgroup.trust)
Brian Tenner, Interim CEO Peel Hunt	0161 209 5200
Charlie Batten/Dan Webster/George Sellar	020 7418 8900

 

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