Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2552E

Serco Group PLC

02 July 2019

 

2 July 2019

Serco Group plc ('the Company')

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300PT2CIHYN5GWJ21

INITIAL NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (PDMRs) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 19 OF THE EU MARKET ABUSE REGULATION 596/2014

On 1 July 2019, pursuant to the earlier voluntary deferral of a proportion of their 2018 annual bonus and, in accordance with the rules of the Serco Group plc 2019 Deferred Bonus Plan ('the Plan'), ordinary shares of 2 pence each ('Investment Shares') were acquired on behalf of the following PDMRs. 

On 2 July 2019, following the acquisition of the Investment Shares, and in accordance with the rules of the Plan, the Company granted conditional share awards ('Matching Share Awards') to the PDMRs.

Details of each transaction are summarised in the table below.    

PDMR	Investment Shares Purchased	Matching Share Awards granted
Kevin Craven, CEO UK & Europe	28,848	109,628
David Eveleigh, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary	18,166	69,034
Mark Irwin, CEO AsPac	56,588	215,036

The Matching Share Awards have a normal vesting date of 3 May 2022 and vesting is conditional on continued employment, the continued holding of the Investment Shares, and the satisfaction of an EPS performance measure tested over the relevant three-year performance period.

Transaction notification

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Kevin Craven
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO UK & Europe
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Serco Group plc
b)	LEI	549300PT2CIHYN5GWJ21
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	Ordinary shares of 2 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
	Identification code	ISIN: GB0007973794
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£1.4375	28,848
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	28,848
	- Price	£41,469.00
e)	Date of the transaction	1 July 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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	Ordinary shares of 2 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
	Identification code	ISIN: GB0007973794
b)	Nature of the transaction	The grant of conditional share awards on 2 July 2019 under the Serco Group plc 2019 Deferred Bonus Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			n/a	109,628
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	109,628
	- Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	2 July 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	n/a

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	David Eveleigh
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Serco Group plc
b)	LEI	549300PT2CIHYN5GWJ21
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	Ordinary shares of 2 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
	Identification code	ISIN: GB0007973794
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£1.4375	18,166
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	18,166
	- Price	£26,113.63
e)	Date of the transaction	1 July 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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	Ordinary shares of 2 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
	Identification code	ISIN: GB0007973794
b)	Nature of the transaction	The grant of conditional share awards on 2 July 2019 under the Serco Group plc 2019 Deferred Bonus Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			n/a	69,034
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	69,034
	- Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	2 July 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	n/a

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Irwin
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO AsPac
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Serco Group plc
b)	LEI	549300PT2CIHYN5GWJ21
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	Ordinary shares of 2 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
	Identification code	ISIN: GB0007973794
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£1.4375	56,588
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	56,588
	- Price	£81,345.25
e)	Date of the transaction	1 July 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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	Ordinary shares of 2 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
	Identification code	ISIN: GB0007973794
b)	Nature of the transaction	The grant of conditional share awards on 2 July 2019 under the Serco Group plc 2019 Deferred Bonus Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			n/a	215,036
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	215,036
	- Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	2 July 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	n/a

 

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