Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5166A

Sportech PLC

24 March 2017

Sportech PLC

LTIP Option Awards

On 24 March 2017, awards over ordinary shares of 50 pence each in Sportech PLC (the "Company") were made to certain Directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") as follows.

Name of Director/PDMR	No. of Shares under the Award	Structure of Award	Exerciseable
Ian Penrose	419,552	Nil Cost Option	On third anniversary subject to continuing employment, total shareholder return and other financial performance criteria
Mickey Kalifa	200,328	Nil Cost Option
Andrew Gaughan	191,387	Nil Cost Option
Luisa Wright	105,773	Nil Cost Option

The awards were granted under the rules of the Sportech Performance Share Plan and structured as noted above. No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards and no consideration is due on the maturity of the awards. The awards will normally become exercisable (or vest as relevant) shortly following the third anniversary of grant, subject to continued employment and to the extent the total shareholder return and financial performance conditions are achieved. Once vested, the awards structured as nil cost options shall ordinarily remain exercisable for a period of 12 months.

This notification is being made in accordance with DTR 3.1.4.

Form for 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	(i) Ian Penrose (ii) Mickey Kalifa (iii) Andrew Gaughan (iv) Luisa Wright
2.	Reason for the notification
(a)	Position/status	(i) Chief Executive Officer (ii) Chief Financial Officer (iii) Executive Director (iv) Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
(b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer
(a)	Name	Sportech PLC
(b)	LEI	N/A
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	Ordinary shares of 50 pence each
(b)	Identification code of the Financial Instrument	GB00B28ZPV64
(c)	Nature of the transaction	Awards made under the Sportech Performance Share Plan
(d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		(i) Nil Cost Option (ii) Nil Cost Option (iii) Nil Cost Option (iv) Nil Cost Option	(i) 419,552 (ii) 200,328 (iii) 191,387 (iv) 105,773

(e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
(f)	Date of the transaction	23 March 2017
(g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange