Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9377J

SSP Group PLC

13 April 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

13 April 2015

SSP Group plc

(the "Company")

Notification of transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

In accordance with the requirements of Rule 3.1.4R of the FCA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, the Company was notified on 10 April 2015 by the trustee of the UK Share Incentive Plan ("UK SIP") Computershare Trustees Limited, that on 8 April 2015 the persons set out in the table below, each being a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (a "PDMR"), acquired ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") under the Partnership Shares element of the UK SIP at a price of 304.5p per Share and were also awarded Shares at nil consideration under the Matching Share element of the UK SIP.

The UK SIP is a share plan available to all of the Company's UK employees, subject to qualifying conditions.

The number of Shares purchased by and awarded to PDMRs under the terms of the Plan is as follows:

Name of PDMR	Number of Shares purchased - Partnership Shares	Number of Shares awarded - Matching Shares	Total shareholding (including interests in Shares) following notification
Kate Swann	41	41	4,602,052
Jonathan Davies	41	41	1,308,416
Mark Angela	41	41	981,375