Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5464S

SSP Group PLC

08 July 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

8 July 2015

SSP Group plc

(the "Company")

Notification of transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of Rule 3.1.4R of the FCA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.

On 3 July 2015 the Company paid an interim dividend for the six months ended 31 March 2015. Any dividends declared on Matching Shares or Partnership Shares under the UK Share Incentive Plan ("UK SIP") are used by the trustee of the UK SIP, Computershare Trustees Limited ("Trustee"), to purchase ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company ("Dividend Shares") on behalf of participants. The Company was notified on 7 July 2015 that on 3 July 2015 the Trustee purchased the number of Dividend Shares set out below at a price of £2.878 per share on behalf of the persons set out in the table below, each being a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (a "PDMR").

The Company was notified on 8 July 2015 by the Trustee of the UK SIP, that on 7 July 2015 the PDMRs set out in the table below 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 £2.879 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.

Name of PDMR	Number of Dividend Shares purchased	Number of Shares purchased - Partnership Shares	Number of Shares awarded - Matching Shares	Total shareholding (including interests in Shares) following notification
Kate Swann	2	44	44	4,602,310
Jonathan Davies	2	44	44	1,308,674
Mark Angela	2	44	44	981,633