Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0167M

SSP Group PLC

07 October 2016

LEI: 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

7 October 2016

SSP Group plc

(the "Company")

Notification of transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

On 6 October 2016 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 Company's UK Share Incentive Plan ("UK SIP") at a price of £3.224 per Share and were also awarded Shares at nil consideration under the Matching Share element of the UK SIP. The acquisition and award of Shares took place in the United Kingdom.

The UK SIP is a share plan available to all of the Company's UK employees, subject to qualifying conditions. The UK SIP is administered by Computershare Trustees Limited, a UK incorporated company, who is the registered holder of the Shares.

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

Name of PDMR	Position	Number of Shares purchased: Partnership Shares	Aggregated Price of Partnership Shares	Number of Shares awarded: Matching Shares	Aggregated Price of Matching Shares	Total Aggregated Volume	Total Aggregated Price	Total Shares owned following notification (including Shares owned by their connected persons)
Kate Swann	Chief Executive Officer	39	£125.74	19	£0	58	£125.74	4,603,380
Jonathan Davies	Chief Financial Officer	39	£125.74	19	£0	58	£125.74	1,309,744
Mark Angela	Chief Commercial Officer and CEO -Eastern Europe and Middle East	39	£125.74	19	£0	58	£125.74	982,703
Simon Smith	CEO - UK & Ireland	38	£122.52	19	£0	57	£122.52	818,159