22 August 2019
Vianet Group PLC
(the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
The Company announces that James Dickson, Chairman, has informed the Company that his pension fund has purchased 45,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 120 pence per Ordinary Share on 22 August 2019.
Following this purchase, Mr Dickson is interested in 4,979,259 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 17.5% of the Ordinary Shares in issue.
The Company makes the following disclosures in accordance with article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation:
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
James Dickson |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
Chairman |
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b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
Vianet Group PLC |
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b) |
LEI |
2138007KAM1HB8E7E134 |
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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 |
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Transaction |
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a)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each
ISIN: GB00B13YVN56 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of ordinary shares by pension fund |
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A - single transaction
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
22 August 2019 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, XLON |
Enquiries:
Vianet Group plc |
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James Dickson, Chairman Stewart Darling, CEO Mark Foster, CFO |
Tel: +44 (0) 1642 358 800
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Cenkos Securities plc |
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Stephen Keys |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7397 8900 |
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Media enquiries:
Yellow Jersey PR |
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Sarah Hollins Henry Wilkinson |
Tel: +44 (0)7764 947 137 Tel: +44 (0)7951 402336 |