Director/PDMR Shareholding

Vianet Group PLC

23 January 2024

 

23 January 2024

Vianet Group PLC

(the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Vianet Group plc (AIM: VNET), the international provider of actionable data and business insight through our ecosystem of connected hardware devices, management software platforms, and smart insights portal, announces that it has today been notified that James Dickson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, on that same day, purchased 20,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a weighted average price of 87.89 pence per ordinary share.

Following this purchase, James Dickson is interested in 5,144,981 ordinary shares in the Company, representing approximately 17.51 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.

The Company makes the following disclosures in accordance with article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation:

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	James Dickson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Vianet Group PLC
b)	LEI	2138007KAM1HB8E7E134
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
	Transaction
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN: GB00B13YVN56
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 87.958 pence 87.250 pence 18,000 2,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	20,000 £17,577
e)	Date of the transaction	23 January 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

Enquiries:

Vianet Group plc
James Dickson, Chairman & Interim CEO Mark Foster, CFO	Tel: [phone] www.vianetplc.com
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited
Camilla Hume/Stephen Keys	Tel: [phone]
	www.cavendish.com

 

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