Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8502J

GVC Holdings PLC

22 August 2019

 

22 August 2019

 GVC Holdings PLC

("GVC", "Group" or "Company")

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

On 21 August 2019 the Company was notified that Directors had purchased Ordinary shares of €0.01 each ('Ordinary Shares') in the Company, on 20 and 21 August 2019, as set out below.

Name	Shareholding prior to purchase	Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	Price Purchased	Existing LTIP awards	Total Share interest
K Alexander	666,666	833,334	588.17p	1,022,126	2,522,126
R Wood	-	18,000	578.37p	226,087	244,087
J Anscombe	5,169	12,000	588.17p	n/a	17,169
P Bouchut	18,000	9,000	588.17p	n/a	27,000
P Isola	19,335	16,800	588.17p	n/a	36,135
V McDowell	7,000	8,000	588.17p	n/a	15,000

Kenneth Alexander, GVC's CEO, commented:

 "The purchase of £5m worth of shares demonstrates my conviction that GVC's strategy and long-term outlook will provide shareholders with strong returns, as supported by the continued positive momentum in the results we announced last week.  I am confident in the regulatory outlook in Germany and the UK, and in the group's opportunity to take a leading position in the US market. I remain totally committed to GVC for the long-term."

Notes to editors: The shares purchased by the Directors were traded cum dividend. The Company's ex-dividend date in respect of the 17.6p interim dividend for 2019 (declared on 15 August 2019) is 22 August 2019.

For further information:

GVC Holdings PLC

Paul Tymms, Director of Investor Relations and                                          ([e-mail])

Corporate Communications        

Media enquiries

Buchanan Communications

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Transaction notification

1.	Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Kenneth Alexander
b)	Position/status	CEO
c)	Initial notification/ amendment	Initial Notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	GVC Holdings PLC
b)	LEI	213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
3.	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 transaction(s) has been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of €0.01 each ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: IM00B5VQMV65
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of 833,334 Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			588.17p	833,334
d)	Aggregated information
	Aggregated volume Price	588.17p per share Total price £4,901,420.59		833,334
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-08-21
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1.	Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Robert Wood
b)	Position/status	CFO
c)	Initial notification/ amendment	Initial Notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	GVC Holdings PLC
b)	LEI	213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
3.	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 transaction(s) has been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of €0.01 each ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: IM00B5VQMV65
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of 18,000 Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			578p	18,000
d)	Aggregated information
	Aggregated volume Price	578p per share Total price £104,040.00		18,000
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-08-20
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1.	Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Jane Anscombe
b)	Position/status	Independent Non-Executive Director
c)	Initial notification/ amendment	Initial Notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	GVC Holdings PLC
b)	LEI	213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
3.	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 transaction(s) has been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of €0.01 each ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: IM00B5VQMV65
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of 12,000 Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			588.17p	12,000
d)	Aggregated information
	Aggregated volume Price	588.17p per share Total price £70,580.40		12,000
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-08-21
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1.	Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Pierre Bouchut
b)	Position/status	Independent Non-Executive Director
c)	Initial notification/ amendment	Initial Notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	GVC Holdings PLC
b)	LEI	213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
3.	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 transaction(s) has been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of €0.01 each ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: IM00B5VQMV65
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of 9,000 Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			588.17p	9,000
d)	Aggregated information
	Aggregated volume Price	588.17p per share Total price £52,935.30		9,000
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-08-21
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1.	Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Peter Isola
b)	Position/status	Independent Non-Executive Director
c)	Initial notification/ amendment	Initial Notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	GVC Holdings PLC
b)	LEI	213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
3.	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 transaction(s) has been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of €0.01 each ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: IM00B5VQMV65
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of 16,800 Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			588.17p	16,800
d)	Aggregated information
	Aggregated volume Price	588.17p per share Total price £98,812.56		16,800
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-08-21
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1.	Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Virginia McDowell
b)	Position/status	Independent Non-Executive Director
c)	Initial notification/ amendment	Initial Notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	GVC Holdings PLC
b)	LEI	213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
3.	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 transaction(s) has been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of €0.01 each ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: IM00B5VQMV65
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of 8,000 Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			588.17p	8,000
d)	Aggregated information
	Aggregated volume Price	588.17p per share Total price £47,053.60		8,000
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-08-21
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

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