Directors' Dealings

RNS Number : 1057B

GVC Holdings PLC

31 March 2017

 

31 March 2017

GVC Holdings PLC

("GVC" or "Company")

Directors' Dealings

Kenneth Alexander and Lee Feldman (the "Directors") have exercised their options granted under the GVC 2015 Long Term Incentive Plan ("2015 LTIP"), which vested on 2 February 2017.  As a result, the Directors acquired the following number of GVC ordinary shares of €0.01 each ("Shares"):

Name	Exercise Price	Number of Shares
Kenneth Alexander	£4.22	977,563
Lee Feldman	£4.67	488,782

The Shares acquired by the Directors as a result of exercising these options were sold in the market at £7.20 per Share.

Lee Feldman has also acquired in the market 7,343 Shares at £7.29 per Share, in accordance with his obligations associated with his 2015 LTIP award (as disclosed in the Company's announcement of 3 February 2016).  

Details of the transactions are set out below.

Following these transactions the Directors' personal shareholdings in the Company are as follows:

Name	Number of Shares	Percentage of Issued Share Capital
Kenneth Alexander	1,898,788 (See Note below)	[0.65]
Lee Feldman	726,807	[0.24]

Note: This includes 313,333 shares owned by Kenneth Alexander's wife

For further information:

GVC Holdings PLC
Kenneth Alexander, Chief Executive	Tel: [phone]
Paul Miles, Chief Financial Officer Nick Batram, Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Strategy	Tel: [phone]

Media enquiries:

Bell Pottinger
David Rydell, Anna Legge, Laura Jaques	Tel: [phone]

1	Details of the PDMR/person closely associated
	Full legal name of person / company (or other entity) who/which has undertaken the transaction: Kenneth Alexander
	Nature of holding (please delete those not applicable): Beneficial
	Name of broker used (if any): N/A
2	Reason for the notification
2a)	Job title/role of PDMR:	CEO
2b)	Status of this notification:	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name:	GVC HOLDINGS PLC
b)	LEI:	213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
4	Details of the transaction(s)
4a)	Type of instrument:	Ordinary shares of €0.01 each
4b)	Nature of the transaction:	Exercise of an option
4c)	Price per share (in pence) and volume (number) of shares:	Price per share in pence	Volume
		422p	977,563
4d)	Totals from 4(c):	-Price per share in pence	Total volume
		422p	977,563
4e)	Date of execution of transaction: (YYYY - MM - DD)        2017-03-29
4f)	Place of transaction:	Outside a trading venue
5	Beneficial shareholding before the transaction (including shares held by  associated  persons):	1,898,788
6	Beneficial shareholding after the transaction (including shares held by your associated persons):	2,876,351

1	Details of the PDMR/person closely associated
	Full legal name of person / company (or other entity) who/which has undertaken the transaction: Lee Feldman
	Nature of holding (please delete those not applicable): Beneficial
	Name of broker used (if any): N/A
2	Reason for the notification
2a)	Job title/role of PDMR:	Chairman
2b)	Status of this notification:	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name:	GVC HOLDINGS PLC
b)	LEI:	213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
4	Details of the transaction(s)
4a)	Type of instrument:	Ordinary shares of €0.01 each
4b)	Nature of the transaction:	Exercise of an option
4c)	Price per share (in pence) and volume (number) of shares:	Price per share in pence	Volume
		467p	488,782
4d)	Totals from 4(c):	-Price per share in pence	Total volume
		467p	488,782
4e)	Date of execution of transaction: (YYYY - MM - DD)        2017-03-29
4f)	Place of transaction:	Outside a trading venue
5	Beneficial shareholding before the transaction (including shares held by  associated  persons):	719,464
6	Beneficial shareholding after the transaction (including shares held by your associated persons):	1,208,246

1	Details of the PDMR/person closely associated
	Full legal name of person / company (or other entity) who/which has undertaken the transaction: Kenneth Alexander
	Nature of holding (please delete those not applicable): Beneficial
	Name of broker used (if any): Investec
2	Reason for the notification
2a)	Job title/role of PDMR:	CEO
2b)	Status of this notification:	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name:	GVC HOLDINGS PLC
b)	LEI:	213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
4	Details of the transaction(s)
4a)	Type of instrument:	Ordinary shares of €0.01 each
4b)	Nature of the transaction:	Share sale
4c)	Price per share (in pence) and volume (number) of shares:	Price per share in pence	Volume
		720p	977,563
4d)	Totals from 4(c):	-Price per share in pence	Total volume
		720p	977,563
4e)	Date of execution of transaction: (YYYY - MM - DD)        2017-03-30
4f)	Place of transaction:	London Stock Exchange (LSE)
5	Beneficial shareholding before the transaction (including shares held by  associated  persons):	2,876,351
6	Beneficial shareholding after the transaction (including shares held by your associated persons):	1,898,788

1	Details of the PDMR/person closely associated
	Full legal name of person / company (or other entity) who/which has undertaken the transaction: Lee Feldman
	Nature of holding (please delete those not applicable): Beneficial
	Name of broker used (if any): Investec
2	Reason for the notification
2a)	Job title/role of PDMR:	Chairman
2b)	Status of this notification:	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name:	GVC HOLDINGS PLC
b)	LEI:	213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
4	Details of the transaction(s)
4a)	Type of instrument:	Ordinary shares of €0.01 each
4b)	Nature of the transaction:	Share sale
4c)	Price per share (in pence) and volume (number) of shares:	Price per share in pence	Volume
		720p	488,782
4d)	Totals from 4(c):	-Price per share in pence	Total volume
		720p	488,782
4e)	Date of execution of transaction: (YYYY - MM - DD)        2017-03-30
4f)	Place of transaction:	London Stock Exchange (LSE)
5	Beneficial shareholding before the transaction (including shares held by  associated  persons):	1,208,246
6	Beneficial shareholding after the transaction (including shares held by your associated persons):	719,464

1	Details of the PDMR/person closely associated
	Full legal name of person / company (or other entity) who/which has undertaken the transaction: Lee Feldman
	Nature of holding (please delete those not applicable): Beneficial
	Name of broker used (if any): Charles Schwab
2	Reason for the notification
2a)	Job title/role of PDMR:	Chairman
2b)	Status of this notification:	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name:	GVC HOLDINGS PLC
b)	LEI:	213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
4	Details of the transaction(s)
4a)	Type of instrument:	Ordinary shares of €0.01 each
4b)	Nature of the transaction:	Share purchase
4c)	Price per share (in pence) and volume (number) of shares:	Price per share in pence	Volume
		729.0515p	7,343
4d)	Totals from 4(c):	-Price per share in pence	Total volume
		729.0515p	7,343
4e)	Date of execution of transaction: (YYYY - MM - DD)        2017-03-30
4f)	Place of transaction:	London Stock Exchange (LSE)
5	Beneficial shareholding before the transaction (including shares held by  associated  persons):	719,464
6	Beneficial shareholding after the transaction (including shares held by your associated persons):	726,807

 

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