Directors' Dealings

RNS Number : 4835C

GVC Holdings PLC

01 October 2018

 

1 October 2018

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 ("LTIP"), which vested on 2 May 2018 and 2 August 2018. All options granted to the Directors under the LTIP have now vested and been exercised. As a result of these final exercises, the Directors acquired the following number of GVC ordinary shares of €0.01 each ("Shares") after each only selling sufficient Shares to cover the exercise price and applicable taxes:

Name	Number of Shares over which option exercised	Exercise price	Number of Shares sold to cover exercise price and taxes	Price Shares sold in the market	Number of Shares retained
K. Alexander	1,955,126	£4.22	1,397,172	£9.54	557,954
L. Feldman	977,562	£4.67	732,382	£9.54	245,180

Details of the transactions are set out below.  Following these transactions the Directors' personal shareholdings in the Company have increased as follows:

Name	Number of Shares before Transactions	Number of Shares after Transactions	Percentage of Issued Share Capital
Kenneth Alexander	2,170,187	2,728,141	0.47
Lee Feldman	942,228	1,187,408	0.20

Note: Kenneth Alexander's shareholding before and after the transactions includes 313,333 shares owned by his wife.

For further information:

GVC Holdings PLC
Kenneth Alexander, Chief Executive	Tel: [phone]
Nick Batram, Head of Investor Relations	Tel: [phone]
Robert Hoskin, Company Secretary	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
		422.00	1,955,126
4d)	Totals from 4(c):	Price per share in pence	Total volume
		422.00	1,955,126
4e)	Date of execution of transaction: (YYYY - MM - DD)        2018-09-27
4f)	Place of transaction:	Outside a trading venue
5	Beneficial shareholding before the transaction (including shares held by  associated  persons):	2,170,187
6	Beneficial shareholding after the transaction (including shares held by your associated persons):	4,125,313
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
		467.00	977,562
4d)	Totals from 4(c):	Price per share in pence	Total volume
		467.00	977,562
4e)	Date of execution of transaction: (YYYY - MM - DD)        2018-09-27
4f)	Place of transaction:	Outside a trading venue
5	Beneficial shareholding before the transaction (including shares held by  associated  persons):	942,228
6	Beneficial shareholding after the transaction (including shares held by your associated persons):	1,919,790

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
		954.2328 950.00	1,396,457 715
4d)	Totals from 4(c):	Price per share in pence	Total volume
		954.2306	1,397,172
4e)	Date of execution of transaction: (YYYY - MM - DD)        2018-09-27
4f)	Place of transaction:	London Stock Exchange (LSE)
5	Beneficial shareholding before the transaction (including shares held by  associated  persons):	4,125,313
6	Beneficial shareholding after the transaction (including shares held by your associated persons):	2,728,141
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
		954.2328	732,382
4d)	Totals from 4(c):	Price per share in pence	Total volume
		954.2328	732,382
4e)	Date of execution of transaction: (YYYY - MM - DD)        2018-09-27
4f)	Place of transaction:	London Stock Exchange (LSE)
5	Beneficial shareholding before the transaction (including shares held by  associated  persons):	1,919,790
6	Beneficial shareholding after the transaction (including shares held by your associated persons):	1,187,408

 

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