Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2322R

Greencore Group PLC

07 December 2016

Notification of Transactions of (1) Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and (2) Persons closely associated with Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

This form is intended for use by an issuer making a notification required by Rules 7.2 and 7.3 of the Central Bank of Ireland's Market Abuse Rules in relation to a person falling within either of the above categories of individual. These categories are defined in Regulation 12 (8) of the Market Abuse (Directive 2003/6/EC) Regulations 2005 and are detailed as part of this form.

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1	Name of the Issuer Greencore Group plc	2	Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities Patrick Coveney
3	State whether notification relates to a person closely associated with a person discharging managerial responsibilities named in 2 and identify the connected person Notification relates to Director named in 2	4	Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the person referred to in 2 or 3 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest Holding of Director named in 2
5	Description of shares or derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them Ordinary shares of £0.01 each	6	Name of registered shareholder(s) and, if more than one, number of shares or derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them, held by each shareholder Patrick Coveney
7	State the nature of the transaction Vesting of conditional awards under the Greencore Group plc 2007 Deferred Bonus Plan in the amount of 228,744 shares	8	Number of shares, derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them acquired 228,744 shares, all of which were immediately disposed of. Patrick Coveney intends to use the proceeds from the disposal of the aforementioned shares to fund the take up of his rights under the Rights Issue as part of the proposed acquisition of Peacock Foods.
9	Number of shares, derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them disposed of 228,744	10	Price per share or derivative or other financial instrument linked to them or value of transaction £2.8298
11	Date and place of transaction Jersey and London 02 December 2016	12	Date issuer informed of transaction 06 December 2016
13	Any additional information N/A	14	Name of contact and telephone number for queries Conor O'Leary 01 605 1004
	Name and signature of duly designated officer of issuer responsible for making notification Conor O'Leary Date of notification 07 December 2016

Regulation 12(8) of the Market Abuse (Directive 2003/6/EC) Regulations 2005 ('the Regulations') provides that:

"person discharging managerial responsibilities", in relation to an issuer of financial instruments, means a person who is -

(a) a member of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies of the issuer, or

(b) a senior executive -

(i) who is not a member of the bodies referred to in paragraph (a) of this definition,

(ii) having regular access to inside information relating, directly or indirectly, to the issuer, and

(iii) having the power to make managerial decisions affecting the future developments and business prospects of the issuer.

"person closely associated", in relation to a person discharging managerial responsibilities within an issuer of financial instruments, means -

(a) the spouse of the person discharging managerial responsibilities,

(b) dependent children of the person discharging managerial responsibilities,

(c) other relatives of the person discharging managerial responsibilities, who have shared the same household as that person for at least one year on the date of the transaction concerned,

(d) any person -

(i) the managerial responsibilities of which are discharged by a person -

(i) discharging managerial responsibilities within the issuer, or

(ii) referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this definition,

(ii) that is directly or indirectly controlled by a person referred to in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of this definition,

(iii) that is set up for the benefit of a person referred to in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of this definition, or

(iv) the economic interests of which are substantially equivalent to those of a person referred to in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of this definition;

Notification of Transactions of (1) Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and (2) Persons closely associated with Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1	Name of the Issuer Greencore Group plc	2	Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities Eoin Tonge
3	State whether notification relates to a person closely associated with a person discharging managerial responsibilities named in 2 and identify the connected person Notification relates to Director named in 2	4	Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the person referred to in 2 or 3 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest Holding of Director named in 2
5	Description of shares or derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them Ordinary shares of £0.01 each	6	Name of registered shareholder(s) and, if more than one, number of shares or derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them, held by each shareholder Eoin Tonge
7	State the nature of the transaction Vesting of conditional awards under the Greencore Group plc 2007 Deferred Bonus Plan in the amount of 89,803 shares	8	Number of shares, derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them acquired 89,803 shares, of which 42,364 shares were immediately disposed of. Eoin Tonge intends to use the proceeds from the disposal of the aforementioned shares to partially fund the take up of his rights under the Rights Issue as part of the proposed acquisition of Peacock Foods.
9	Number of shares, derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them disposed of 42,364	10	Price per share or derivative or other financial instrument linked to them or value of transaction £2.8298
11	Date and place of transaction Jersey and London 02 December 2016	12	Date issuer informed of transaction 06 December 2016
13	Any additional information N/A	14	Name of contact and telephone number for queries Conor O'Leary 01 605 1004
	Name and signature of duly designated officer of issuer responsible for making notification Conor O'Leary Date of notification 07 December 2016