M&C Saatchi plc ("the Company")
Director and PDMR Shareholding
M&C Saatchi plc was notified on 4 December 2019 that Jeremy Sinclair, David Kershaw and Bill Muirhead (executive directors of the Company) each purchased 415,323 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company at a price of 79.7 pence per share.
As a result of this transaction, each of the abovementioned executive director's beneficial interest in the Company, now amounts to a total holding of 4,579,697 ordinary shares in the Company and represents approximately 4.92% of the issued share capital of the Company.
The following notifications, made pursuant to Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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a) |
Name |
Jeremy Sinclair |
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2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
PDMR |
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b) |
Initial notification / amendment |
Initial notification |
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3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
M&C Saatchi plc |
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b) |
Legal entity identifier |
213800XBLFQZ1T1KBA87 |
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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 |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary shares of 1p each ("Shares")
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Identification code |
SAA |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of Shares |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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79.7p
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415,323 |
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d) |
Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Aggregated price |
415,323 £331,012.43 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
4 December 2019
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange |
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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a) |
Name |
David Kershaw |
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2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
PDMR |
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b) |
Initial notification / amendment |
Initial notification |
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3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
M&C Saatchi plc |
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b) |
Legal entity identifier |
213800XBLFQZ1T1KBA87 |
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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 |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary shares of 1p each ("Shares")
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Identification code |
SAA |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of Shares |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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79.7p
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415,323 |
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d) |
Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Aggregated price |
£331,012.43 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
4 December 2019
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange |
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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a) |
Name |
Bill Muirhead |
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2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
PDMR |
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b) |
Initial notification / amendment |
Initial notification |
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3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
M&C Saatchi plc |
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b) |
Legal entity identifier |
213800XBLFQZ1T1KBA87 |
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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 |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary shares of 1p each ("Shares")
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Identification code |
SAA |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of Shares |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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79.7p
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415,323 |
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d) |
Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Aggregated price |
415,323 £331,012.43 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
4 December 2019
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange |
For further information, please contact:
M&C Saatchi +44 (0) 207 544 3693
Andy Blackstone, Company Secretary
Numis Securities +44 (0) 207 260 1000
Nick Westlake, Hugo Rubinstein, NOMAD
Tulchan Communications +44 (0) 207 353 4200
Tom Murray