Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5329J

NCC Group PLC

17 July 2013

NCC Group plc

Director / PDMR Dealing

Exercise of Share Options

NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC or "the Company") announces that on 16 July 2013 the Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") listed below were awarded the following shares by the Trustee of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ("the Trustee") pursuant to options granted on 23 July 2010. The options were exercised on 15 July 2013 and the exercise price was £1.00 per director/PDMR on the occasion of exercise.

Name	Director/PDMR	Number of shares awarded
Robert Cotton	Director	338,458
Roger Rawlinson	PDMR	162,459
Felicity Brandwood	PDMR	115,527

On the same day the Trustee sold the following shares on behalf of the Directors/ PDMRs listed below at a price of 140p per share to satisfy the costs of the income tax, national insurance and other liabilities arising on the acquisition of these shares.

Name	Director/PDMR	Number of shares sold
Robert Cotton	Director	159,395
Roger Rawlinson	PDMR	76,509
Felicity Brandwood	PDMR	54,407

As a result of the exercise of their respective options, the directors and PDMRs are net acquirers of shares and their shareholdings have increased as shown in the table below.

Name	Director/PDMR	Former shareholding	Current Shareholding	Percentage of issued share capital
Robert Cotton*	Director	10,602,156	10,781,219	5.19%
Roger Rawlinson**	PDMR	776,964	862,914	0.42%
Felicity Brandwood***	PDMR	542,784	603,904	0.29%