Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9891J

SSP Group PLC

05 April 2018

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                 LEI: 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24

5 April 2018

SSP Group plc

(the "Company")

Notification of transaction by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

Any dividends declared on Matching Shares or Partnership Shares held under the Company's UK Share Incentive Plan or International Share Incentive Plan ("SIP Dividend Shares"), and dividends declared on shares held in a  Computershare Share Plan Account ("SPA Dividend Shares") are reinvested to purchase ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company.

The Company has been notified that the persons set out in the table below, each being a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (a "PDMR"), purchased Dividend Shares on the dates and at the prices set out below.

Name	Position	SIP Dividend Shares	SPA Dividend Shares*
Kate Swann	Chief Executive Officer	19	-
Jonathan Davies	Chief Financial Officer	18	-
Mark Angela	Chief Commercial Officer and CEO - Eastern Europe and Middle East	18	808.383703
Simon Smith	CEO - UK & Ireland	10	-
Christopher Rayner	CEO - Asia Pacific	8	1,075.799341
Nicholas Inkster	CEO - Nordics and Spain	-	795.554074
Michael Svagdis	CEO - North America	-	921.863539

*Includes a fractional entitlement to shares in accordance with the terms of the Computershare Share Plan Account

This announcement, including the notifications below, is made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibility
a)	Name	1.     Kate Swann 2.     Jonathan Davies 3.     Mark Angela 4.     Simon Smith 5.     Christopher Rayner 6.     Nicholas Inkster 7.     Michael Svagdis
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1.     Chief Executive Officer 2.     Chief Financial Officer 3.     Chief Commercial Officer and CEO - Eastern Europe and Middle East 4.     CEO - UK & Ireland 5.     CEO - Asia Pacific 6.     CEO - Nordics and Spain 7.     CEO - North America
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Full name of the entity	SSP Group plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier Code	213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24
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
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary Shares of 1 pence
b)	Identification Code	GB00BNGWY422
c)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of SIP Dividend Shares under the UK Share Incentive Plan and International Share Incentive Plan. Purchase of SPA Dividend Shares under the Computershare Share Plan Account (including fractional entitlement as shown)
d)	Currency	GBP - British Pound
e)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	SIP Dividend Shares Price(s) per share Volume(s) Aggregate Price 1.   £6.075 2.   £6.075 3.   £6.075 4.   £6.075 5.   £6.075 6.   - 7.   - 1.      19 2.      18 3.      18 4.      10 5.      8 6.      - 7.      - 1.   £115.43 2.   £109.35 3.   £109.35 4.   £60.75 5.   £48.60 6.   - 7.   - SPA Dividend Shares Price(s) per share Volume(s) Aggregate Price 1.   - 2.   - 3.   £6.075 4.   - 5.   £6.075 6.   £6.075 7.   £6.075 1.      - 2.      - 3.      808.383703 4.      - 5.      1,075.799341 6.      795.554074 7.      921.863539 1.   - 2.   - 3.   £4910.93 4.   - 5.   £6535.48 6.   £4832.99 7.   £5600.32
f)	Aggregated Information -       Price -    Volume -      Total Price	Price(s) per share Volume(s) Aggregate Price 1.   £6.075 2.   £6.075 3.   £6.075 4.   £6.075 5.   £6.075 6.   £6.075 7.   £6.075 1.   19 2.   18 3.   826.383703 4.   10 5.   1,083.799341 6.   795.554074 7.   921.863539 1.     £115.43 2.     £109.35 3.     £5020.28 4.     £60.75 5.     £6584.08 6.     £4832.99 7.     £5600.32
g)	Date of transaction	29 March 2018
h)	Place of transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 For further information, please contact:

 SSP Group plc

Helen Byrne, Company Secretary                   

Tel:  [phone]

 

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