Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5311O

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

21 August 2017

 

Wizz Air Holdings Plc

Disclosure of Share Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

Geneva, 21 August 2017: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air" or the "Company") has been notified of the following transactions in its £0.0001 ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares") by a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") or a person closely associated with him.

The notification of dealing form for the PDMR and person closely associated with him can be found below.  This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	VAXCO Holdings Limited being a legal entity closely associated with the PDMR - Jozsef Varadi
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	Wizz Air Holdings Plc
b)	Legal entity identifier	213800COXGZCORLJZA85
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 £0.0001 each
	Identification code	JE00BN574F90
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options
c)	Currency	British Pounds
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			GBP 1.90	165,000
e)	Aggregated information ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	165,000 GBP 1.90
f)	Date of the transaction	18 August 2017
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	VAXCO Holdings Limited being a legal entity closely associated with the PDMR - Jozsef Varadi
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	Wizz Air Holdings Plc
b)	Legal entity identifier	213800COXGZCORLJZA85
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 £0.0001 each
	Identification code	JE00BN574F90
b)	Nature of the transaction	Disposal of shares
c)	Currency	British Pounds
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			GBP 28.1464	100,000
e)	Aggregated information ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	100,000 GBP 28.1464
f)	Date of the transaction	18 August 2017
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 85 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 500 routes from 28 bases, connecting 142 destinations across 43 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 3,300 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 23 million passengers in 2016. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices. Wizz Air is registered under the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the global benchmark in airline safety recognition. The company was recently named 2016 Value Airline of the Year by the editors of Air Transport World, one of the leading airline trade magazines, as well as 2016 Low Cost Airline of the Year by the Center for Aviation (CAPA), a leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence.

For more information:
Investors:	Balint Veres, Wizz Air:	[phone]
	Tamar Vallois, Wizz Air:	[phone]
Media:	Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:	[phone]

 

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