7 Jan 2020 15:06
Connect Group PLC
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Connect Group PLC (the "Company") announces that it has been notified of the following transactions in the Company's ordinary 5p shares undertaken by directors / persons discharging managerial responsibility:
1. Exercise by Jonathan Bunting (Chief Executive Officer) of his 2017 Deferred Bonus Plan nil cost option in respect of 88,995 shares and the receipt of 30,388 shares in respect of the dividend equivalent payments due thereon, together with a subsequent sale of 56,225 ordinary shares to cover the tax and NI liability levied on the same.
The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Jonathan Bunting
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2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chief Executive Officer | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| Connect Group PLC | |||
b)
| LEI
| 2138004033ONVOOQXB02 | |||
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 5p shares | |||
Identification code | ISIN: GB00B17WCR61 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of 88,995 Deferred Bonus Plan (2017) shares and receipt of 30,388 shares in respect of the dividend equivalent payment
| |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
Nil consideration | 119,383 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | n/a single transaction | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 7 January 2020 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, Main Market | |||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Jonathan Bunting
| |||
2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
a)
| Position/status
| Chief Executive Officer | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Connect Group PLC | |||
b)
| LEI
| 2138004033ONVOOQXB02 | |||
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 5p shares | |||
Identification code | ISIN: GB00B17WCR61 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of 56,225 shares to cover the tax and NI liability arising following exercise of 88,995 Deferred Bonus Plan (2017) shares and receipt of 30,388 shares in respect of the dividend equivalent payment
| |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
£0.35750 | 56,225 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | n/a single transaction | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 7 January 2020 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, Main Market | |||
Karen Mills
Deputy Company Secretary