26 Apr 2017 11:41
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. Purchase by Mark Cashmore (Executive Director, Group Chief Executive Officer) and by a person closely associated to Mr Cashmore, of a total of 25,380 ordinary 5p shares, on 26 April 2017, for a market price of £1.30.
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
| Mark Cashmore
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2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Executive Director, Group 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
| Purchase in the market of 12,690 ordinary shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
1.30 | 12,690 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | n/a single transaction | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 26 April 2017 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, Main Market | |||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Christine Cashmore
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2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Person closely associated to Mark Cashmore, Executive Director and Group 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
| Purchase in the market of 12,690 ordinary shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
1.30 | 12,690 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | n/a single transaction | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 26 April 2017 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, Main Market | |||
Alison Painter
Interim Deputy Company Secretary