27 Oct 2017 12:48
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 on behalf of David Bauernfeind (Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer) of a total of 20,000 ordinary 5p shares, on 26 October 2017, for a market price of 98.99p by a custodian on behalf of the administrator of Mr Bauernfeind's SIPP. Mr Bauernfeind is the beneficial owner of the acquired shares.
The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| David Bauernfeind | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Executive Director, Chief Financial 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 of 20,000 ordinary shares by a custodian on behalf of the administrator of Mr Bauernfeind's SIPP
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c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
£0.9899 | 20,000 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | n/a single transaction | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 26 October 2017 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, Main Market | |||
Stuart Marriner
Company Secretary