Last checked at 21 May 2020 16:10
GlobalData plc
("GlobalData" or the "Company")
Employee Share Options and PDMR Dealing
GlobalData today announces that it has received notification that on 21 May 2020, Graham Lilley, CFO, exercised 50,000 share options over ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") and sold 50,000 Shares on the same day, as set out in further detail in the below Notification of Dealing Form. This exercise follows confirmation in the Company's Final Results announcement released on 24 February 2020 that the results for the year ended 31 December 2019 fulfilled the performance condition for the exercisability of 1.8 million employee share options.
To satisfy the exercise of options by Graham Lilley and other employees 1,837,709 Shares were transferred from the Company's employee benefit trust and 1,687,006 Shares in total were sold on 21 May 2020 to institutional investors at a price of 1220 pence per Share. The total voting rights in the Company remain unchanged at 118,113,869 with 190,000 Shares held in treasury.
This notification is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation.
ENQUIRIES
GlobalData Plc | 0207 936 6400 |
Mike Danson, Chief Executive |
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Graham Lilley, Group Financial Officer |
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N+1 Singer | 0207 496 3000 |
James Maxwell |
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Justin McKeegan |
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Hudson Sandler | 0207 796 4133 |
Nick Lyon |
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Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a)
| Name
| Graham Lilley (Chief Financial Officer) | ||||||
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| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| PDMR | ||||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a)
| Name
| GlobalData plc | ||||||
b)
| LEI
| 2138005I669UO6PJXM24 | ||||||
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| 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
Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 1/14p each
GB00B87ZTG26 | ||||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction | Exercise of share options and sale of Shares | ||||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume - Price
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Not applicable
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e)
| Date of the transaction
| 21 May 2020 | ||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off market and London Stock Exchange, AIM (XLON) | ||||||