28 Mar 2019 13:30
Merlin Entertainments plc
28 March 2019
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
DEFERRED BONUS PLAN ("DBP") - VESTING OF 2016 AWARD
The following disclosure is made in accordance with Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation.
The Company announces that, as a result of the relevant employment period having being satisfied, the awards granted in March 2016 under the Company's DBP vested on 25 March 2019.
Following such vesting, the following person ("PDMR") sold a proportion of the shares in order to satisfy the relevant employment taxes and fees arising on vesting at a price of 338.5 pence per share.
The following sets out the awards that vested on 25 March 2019, the number of shares sold following such vesting and, following such sale, the resulting beneficial holding in the Company to which voting rights are attached for the person listed below:
PDMR | Number of 2015 DBP Awards vesting* | Number of Shares sold to meet tax liabilities | Beneficial Holding after sale |
Hans Aksel Pedersen | 5,605 | 1,369 | 352,933 (0.035%) |
* includes accrued dividends
For further information please contact:
Matthew Jowett
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Merlin Entertainments plc
00 44 1202 634955
28 March 2019
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name | Hans Aksel Pedersen
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2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status | Managing Director - LEGOLAND Parks
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b) | Initial Notification / Amendment | Initial Notification
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3 | Details of the issuer | |||||
a) | Name | Merlin Entertainments plc
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b) | LEI | 549300ZTI0VEFO6WV007
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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
Identification code | Deferred Bonus Plan Award over Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
GB00BDZT6P94
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Vesting of Deferred Bonus Plan Awards
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c) | Price(s) and volumes |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
n/a
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e) | Date of the transaction | 25 March 2019
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue
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g) | Additional Information | none
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name | Hans Aksel Pedersen
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2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status | Managing Director - LEGOLAND Parks
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b) | Initial Notification / Amendment | Initial Notification
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3 | Details of the issuer | |||||
a) | Name | Merlin Entertainments plc
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b) | LEI | 549300ZTI0VEFO6WV007
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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
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
GB00BDZT6P94
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale of shares to satisfy employment taxes following the vesting of a Deferred Bonus Plan Award
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c) | Price(s) and volumes |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
n/a
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e) | Date of the transaction | 25 March 2019
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f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange
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g) | Additional Information | none
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