12 Sep 2018 15:00
Merlin Entertainments plc
12 September 2018
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN (PSP) - VESTING OF 2015 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 performance conditions having being partially satisfied, the awards granted in September 2015 under the Company's PSP vested in part on 10 September 2018. The overall vesting percentage for these awards was 14.0%.
Following such vesting, the following persons (PDMRs) sold a proportion of the shares that vested in order to satisfy their income tax and social security liabilities arising on vesting at a price of 375.601 pence per share.
The following sets out the awards that vested on 10 September 2018, the number of shares issued to the PDMRs after the performance vesting percentage was applied, the number of shares sold following such vesting and, following such sales, the respective beneficial holdings in the Company to which voting rights are attached for each of the persons listed below:
PDMR | Number of 2015 PSP Awards vesting * | Number of shares issued after performance vesting % applied * | Number of Shares sold to meet tax liabilities | Total Shareholding after sale | Holding % of Issued Share Capital |
Hans Aksel Pedersen | 11,056 | 1,547 | 380 | 313,210 | 0.031% |
Justin Platt | 23,024 | 3,223 | 1,527 | 79,944 | 0.008% |
* includes accrued dividends
For further information please contact:
Matthew Jowett
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Merlin Entertainments plc
00 44 1202 634955
12 September 2018
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 | Shares issued to PDMR following Performance Share Plan award vesting
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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 | 10 September 2018
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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 income tax and social security liabilities following Performance Share Plan award vesting.
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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 | 10 September 2018
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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 | Justin Platt
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2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status | Chief Strategy Officer
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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 | Shares issued to PDMR following Performance Share Plan award vesting
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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 | 10 September 2018
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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 | Justin Platt
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2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status | Chief Strategy Officer
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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 income tax and social security liabilities following Performance Share Plan award vesting.
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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 | 10 September 2018
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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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