11 Oct 2019 11:00
Merlin Entertainments plc
(the "Company")
11 October 2019
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF
PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ("PDMRs")
Exercise of Options by PDMR under the Company's All Employee Share Plan
The Company announces on 9th October 2019 that the following PDMR has exercised his options to purchase Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") under the Company's 2016 All Employee Share Plan.
Name of PDMR | Number of Options Exercised | Plan | Option Cost (GBP) | Exercise Price (GBP) | Number of shares sold |
Justin Platt | 5,428 | UK Sharesave | 3.1501 | 4.5505 | NIL |
For further information please contact:
Matthew Jowett
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Merlin Entertainments plc
00 44 1202 634 955
11 October 2019
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name | Justin Platt | ||||
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 |
UK Sharesave Options over Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each
GB00BDZT6P94
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of Sharesave options
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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 | 9 October 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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