3 May 2018 15:00
Merlin Entertainments plc
(the "Company")
3 May 2018
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF
PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ("PDMRs")
Exercise of Options by PDMRs under the Company's All Employee Share Plans
The Company announces that each of the following PDMRs have exercised their options to purchase Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") under the Company's All Employee Share Plans.
Name of PDMR | Name of All Employee Share Plan | Grant Date | Number of Options Exercised | Date of Exercise | Option Cost | Number of shares sold |
Nick Varney | UK Sharesave 2015 | 17 March 2015 | 2,780 | 2 May 2018 | £3.2371 | NIL |
Hans-Aksel Pedersen | US Employee Stock Purchase Plan 2016 | 16 February 2016 | 1,699 | 1 May 2018 | £3.5275 | NIL |
For further information please contact:
Matthew Jowett
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Merlin Entertainments plc
00 44 1202 634 955
3 May 2018
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name | Nick Varney | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status | Chief Executive 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 | 2 May 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 | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| Managing Director - LEGOLAND Parks | ||||
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 |
US Employee Stock Purchase Plan 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 | 1 May 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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