26 Feb 2020 14:51
Sophos Group Plc
26 February 2020
Notification of Transactions by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
On 25 February 2020, upon the Court sanctioning the Scheme of Arrangement pursuant to which the Company's entire issued and to be issued share capital will be acquired by Surf Buyer Limited (a newly formed company owned by funds managed and/or advised by Thoma Bravo, LLC), awards vested and options were exercised under the Company's various share plans.
The following sets out the awards that vested and options that were exercised on 25 February 2020 by Kris Hagerman:
PDMR | Type of award | Number of awards vesting/options exercised |
Kris Hagerman | Employee Share Purchase Plan | 434 |
LTIP Performance Stock Units | 242,426 | |
LTIP Restricted Stock Units | 446,112 | |
Sophos Post IPO MEP | 3,593,067 | |
Sophos Post IPO Option Plan | 315,285 | |
Total | 4,597,324 |
The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 and provides further detail.
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | Kris Hagerman | ||||||||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||||||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer / Director | ||||||||||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||||||||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | Sophos Group Plc | ||||||||||||
b) | LEI | 21380078ZKBCC75BO206 | ||||||||||||
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 3p each in Sophos Group Plc
GB00BYZFZ918 | ||||||||||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| 1. Shares issued to PDMR following ESPP awards vesting and being exercised 2. Shares issued to PDMR following LTIP PSUs vesting 3. Shares issued to PDMR following LTIP RSUs vesting 4. Shares issued to PDMR following Post IPO MEP Options being exercised 5. Shares issued to PDMR following Post IPO Option Plan options being exercised
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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4,597,324
See 4c | ||||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 25 February 2020 | ||||||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||||||||||
Paul Waters
Group Company Secretary
www.sophos.com