28 Mar 2019 13:30
Merlin Entertainments plc
(the "Company")
28 March 2019
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Grant of Conditional Share Awards to PDMRs under the Company's Deferred Bonus Plan
The following disclosure is made in accordance with Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation.
The Company announces that each of the following people, each being a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (a "PDMR"), has on 25 March 2019 been granted nil cost Conditional Share Awards ("Awards") in respect of Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") pursuant to the Company's Deferred Bonus Plan ("DBP").
The Awards in favour of each of the PDMRs are set out below and all are made under the DBP:
Name of PDMR | Number of Conditional Share Awards |
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Nick Varney | 31,804 |
Anne-Francoise Nesmes | 19,150 |
The Awards are, in normal circumstances, conditional until 25 March 2022 when, subject to the terms of the DBP, the Awards will unconditionally vest. No payment is due from the PDMR to the Company on vesting.
The Company was notified of the Awards on 26 March 2019.
For further information please contact:
Matthew Jowett
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Merlin Entertainments plc
00 44 1202 634 955
28 March 2019
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name | Nick Varney
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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 | Grant of Deferred Bonus Plan Awards over Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
GB00BDZT6P94
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant 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 | Anne-Francoise Nesmes
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2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status | Chief Financial 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 | Grant of Deferred Bonus Plan Awards over Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
GB00BDZT6P94
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant 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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Merlin Entertainments (MERL)