Wey Education : Appointment of executive director

23 May 2018

WEY EDUCATION PLC

('Wey Education or the 'Company')

Appointment of Executive Director

PDMR - Issue of Options

Wey Education (AIM: WEY), the educational services group, announces that it has appointed Tony Knowles as Executive Director of Human Resources. Tony joined Wey on 15 May 2018 and he will head up the Company's human resource function.

Tony is a member of the CIPD and has held director level roles since 1996. He joins Wey Education from his position of Human Resources/Business Support Director of Veezu Holdings Limited, a private hire company based in Wales.

The following details in relation to the appointment of Anthony Gilbert Knowles, aged 53, are disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules:

Current directorships	Past directorships held within the last five years
None	Abbey Taxis Limited
	Bristol Streamline Black and White Taxis Limited
	V Cars Limited
	Veezu Holdings Limited

In accordance with his employment contract the Company has granted unapproved share options to Mr Knowles over 1,500,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at an option price of 16.7 pence per share. The options are subject to various performance conditions and save in the event of a change of control of the Company, cannot be exercised before 20 May 2021.

There are no other disclosures in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.

Enquiries:

Wey Education Plc
David Massie (Executive Chairman)		Tel: [phone]
		[phone]
WH Ireland Limited
Mike Coe/Ed Allsopp (Corporate Finance)		Tel: [phone]

The below notification made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail:

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Tony Knowles
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Executive Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Wey Education plc
b)	LEI	2138009M9659SXKA3I32
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	Options over ordinary shares of 1p each n/a
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Option Price(s) Volume(s) 16.7p 1,500,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	1,500,000 £250,500
e)	Date of the transaction	21 May 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue