FIRSTGROUP PLC FirstGroup plc
5 March 2020
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Exercise under the Save As You Earn Plan ("SAYE")
FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that it was today notified that Jimmy Groombridge, Group Employee Director, had exercised an option to acquire 5,436 ordinary shares in the Company at an option price of 86.08 pence per ordinary share. The SAYE option, which had been granted on 13 December 2016, matured on 1 February 2020.
The transaction listed above took place in London (XLON) on 4 March 2020 and the notification below is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
Other Information
Information provided in accordance with the requirements of the FCA’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule (DGTR) 6.2.2AR:
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93
Classification as per DGTR 6 Annex 1R: 2.2
Enquiries
Kemi Waterton-Zhou
Assistant Company Secretary, FirstGroup plc
+44 (0) 7970183974
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) |
Name | Jimmy Groombridge |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) |
Position/status | Director |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
| a) | Name | FirstGroup plc |
| b) | LEI | 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93 |
| 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 5p each GB0003452173 | ||||
| b) |
Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options under the FirstGroup SAYE. | ||||
| c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Date of the transaction | 04/03/2020 | ||||
| e) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
