Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6046N

Merit Group PLC

01 October 2021

 

1 October 2021

Merit Group plc 

("Merit", the "Company" or "the Group")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Further to the Company's announcements dated 7 and 30 September 2021, the Company confirms that Cornelius ("Con") Conlon, Chief Technology Officer and a Director of the Company, has been issued 854,732 ordinary shares of 28 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the deferred consideration payment for Meritgroup Limited (since renamed Merit Data & Technology Limited).

Following this issue of shares, Mr. Conlon is interested in 1,580,791 shares representing 6.6% of the Company's issued share capital.

For further information, please contact: 

Merit Group plc Mark Smith - Non-Executive Chairman  David Beck - CEO	020 7593 5500 www.meritgroupplc.com
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nomad and Broker) Bobbie Hilliam    Georgina McCooke	020 7523 8150

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	Cornelius Anthony Conlon
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	Merit Group plc
b)	LEI	213800HG65J6TYGNJU20
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 28p each ISIN: GB00BNYKJJ86
b)	Nature of the transaction	Issue of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price (p) Volume 62.4 854,732
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a (single transaction)
e)	Date of the transaction	1 October 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of trading venue

 

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