Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0067I

Mpac Group PLC

16 March 2018

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                   16 March 2018

MPAC GROUP PLC

 (the "Company")

Awards under Deferred Share Plan

Mpac Group plc announces that on 13 March 2018 its Executive Directors were granted the following share awards as nil-cost options over ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company under the Company's Deferred Share Plan:

Director                                  Position                                  Number of Options Granted

Tony Steels                             Chief Executive                                                           58,811

Jim Haughey                           Group Finance Director                                                3,668

Further details relating to the operation of the Deferred Share Plan can be found within the Company's Annual Report and Accounts which are available on the Company's website. 

Set out below are the notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, in relation to the grant of options.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") and persons closely associated with them.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Tony Steels - Chief Executive
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	See 1(a) above - Mr Steels is classified as a PDMR of the Company
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Mpac Group plc
b)	LEI	213800J3KUDYLRHHU562
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	Ordinary Shares of 25p each ("Ordinary Shares")
b)	Identification code	GB0005991111
c)	Nature of the transaction(s)	Conditional award of ordinary shares pursuant to the rules of the Company's Deferred Share Plan.  For the award to vest, Mr Steels must remain in employment for three years from the award date.  The rights of the shares are deferred, such that any dividends and other distributions attaching to the shares between the date of the award and the realisation date do not form part of the award.  The stated number of shares will be granted to the director at any time requested by the director from the third anniversary of the date of grant to, normally, the fourth anniversary.  In exceptional circumstances and at the Company's discretion, the Company may make a cash payment of a sum equivalent to the value of the shares that would otherwise have been granted.  In certain circumstances, for example retirement, the director may exercise a proportion of an award before the third year anniversary of the conditional grant.
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Volume(s): Nil cost options over 58,811 shares Price: £Nil
e)	Aggregated information  - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
f)	Date of the transaction	13  March 2018
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Jim Haughey - Group Finance Director
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	See 1(a) above - Mr Haughey is classified as a PDMR of the Company
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Mpac Group plc
b)	LEI	213800J3KUDYLRHHU562
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	Ordinary Shares of 25p each ("Ordinary Shares")
b)	Identification code	GB0005991111
c)	Nature of the transaction(s)	Conditional award of ordinary shares pursuant to the rules of the Company's Deferred Share Plan.  For the award to vest, Mr Haughey must remain in employment for three years from the award date.  The rights of the shares are deferred, such that any dividends and other distributions attaching to the shares between the date of the award and the realisation date do not form part of the award.  The stated number of shares will be granted to the director at any time requested by the director from the third anniversary of the date of grant to, normally, the fourth anniversary.  In exceptional circumstances and at the Company's discretion, the Company may make a cash payment of a sum equivalent to the value of the shares that would otherwise have been granted.  In certain circumstances, for example retirement, the director may exercise a proportion of an award before the third year anniversary of the conditional grant.
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Volume(s): Nil cost options over 3,668 shares Price: £Nil
e)	Aggregated information  - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
f)	Date of the transaction	13  March 2018
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

For further information, please contact: Mpac Group plc Tony Steels, Chief Executive Jim Haughey, Group Finance Director Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Nominated Advisor & Broker)  Andrew Potts, Peter Steel - Corporate Finance James Stearns - Corporate Broking		Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
Hudson Sandler Nick Lyon		TTel: [phone]

 

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