Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9937D

NCC Group PLC

12 July 2016

 

12 July 2016

NCC Group plc

("NCC" or the "Company")

Exercise of Share Options

Director / PDMR Dealing

NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC) received notification on 8 July 2016 that on the same day the Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") listed below were awarded, in total, 150,385 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") by the trustees of NCC Group Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") pursuant to options granted to them under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan. The aggregate exercise price paid by each Director/PDMR in relation to all options exercised by them was £1. The Company has transferred 116,714 Ordinary Shares from Treasury to the trustees of the EBT to satisfy the exercise of the options in part.

On 12 July 2016, the trustees of the EBT sold 70,824 Ordinary Shares on behalf of these Directors/PDMRs at a price of 297 pence per Ordinary Share to satisfy the costs of the income tax, national insurance and other liabilities arising on the exercise of the options.

As a result of the exercise of their respective options and the subsequent sale of Ordinary Shares mentioned above, the following Directors/PDMRs are net acquirers of Ordinary Shares and their shareholdings are set out below:

Name	Director / PDMR	Former shareholding	Ordinary Shares awarded	Ordinary Shares sold	Resultant shareholding	Percentage of issued share capital
Robert Cotton*	Director	5,487,033	61,295	28,867	5,519,461	2.00%
Atul Patel	Director	105,284	28,509	13,426	120,367	0.04%
Roger Rawlinson**	PDMR	941,658	32,073	15,105	958,626	0.35%

* Including 84,414 shares held by spouse

** Including 41,454 shares held by spouse

Total voting rights

Following the transactions above, the total Ordinary Shares in issue is 275,939,764. The number of voting rights in issue is 275,939,764 and should be used by shareholders as the denominator in the calculation of their interest in the Company. 

PDMR notification - Robert Cotton

1		Details of the Restricted Person / person closely associated with him or her
a)		Name		Robert Cotton
2		Reason for the notification
a)		Position/status		CEO
b)		Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3		Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)		Name		NCC Group plc
b)		LEI		213800DJCGZRB6523934
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 1p each in the capital of NCC Group plc ISIN GB00B01QGK86
b)		Nature of the transaction		Exercise of options Sale of ordinary shares
c)		Price(s) and volume(s)		Volume(s) exercised  61,295 Ordinary Shares Price(s) aggregate £1 Volume(s) sold 28,867 Ordinary Shares Price(s) £2.97 per Ordinary Share
d)		Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price		Volume 32, 428 Ordinary Shares Price -£2.64 per Ordinary Share
e)		Date of the transaction		2016-07-08; GMT and 2016-07-12; GMT
f)		Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange (XLON); Main Market

PDMR notification - Atul Patel

1		Details of the Restricted Person / person closely associated with him or her
a)		Name		Atul Patel
2		Reason for the notification
a)		Position/status		CFO
b)		Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3		Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)		Name		NCC Group plc
b)		LEI		213800DJCGZRB6523934
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 1p each in the capital of NCC Group plc ISIN GB00B01QGK86
b)		Nature of the transaction		Exercise of options Sale of ordinary shares
c)		Price(s) and volume(s)		Volume(s) exercised  28,509 Ordinary Shares Price(s) aggregate £1 Volume(s) sold 13,426 Ordinary Shares Price(s) £2.97 per Ordinary Share
d)		Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price		Volume(s) 15,083 Ordinary Shares Price(s) -£2.64 per Ordinary Share
e)		Date of the transaction		2016-07-08; GMT and 2016-07-12; GMT
f)		Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange (XLON); Main Market

PDMR notification - Roger Rawlinson

1		Details of the Restricted Person / person closely associated with him or her
a)		Name		Roger Rawlinson
2		Reason for the notification
a)		Position/status		PDMR
b)		Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3		Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)		Name		NCC Group plc
b)		LEI		213800DJCGZRB6523934
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 1p each in the capital of NCC Group plc ISIN GB00B01QGK86
b)		Nature of the transaction		Exercise of options Sale of ordinary shares
c)		Price(s) and volume(s)		Volume(s) exercised  32,073 Ordinary Shares Price(s) aggregate £1 Volume(s) sold 15,105 Ordinary Shares Price(s) £2.97 per Ordinary Share
d)		Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price		Volume(s) 16,968 Ordinary Shares Price(s) -£2.64 per Ordinary Share
e)		Date of the transaction		2016-07-08; GMT and 2016-07-12; GMT
f)		Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange (XLON); Main Market

 

Enquiries:
NCC Group (www.nccgroup.trust)
Rob Cotton, CEO Peel Hunt	0161 209 5200
Dan Webster/Adrian Trimmings/George Sellar	020 7418 8900

 

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