Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7969E

SSP Group PLC

12 February 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

12 February 2015

SSP Group plc

(the "Company")

Notification of transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

In accordance with the requirements of Rule 3.1.4R of the FCA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, the Company was notified on 11 February 2015 by the trustee of the UK Share Incentive Plan ("UK SIP") Computershare Trustees Limited, that on 9 February 2015 the persons set out in the table below, each being a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (a "PDMR"), acquired ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") under the Partnership Shares element of the UK SIP at a price of 288p per Share and were also awarded Shares at nil consideration under the Matching Share element of the UK SIP.

The UK SIP is a share plan available to all of the Company's UK employees, subject to qualifying conditions.

The number of Shares purchased by and awarded to PDMRs under the terms of the Plan is as follows:

Name of PDMR	Number of Shares purchased - Partnership Shares	Number of Shares awarded - Matching Shares	Total shareholding (including interests in Shares) following notification
Kate Swann	43	43	4,601,886
Jonathan Davies	43	43	1,308,250
Mark Angela	43	43	981,209