Entertainment One Ltd Notification of Director/PDMR Dealing (1327K)

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RNS Number : 1327K

Entertainment One Ltd

05 July 2017

   Date:                                5 July 2017 
   On behalf of:                    Entertainment One Ltd. ('the Company') 
   Embargoed until:             0700 hours 

Entertainment One Ltd.

Notification of Director/PDMR Dealing

Entertainment One Ltd. makes the following announcement in accordance with Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation.

The Company has granted options over Entertainment One Ltd. common shares to Margaret O'Brien (a Director of the Company) and Joseph Sparacio (a PDMR of the Company), as follows:

 
 1.    Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities / person closely associated 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 (a)   Name of person                    Margaret O'Brien 
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 2.     Reason for notification 
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 (a)   Position/Status                  Executive Director 
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 (b)   Initial notification/amendment   Initial notification 
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 3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 (a)   Name of issuer                   Entertainment One Ltd. 
----  -------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 (b)   LEI                              549300PPR3DPKV153240 
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 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 
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 (a)   Description                      Common shares of Entertainment 
        and identifier                   One Ltd. 
        of financial 
        instrument                       ISIN: CA29382B1022 
----  -------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 (b)    Nature of transaction           Grant under the Company's Long 
                                         Term Incentive Plan of Nil Cost 
                                         Options over common shares of 
                                         Entertainment One Ltd. 
----  -------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 (c)    Price and volume                Price: N/A 
         of transaction 
                                         Number of shares over which Nil 
                                         Cost Options granted: 
                                         295,931 
----  -------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 (d)   Aggregated information           As noted in 4 (c) above 
        - Aggregated 
        volume 
        - price 
----  -------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 (e)    Date of transaction              4 July 2017 
----  -------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 (f)    Place of transaction             N/A 
----  -------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 
 
 1.    Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities / person closely associated 
----  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 (a)   Name of person                    Joseph Sparacio 
----  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 2.     Reason for notification 
----  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 (a)   Position/Status                  Chief Financial Officer/PDMR 
----  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 (b)   Initial notification/amendment   Initial notification 
----  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 (a)   Name of issuer                   Entertainment One Ltd. 
----  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 (b)   LEI                              549300PPR3DPKV153240 
----  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 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                      Common shares of Entertainment 
        and identifier                   One Ltd. 
        of financial 
        instrument                       ISIN: CA29382B1022 
----  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 (b)    Nature of transaction           Grant of Nil Cost Options under 
                                         the Company's Long Term Incentive 
                                         Plan over common shares of Entertainment 
                                         shares 
----  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 (c)    Price and volume                Price: N/A 
         of transaction 
                                         Number of shares over which Nil 
                                         Cost Options granted: 
                                         366,951 
----  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 (d)   Aggregated information           As noted in 4 (c) above 
        - Aggregated 
        volume 
        - price 
----  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 (e)    Date of transaction              4 July 2017 
----  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 (f)    Place of transaction             N/A 
----  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 
 
Enquiries: 
Redleaf Communications     Rebecca Sanders-Hewett   [phone] 
                            David Ison               4730 
                                                     [e-mail] 
 
                                                      [phone] 
  Entertainment One Ltd.     Patrick Yau              7931 
 

Notes to Editors:

About Entertainment One

Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE:ETO) is a global independent studio that specialises in the development, acquisition, production, financing, distribution and sales of entertainment content. The Company's diversified expertise spans across film, television and music production and sales, family programming, merchandising and licensing, and digital content. Through its global reach and expansive scale, powered by deep local market knowledge, the Company delivers the best content to the world.

Entertainment One's robust network includes film and television studio The Mark Gordon Company; content creation venture Amblin Partners with Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Studios, Participant Media, and Reliance Entertainment; newly-launched MAKEREADY with Brad Weston; leading feature film production and global sales company Sierra Pictures; unscripted television production company Renegade 83; world-class music labels Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang; and award-winning digital agency Secret Location.

The Company's rights library, valued at US$1.5 billion (as at 31 March 2016), is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 100,000 hours of film and television content and approximately 40,000 music tracks.

www.entertainmentone.com

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