Merlin Entertainments plc Director/PDMR Shareholding (7545U)

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RNS Number : 7545U

Merlin Entertainments plc

26 October 2017

Merlin Entertainments plc

26 October 2017

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF

PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ("PDMR") / PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM ("PCA")

Merlin Entertainments plc (the "Company") has been notified that on 24 October 2017 the following named person purchased Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each in the Company.

The following disclosure is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

 
 PDMR/PCA               Position              Number of Shares 
                                               Purchased 
---------------------  --------------------  ----------------- 
                        Managing Director, 
 Hans Aksel Pedersen     LEGOLAND Parks       6,650 
---------------------  --------------------  ----------------- 
 

The Notification of Dealing Form for each PDMR/PCA can be found below.

 
 1.     Details of PDMR / person closely associated 
         with them ('PCA') 
-----  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)     Name                        Hans Aksel Pedersen 
-----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 2.     Reason for the notification 
-----  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)     Position / status           Managing Director, LEGOLAND 
                                     Parks 
-----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)     Initial notification        Initial notification 
         / amendment 
-----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 3.     Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
         market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
         or auction monitor 
-----  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)     Name                        Merlin Entertainments plc 
-----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)     LEI                         549300ZTI0VEFO6WV007 
-----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 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          Ordinary Shares of 1 pence 
          financial instrument,       each 
          type of instrument 
                                      GB00BDZT6P94 
          Identification code 
-----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)     Nature of the transaction   Purchase of Shares 
-----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 c)     Price(s) and volume(s)       Price (s)    Volume(s) 
                                     -----------  ---------- 
                                      GBP3.700     4,738 
                                     -----------  ---------- 
                                      GBP3.701     1,912 
                                     -----------  ---------- 
-----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 d)                                  Aggregate   Aggregate   Aggregate 
          Aggregated information       Price       Volume      Total 
                                     ----------  ----------  ------------- 
          - Aggregated volume         GBP3.7003   6,650       GBP24,606.92 
                                     ----------  ----------  ------------- 
          - Price 
-----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 e)     Date of the transaction     24 October 2017 
-----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 f)     Place of transaction        London Stock Exchange 
-----  --------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 

For further information please contact:

Matthew Jowett

General Counsel and Company Secretary

Merlin Entertainments plc

00 44 1202 634955

26 October 2017

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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