Pets At Home Group Plc Notification of Transaction of PDMR (3814M)

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RNS Number : 3814M

Pets At Home Group Plc

12 October 2016

12 October 2016

Notification of Transaction of PDMR

Pets at Home Group Plc

Pets at Home Group Plc ("the Company") makes the following announcement regarding one of its Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility's ("PDMR") participation in the Company's Sharesave Plan ("Sharesave")

The Sharesave Plan is a tax advantaged share option plan available to all of the Company's employees, subject to qualifying conditions. It offers the opportunity for employees to buy ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Share") in the Company using savings accumulated over a three year period.

The PDMR detailed below has elected to participate in the 2016 offer of Sharesave, resulting in the grant of options to him on 11 October 2016 with an exercise price of GBP1.9776 per Share. The options will become exercisable on 1 December 2019. 4,550 options have been granted. The notification of dealing form for the PDMR can be found below.

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities/person closely associated 
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 a)    Name                              Peter Pritchard 
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 2     Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                   Chief Executive of the Retail 
                                          Division 
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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 
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 a)    Name                              Pets at Home Group Plc 
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 b)    LEI                               N/A 
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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 of                    Options over Ordinary shares 
        the financial                     of 1 pence each in Pets at Home 
        instrument, type                  Group Plc 
        of instrument                     ISIN GB00BJ62K685 
        Identification 
        code 
----  --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of the                     Peter Pritchard has elected to 
        Transaction                       participate in the 2016 offer 
                                          under the Pets at Home Group 
                                          Sharesave Scheme resulting in 
                                          the grant of Options to him on 
                                          the 11th October 2016 with an 
                                          exercise price of GBP1.9776 per 
                                          Share. The Sharesave Scheme is 
                                          a tax advantaged share scheme 
                                          offered to all eligible employees 
                                          of the Company. 
----  --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)              Volume(s) 
----  --------------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------------ 
   GBP1.9776                                                   4,550 
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 d)         Aggregated information       Price                Aggregated    Aggregate 
                                                              volume         Total 
              *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
 
              *    Price 
----  --------------------------------  -------------------  ------------  ----------------- 
   GBP1.9776            4,550                                               GBP8998.08 
    per Share 
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 e)    Date of Transaction               11(th) October 2016 
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 f)    Place of Transaction              London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
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This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation and the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Persons responsible for arranging the release of this announcement

Louise Stonier

Group Legal Director and Company Secretary

Pets at Home Group Plc

Epsom Avenue

Stanley Green Trading Estate

Handforth

Cheshire

SK9 3RN

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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