PZ CUSSONS PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (5543L)

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RNS Number : 5543L

PZ CUSSONS PLC

03 October 2016

3 October 2016

PZ Cussons Plc (the 'Company')

Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

The Company announces that it received notification today, from Richard Harvey, Chairman of the Company, that he had purchased 3,413 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company (0.001% of the shares in issue). The shares were purchased at a price of GBP3.625 per share on 30 September 2016. Mr Harvey's purchase of shares was pursuant to a trading plan established in September 2014. Following this dealing, Mr Harvey (and his wife) holds 98,893 shares in the Company representing 0.023% of the shares in issue.

The notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
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 a)   Name                                                          Richard Harvey 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                                               Non-executive Chairman 
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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                                                          PZ Cussons Plc 
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 b)   LEI                                                           (Pending) 
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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 the financial instrument, type of instrument    Ordinary Shares of 1p each 
       Identification code                                           --------------------------- 
                                                                      GB00B19Z1432 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction                                     Purchase of shares 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                         Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                                                      GBP3.625      3,413 
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 d)   Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume                  N/A 
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        -   Price 
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 e)   Date of the transaction                                       2016-09-30 
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 f)   Place of the transaction                                      LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAIN MARKET (XLON) 
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Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Sam Plant

Company Secretary

PZ Cussons Plc

(T) (00) 44 (0)161 435 1000

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