SSP Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (8337M)

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RNS Number : 8337M

SSP Group PLC

18 October 2016

LEI: 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

18 October 2016

SSP Group plc

(the "Company")

Notification of transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

On 17 October 2016 the person set out in the table below, 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 Company's International Share Incentive Plan ("ISIP") at a price of GBP3.26 per Share and was also given a right to acquire Shares at nil consideration under the Matching Awards element of the ISIP. The acquisition and award of Shares took place in the United Kingdom.

The number of Partnership Shares purchased and Matching Awards awarded under the terms of the ISIP are as follows:

 
 Name           Position      Number      Aggregated     Number    Aggregated     Total        Total         Total 
  of PDMR                    of Shares    Price            of        Price      Aggregated   Aggregated      Shares 
                            purchased:    of             Shares    of Shares      Volume       Price         owned* 
                            Partnership   Partnership   subject     subject                                following 
                              Shares      Shares           to          to                                 notification 
                                                        Matching    Matching                               (including 
                                                         Awards      Awards                                  Shares 
                                                                                                             owned 
                                                                                                            by their 
                                                                                                           connected 
                                                                                                            persons) 
-------------  ----------  ------------  ------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ------------- 
                   CEO 
 Christopher      - Asia 
  Rayner         Pacific        46        GBP149.96        46      Nil              92       GBP149.96      785,399 
-------------  ----------  ------------  ------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ------------- 
 

*This does not include the shares subject to Matching Award

For further information, please contact:

SSP Group plc

Helen Byrne, Company Secretary Tel: [phone]

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