Vianet Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (0332P)

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RNS Number : 0332P

Vianet Group PLC

25 August 2017

Vianet Group plc

(the "Company")

DIRECTOR / PDMR SHAREHOLDING

The Company has been notified by James Dickson, Chairman, who in turn was notifed on 24 August 2017, that his pension fund purchased 34,790 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company on 1 August 2017 at a price of 1.025p per share. Following this purchase, Mr Dickson holds a total of 4,889,259 ordinary shares in the Company, which represents approximately 17.5% of its issued share capital.

Further detail is provided below in accordance the Market Abuse Regulation.

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
---  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name 
                                   James Dickson 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status            PDMR (Chairman) 
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 b)   Initial notification       Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
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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                       Vianet Group plc 
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 b)   LEI                        NA 
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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               Ordinary shares of 10 p each 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument 
                                   ISIN: GB00B13YVN56 
       Identification 
       code 
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 b)   Nature of the              Purchase of ordinary shares 
       transaction                by pension fund 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)      Volume(s) 
                                   ------------  ---------- 
                                    102.5p per 
                                     share        34,790 
                                   ------------  ---------- 
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 d)   Aggregated information 
 
 
       - Aggregated volume         NA 
 
 
       - Price 
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 e)   Date of the transaction    1 August 2017 
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 f)   Place of the transaction   London Stock Exchange 
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Enquiries:

 
 Vianet Group plc 
 James Dickson, Chairman      Tel: [phone] 
                                                800 
 Mark Foster, CFO & Company       www.vianetplc.com 
  Secretary 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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