Wizz Air Holdings PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4043B)

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RNS Number : 4043B

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

03 April 2017

Wizz Air Holdings Plc

Disclosure of Share Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

Geneva, 3 April 2017: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air" or the "Company") has been notified of the following transactions in its GBP0.0001 ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares") by a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR").

The notification of dealing form for the PDMR can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

 
           1.    Details of the person discharging managerial 
                  responsibilities / person closely associated 
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 a)              Name                          Diederik Pen 
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           2.    Reason for the notification 
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 a)              Position / status             Chief Operations Officer 
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 b)              Initial notification          Initial 
                  / amendment 
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           3.    Details of the issuer 
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 a)              Name                          Wizz Air Holdings Plc 
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 b)              Legal entity                  N/A 
                  identifier 
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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                Ordinary shares of GBP0.0001 
                  the financial                 each 
                  instrument, type 
                  of instrument 
                 Identification                JE00BN574F90 
                  code 
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 b)              Nature of the                 Sale of ordinary shares 
                  transaction 
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 c)              Currency                      British Pounds 
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 d)              Price(s) and                   Price(s)           Volume(s) 
                  volume(s) 
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    GBP 16.268                                                     20,000 
   -------------------------------------------------------------  ------------- 
 e)              Aggregated information        Single transaction, not 
                   *    Aggregated volume       applicable 
 
 
                   *    Price 
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 f)              Date of the transaction       31 March 2017 
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 g)              Place of the                  London Stock Exchange 
                  transaction 
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ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 79 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 500 routes from 28 bases, connecting 138 destinations across 40 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 3,000 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 23 million passengers in 2016. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices. Wizz Air is registered under the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the global benchmark in airline safety recognition. The company was recently named 2016 Value Airline of the Year by the editors of Air Transport World, one of the leading airline trade magazines, as well as 2016 Low Cost Airline of the Year by the Center for Aviation (CAPA), a leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence.

 
 For more information: 
 
                                                    +41 22 555 
 Investors:    Iain Wetherall, Wizz Air:             9873 
                                                    +36 1 777 
  Balint Veres, Wizz Air:                            9349 
 
                                                    +36 1 777 
 Media:        Tamar Vallois, Wizz Air:              9324 
  Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan,                 [phone] 
   FTI Consulting LLP:                               1017 
 

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