Worldpay Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (5344O)

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RNS Number : 5344O

Worldpay Group PLC

07 November 2016

7 November 2016

Worldpay Group plc (the "Company")

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Grant of Awards under the Worldpay Group plc Performance Share Plan (the "PSP")

The Company announces that on 7 November 2016 Kim Goodman, Chief Executive Officer, Worldpay US, was granted a conditional award of 186,380 Worldpay Group plc Ordinary Shares under the Worldpay Group plc PSP. The number of shares was calculated using a price of 282.1 pence per share, being the average of the closing prices of Worldpay Group plc shares on 2, 3 and 4 November 2016.

The conditional award of shares granted under the PSP will vest on 7 November 2019, subject to continued employment during the performance period and the achievement of key financial and strategic performance conditions which are aligned to the Company's strategic plan. The performance conditions are fully disclosed in the Remuneration Report of the Worldpay Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015, which was published early April 2016, a copy of which is available on the Company's website ( http://investors.worldpay.com ).

 
 Enquiries: 
 Derek Woodward, Group           Tel: +44 (0) 
  Company Secretary               7342 082 043 
 
 Media and investor relations: 
  Charles King, Investor          Tel: +44 (0) 
  Relations Director              203 664 6171 
 

About Worldpay Group plc

Worldpay (LSE: WPG) is a leader in global payments. We provide an extensive range of technology-led payment products and services to over 400,000 customers, enabling their businesses to grow and prosper. We manage the increasing complexity of the payments landscape for our customers, allowing them to accept the widest range of payment types around the world. Using our network and technology, we are able to process payments from geographies covering 99% of global GDP, across 146 countries and 126 currencies. We help our customers to accept more than 300 different payment types. http://investors.worldpay.com/

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