Entertainment One Ltd Notification of Director Dealing (0649S)

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RNS Number : 0649S

Entertainment One Ltd

28 September 2017

   Date:                                28 September 2017 
   On behalf of:                    Entertainment One Ltd. (the "Company") 
   Embargoed until:             0700 hours 

Entertainment One Ltd.

Notification of Director Dealing

Entertainment One Ltd. makes the following announcement in accordance with Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation.

The Company has granted options over Entertainment One Ltd. common shares to Darren Throop (a Director of the Company), as follows:

 
 1.    Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities/person closely associated 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 (a)   Name of person           Darren Throop 
----  -----------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 
 2.    Reason for notification 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 (a)   Position/status          Chief Executive Officer/Executive 
                                 Director 
----  -----------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 (b)   Initial notification/    Initial notification 
        amendment 
----  -----------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 
 3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 (a)   Name of issuer           Entertainment One Ltd. 
----  -----------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 (b)   LEI                      549300PPR3DPKV153240 
----  -----------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 
 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 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 (a)   Description              Common shares of Entertainment 
        and identifier           One Ltd. 
        of financial 
        instrument               ISIN: CA29382B1022 
----  -----------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 (b)   Nature of transaction    Grant of Nil Cost Options over 
                                 common shares of Entertainment 
                                 One Ltd., comprising a Special 
                                 Award as approved by shareholders 
                                 at the Company's Annual General 
                                 Meeting on 27 September 2017. 
----  -----------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 (c)   Price and volume         Price: N/A 
        of transaction 
                                 Number of shares over which Nil 
                                 Cost Options granted: 
                                 3,000,000 
----  -----------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 (d)   Aggregated information   As noted in 4 (c) above 
        - Aggregated 
        volume 
        - price 
----  -----------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 (e)   Date of transaction      27 September 2017 
----  -----------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 (f)   Place of transaction     N/A 
----  -----------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 
 
 1.    Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities/person closely associated 
----  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 (a)   Name of person           Darren Throop 
----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 
 2.    Reason for notification 
----  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 (a)   Position/status          Chief Executive Officer/Executive 
                                 Director 
----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 (b)   Initial notification/    Initial notification 
        amendment 
----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 
 3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 (a)   Name of issuer           Entertainment One Ltd. 
----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 (b)   LEI                      549300PPR3DPKV153240 
----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 
 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 
----  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 (a)   Description              Common shares of Entertainment 
        and identifier           One Ltd. 
        of financial 
        instrument               ISIN: CA29382B1022 
----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 (b)   Nature of transaction    Grant under the Company's Long 
                                 Term Incentive Plan of Nil Cost 
                                 Options over common shares of 
                                 Entertainment One Ltd., comprising 
                                 an Annual Share Award under the 
                                 Company's Directors' Remuneration 
                                 Policy (as approved by shareholders 
                                 at the Company's Annual General 
                                 Meeting on 27 September 2017). 
----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 (c)   Price and volume         Price: N/A 
        of transaction 
                                 Number of shares over which Nil 
                                 Cost Options granted: 
                                 661,142 
----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 (d)   Aggregated information   As noted in 4 (c) above 
        - Aggregated 
        volume 
        - price 
----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 (e)   Date of transaction      27 September 2017 
----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 (f)   Place of transaction     N/A 
----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 
 
Enquiries: 
                Rebecca Sanders-Hewett 
Alma PR          Susie Hudson            [phone] 
 
Entertainment   Joe Sparacio 
 One Ltd.        Patrick Yau             [phone] 
 
 

Notes to Editors:

About Entertainment One

Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE:ETO) is a global independent studio that specialises in the development, acquisition, production, financing, distribution and sales of entertainment content. The Company's diversified expertise spans across film, television and music production and sales, family programming, merchandising and licensing, and digital content. Through its global reach and expansive scale, powered by deep local market knowledge, the Company delivers the best content to the world.

Entertainment One's robust network includes film and television studio The Mark Gordon Company; content creation venture Amblin Partners with Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Studios, Participant Media, and Reliance Entertainment; newly-launched MAKEREADY with Brad Weston; leading feature film production and global sales company Sierra Pictures; unscripted television production company Renegade 83; world-class music labels Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang; and award-winning digital agency Secret Location.

The Company's rights library, valued at US$1.7 billion (as at 31 March 2017), is exploited across all media formats and includes around 80,000 hours of film and television content and around 40,000 music tracks.

www.entertainmentone.com

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