GlobalData PLC PDMR Dealing (4798S)

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RNS Number : 4798S

GlobalData PLC

11 March 2019

GlobalData plc

("GlobalData" or the "Company")

PDMR Dealing

GlobalData today announces that it has received notification that on 8 March 2019, certain Directors of the Company exercised share options over ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") and sold Shares on the same day, as set out in further detail in the below Notification of Dealing Forms. This exercise follows confirmation in the Company's Final Results announcement released on 25 February 2019 that the results for the year ended 31 December 2018 fulfilled the performance condition for the exercisability of 2.1 million employee share options.

To satisfy the exercise of options by Directors and other employees 1,999,583 Shares were transferred from the Company's employee benefit trust. The total voting rights in the Company remain unchanged at 118,113,869 with 190,000 Shares held in treasury.

This notification is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation.

ENQUIRIES

 
  GlobalData Plc                           0207 936 6400 
 Mike Danson, Chief Executive 
 Graham Lilley, Group Financial Officer 
 
   N+1 Singer                              0207 496 3000 
 James Maxwell 
 James White 
 
   Hudson Sandler                          0207 796 4133 
 Nick Lyon 
 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                                                          Bernard Cragg (Executive Chairman) 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                                               PDMR 
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 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                               Initial notification 
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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                                                          GlobalData plc 
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 b)   LEI                                                           2138005I669UO6PJXM24 
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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 instrument, type of instrument 
                                                                      Ordinary shares of 1/14p each 
       Identification code 
                                                                      GB00B87ZTG26 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction                                     Exercise of share options and sale of Shares 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                          Price(s)           Volume(s) 
                                                                       Share option 
                                                                        exercise price 
                                                                        of nil            125,000 
                                                                                         ---------- 
                                                                       Sale of Shares 
                                                                        at 600p           125,000 
                                                                                         ---------- 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
       - Aggregated volume                                            Not applicable 
       - Price 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction                                       8 March 2019 
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 f)   Place of the transaction                                      Off market and London Stock Exchange, AIM (XLON) 
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 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                                                          Graham Lilley (Chief Financial Officer) 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                                               PDMR 
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 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                               Initial notification 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                                                          GlobalData plc 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                                                           2138005I669UO6PJXM24 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 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 of the financial instrument, type of instrument 
                                                                      Ordinary shares of 1/14p each 
       Identification code 
                                                                      GB00B87ZTG26 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction                                     Exercise of share options and sale of Shares 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                          Price(s)           Volume(s) 
                                                                       Share option 
                                                                        exercise price 
                                                                        of nil            50,000 
                                                                                         ---------- 
                                                                       Sale of Shares 
                                                                        at 600p           50,000 
                                                                                         ---------- 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
       - Aggregated volume                                            Not applicable 
       - Price 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction                                       8 March 2019 
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 f)   Place of the transaction                                      Off market and London Stock Exchange, AIM (XLON) 
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