Go-Ahead Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (7623X)

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RNS Number : 7623X

Go-Ahead Group PLC

28 November 2017

The Go-Ahead Group plc

(the "Group")

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and their Closely Associated Persons

The Group announces that, following the expiry of the three year deferral period, the shares awarded on 25 November 2014 under The Go-Ahead Group plc Deferred Share Bonus Plan 2012 ("DSBP"), became eligible for vesting from 25 November 2017. As detailed below, the following person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised and sold her 2014 award of DSBP shares on 27 November 2017:

 
 Name         Status    No. of       Sale         Number       Price 
                         shares       Date         of Shares 
                         exercised                 Sold 
-----------  --------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 Carolyn 
  Ferguson    PDMR      1,562        27/11/2017   1,562        GBP15.8033 
-----------  --------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 

The attached notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, give further detail of the number of shares exercised and sold under the DSBP on 27 November 2017.

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities/person closely associated 
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 a)    Name                      Carolyn Ferguson 
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 2     Reason for notification 
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 a)    Position/status           Group Company Secretary 
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 b)    Initial                   Initial notification 
        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 
                                   The Go-Ahead Group plc 
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 b)    LEI 
                                   2138009TF1SYOMQLBJ60 
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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                     Ordinary shares of 10 pence each 
        financial 
        instrument, 
        type of 
        instrument                 GB0003753778 
 
        Identification 
        code 
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 b)    Nature                    Exercise and sale through the Group's 
        of the                    DSBP 
        transaction 
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 c)    Price(s)                       Price(s)             Volume(s) 
        and volume(s) 
----  ------------------------  --------------------  ------------------ 
                                     GBP15.8033              1,562 
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 d)    Aggregated 
        information 
 
        - Aggregated               1,562 
        volume 
 
        - Price                    GBP15.8033 
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       Date of 
 e)     the transaction            2017-11-27 
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 f)    Place of                  London Stock Exchange XLON 
        the transaction 
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For further information please contact:

Carolyn Ferguson, Group Company Secretary - 0191 232 3123

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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