Go-Ahead Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (5199E)

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RNS Number : 5199E

Go-Ahead Group PLC

18 October 2018

THE GO-AHEAD GROUP PLC ("the Group")

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

The following announcement and notification is made in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation (No 596/2014).

On 18 October 2018, the Group received notification that Adrian Ewer (person discharging managerial responsibility, Non-Executive Director), acquired a total of eight ordinary shares of 10 pence in The Go-Ahead Group plc. Six shares were acquired on 12 December 2017 and two shares were acquired on 11 May 2018 as a result of the reinvestment of dividend income for the Group's full-year and interim dividends paid on 24 November 2017 and 20 April 2018 respectively.

The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details of the share purchases.

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
 a)    Name                                  Adrian Ewer 
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 2     Reason for notification 
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 a)    Position/status                       Non-Executive Director 
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 b)    Initial notification/                 Initial 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 financial                       Ordinary shares of 10 pence each 
        instrument, 
        type of instrument 
 
        Identification                         GB0003753778 
        code 
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 b)    Nature of                             Acquisition of ordinary shares of ten pence 
        the transaction                       in the Group as a result of the reinvestment 
                                              of dividend income. 
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 c)    Price(s) and                                   Price(s)                 Volume(s) 
        volume(s) 
      ------------------------------------  ---------------------------  -------------------- 
                               GBP15.67330                                         6 
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                               GBP18.07798                                         2 
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated 
        information 
 
        - Aggregated                           8 
        volume 
 
        - Price                                GBP15.67330 and GBP18.07798 
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 e)    Date of the 
        transactions                           2017-12-12 and 2018-05-11 respectively 
      ------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the                          London Stock Exchange XLON 
        transaction 
      ------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 

For further information please contact:

Carolyn Ferguson, Group Company Secretary

Date of notification: 18 October 2018

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