Greencore Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (3408E)

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RNS Number : 3408E

Greencore Group PLC

08 February 2018

Notification of Transactions of (1) Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and (2) Persons closely associated with Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

This form is intended for use by an issuer making a notification required by Rules 7.2 and 7.3 of the Central Bank of Ireland's Market Abuse Rules in relation to a person falling within either of the above categories of individual. These categories are defined in Regulation 12 (8) of the Market Abuse (Directive 2003/6/EC) Regulations 2005 and are detailed as part of this form.

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

 
                                           Name of person discharging 
      Name of the Issuer                    managerial responsibilities 
 1     Greencore Group plc            2     Mr Paul Gary Kennedy 
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      State whether notification           Indicate whether the notification 
       relates to a person                  is in respect of a holding 
       closely associated                   of the person referred 
       with a person discharging            to in 2 or 3 above or 
       managerial responsibilities          in respect of a non-beneficial 
       named in 2 and identify              interest 
       the connected person 
       Notification relates                 Notification relates to 
       to Non-Executive Director            holding of Non-Executive 
 3     named in 2                     4     Director named in 2 
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                                           Name of registered shareholder(s) 
      Description of shares                 and, if more than one, 
       or derivatives or other              number of shares or derivatives 
       financial instruments                or other financial instruments 
       linked to them                       linked to them, held by 
       Ordinary Shares of                   each shareholder 
 5     GBP0.01 each                   6     Mr Paul Gary Kennedy 
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      State the nature of                  Number of shares, derivatives 
       the transaction                      or other financial instruments 
       Purchase of Ordinary                 linked to them acquired 
 7     Shares                         8     20,000 Ordinary Shares 
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                                           Price per share or derivative 
      Number of shares, derivatives         or other financial instrument 
       or other financial                   linked to them or value 
       instruments linked                   of transaction 
       to them disposed of                  GBP1.895 per Ordinary 
 9     N/A                            10    Share 
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      Date and place of transaction        Date issuer informed of 
       08 February 2018                     transaction 
 11    Dublin, Ireland                12    08 February 2018 
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                                           Name of contact and telephone 
                                            number for queries 
      Any additional information            Conor O'Leary 
 13    N/A                            14    [phone] 
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        Name and signature of duly designated officer 
        of issuer responsible for making notification 
 
        Conor O'Leary 
 
        Date of notification 08 February 2018 
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Regulation 12(8) of the Market Abuse (Directive 2003/6/EC) Regulations 2005 ('the Regulations') provides that:

"person discharging managerial responsibilities", in relation to an issuer of financial instruments, means a person who is -

   (a)      a member of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies of the issuer, or 
   (b)      a senior executive - 
   (i)       who is not a member of the bodies referred to in paragraph (a) of this definition, 

(ii) having regular access to inside information relating, directly or indirectly, to the issuer, and

(iii) having the power to make managerial decisions affecting the future developments and business prospects of the issuer.

"person closely associated", in relation to a person discharging managerial responsibilities within an issuer of financial instruments, means -

   (a)      the spouse of the person discharging managerial responsibilities, 
   (b)      dependent children of the person discharging managerial responsibilities, 

(c) other relatives of the person discharging managerial responsibilities, who have shared the same household as that person for at least one year on the date of the transaction concerned,

   (d)      any person - 
   (i)       the managerial responsibilities of which are discharged by a person - 
   (i)       discharging managerial responsibilities within the issuer, or 
   (ii)      referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this definition, 

(ii) that is directly or indirectly controlled by a person referred to in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of this definition,

(iii) that is set up for the benefit of a person referred to in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of this definition, or

(iv) the economic interests of which are substantially equivalent to those of a person referred to in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of this definition;

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