Greencore Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (3081K)

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RNS Number : 3081K

Greencore Group PLC

09 April 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 the Issuer 
       Greencore Group plc                 Name of person discharging 
                                            managerial responsibilities 
 1     LEI: 635400GGBEWULJXM5868      2     Mr 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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      Description of shares 
       or derivatives or other             Name of registered shareholder(s) 
       financial instruments                and, if more than one, 
       linked to them                       number of shares or derivatives 
       Ordinary Shares of                   or other financial instruments 
       GBP0.01 each                         linked to them, held by 
                                            each shareholder 
 5     ISIN: IE0003864109             6     Mr Gary Kennedy 
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      State the nature of 
       the transaction                     Number of shares, derivatives 
       Take up of 2017 Final                or other financial instruments 
       Dividend Scrip Dividend              linked to them acquired 
 7     Offer                          8     1,525 Ordinary Shares 
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      Number of shares, derivatives        Price per share or derivative 
       or other financial                   or other financial instrument 
       instruments linked                   linked to them or value 
       to them disposed of                  of transaction 
 9     N/A                            10    GBP2.17 per Ordinary Share 
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      Date and place of transaction        Date issuer informed of 
       05 April 2018                        transaction 
 11    Dublin, Ireland                12    06 April 2018 
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                                           Name of contact and telephone 
                                            number for queries 
      Any additional information            Conor O'Leary 
 13    N/A                            14    01 605 1004 
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        Name and signature of duly designated officer 
        of issuer responsible for making notification 
 
        Conor O'Leary 
 
        Date of notification 09 April 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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