Greencore Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (2694N)

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RNS Number : 2694N

Greencore Group PLC

16 January 2019

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 
                                                      Name of person discharging managerial 
       Greencore Group plc                             responsibilities 
 
 1     LEI: 635400GGBEWULJXM5868                 2     Ms Helen Rose 
 3    State whether notification                 4    Indicate whether the notification 
       relates to a person closely                     is in respect of a holding of 
       associated with a person                        the person referred to in 2 or 
       discharging managerial responsibilities         3 above or in respect of a non-beneficial 
       named in 2 and identify the                     interest 
       connected person 
                                                       Notification relates to holding 
       Notification relates to Non-Executive           of Non-Executive Director named 
       Director named in 2                             in 2 
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      Description of shares or 
       derivatives or other financial                 Name of registered shareholder(s) 
       instruments linked to them                      and, if more than one, number 
                                                       of shares or derivatives or other 
       Ordinary Shares of GBP0.01                      financial instruments linked to 
       each                                            them, held by each shareholder 
 
 5     ISIN: IE0003864109                        6     Ms Helen Rose 
     -----------------------------------------  ---  ------------------------------------------- 
                                                      Number of shares, derivatives 
                                                       or other financial instruments 
      State the nature of the transaction              linked to them acquired 
 
 7     Purchase of Ordinary Shares               8     25,000 Ordinary Shares 
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      Number of shares, derivatives                   Price per share or derivative 
       or other financial instruments                  or other financial instrument 
       linked to them disposed of                      linked to them or value of transaction 
 
 9     N/A                                       10    GBP1.8815 per Ordinary Share 
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      Date and place of transaction 
                                                      Date issuer informed of transaction 
       15 January 2019 
 11    United Kingdom                            12    15 January 2019 
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                                                      Name of contact and telephone 
                                                       number for queries 
      Any additional information 
                                                       Conor O'Leary 
 13    N/A                                       14    01 486 3315 
     -----------------------------------------  ---  ------------------------------------------- 
 
        Name and signature of duly designated officer of issuer responsible 
        for making notification 
 
        Conor O'Leary 
 
        Date of notification 16 January 2019 
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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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