Greencore Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (8675H)

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RNS Number : 8675H

Greencore Group PLC

27 March 2020

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     GORDON HARDIE 
 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 discharging          the person referred to in 2 or 
       managerial responsibilities                   3 above or in respect of a non-beneficial 
       named in 2 and identify the                   interest 
       connected person                              Holding of NON-Executive Director 
       Notification relates to NON-Executive         named in 2 
       Director named in 2 
     ---------------------------------------  ---  ------------------------------------------- 
      Description of shares or derivatives          Name of registered shareholder(s) 
       or other financial instruments                and, if more than one, number 
       linked to them                                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     GORDON HARDIE 
     ---------------------------------------  ---  ------------------------------------------- 
                                                    Number of shares, derivatives 
                                                     or other financial instruments 
                                                     linked to them acquired 
      State the nature of the transaction            40,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF GBP0.01 
 7     PURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES             8     EACH 
     ---------------------------------------  ---  ------------------------------------------- 
      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     NONE                                    10    GBP1.8375 
     ---------------------------------------  ---  ------------------------------------------- 
      Date and place of transaction                 Date issuer informed of transaction 
 11    26 MArch 2020, New York                 12    26 March 2020 
     ---------------------------------------  ---  ------------------------------------------- 
                                                    Name of contact and telephone 
                                                     number for queries 
      Any additional information                     Jolene Gacquin 
 13    N/A                                     14    [phone] 
     ---------------------------------------  ---  ------------------------------------------- 
 
        Name and signature of duly designated officer of issuer responsible 
        for making notification 
 
        Jolene Gacquin 
 
        Date of notification: 27 MARCH 2020 
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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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