Hays PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (2195J)

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RNS Number : 2195J

Hays PLC

03 December 2018

Hays plc (the "Company") has been notified that, on 30 November 2018, Mrs Merete Cox, spouse of (and Person Closely Associated with) PDMR, Alistair Cox, Chief Executive of the Company, sold 1,100,000 shares in the Company on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 157.3579 pence per share. This divestment was part of a planned asset diversification strategy.

Alistair Cox retains an interest in 3,923,527 ordinary shares in the Company, owned beneficially or subject to a holding period, with a value of 834% of his salary, and interests through the Company's performance-based incentive schemes and options in a further 2,129,742 shares in the Company.

This significantly exceeds his requirement to hold shares valued at over 200% of salary.

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                        Merete Cox 
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 b)   Position/status             PCA to Alistair Cox, CEO, PDMR 
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 c)   Initial notification        Initial Notification 
       /Amendment 
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 2    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                        Hays plc 
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 b)   LEI                         213800QC8AWD4BO8TH08 
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 3    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          Ordinary shares of 1p each 
       financial instrument, 
       type of instrument 
                                   ISIN Code: GB0004161021 
       Identification code 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction   The on-market sale of 1,100,000 ordinary 
                                   shares in Hays plc. 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price(s)       Volume(s) 
                                     GBP1.573579    1,100,000 
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 d)   Aggregated information      N/A 
       - Aggregated volume 
       - Price 
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 e)   Date of the transaction     30 November 2018 
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 f)   Place of the transaction    London Stock Exchange 
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