JPJ Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (8963Z)

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RNS Number : 8963Z

JPJ Group PLC

05 September 2018

Director/PDMR Shareholding

LONDON (UK), 5 September 2018 - JPJ Group plc (LSE: JPJ) (the "Company"), announces that it was notified on 4 September 2018 that Keith Laslop, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, exercised options under the JPJ Group plc Share Option Plan (the "JPJ Share Option Plan") as follows:

 
 Director        Number of Options   Exercise       Number of Ordinary   % of Company's 
                         exercised      Price    shares held following     issued share 
                                                       the transaction     capital held 
 Keith Laslop               70,000    GBP2.42                  908,606            1.22% 
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The shares received on exercise of these options will count toward Keith Laslop's shareholding requirement as a director, as outlined in the Company's remuneration policy that was voted for in favour by shareholders in June. The notification set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014

 
 1.   Details of PDMR 
 a)   Name                            Keith Laslop 
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 2.   Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position / status               Chief Financial Officer 
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 b)   Initial notification            Initial notification 
       / amendment 
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 3.   Details of the issuer 
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 a)   Name                            JPJ Group plc 
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 b)   Legal Entity Identifier         213800J9SZ4YJ2RYMU17 
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 4.   Details of the transaction(s) 
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 a)   Description of the              Options over Ordinary Shares of GBP0.10 
       financial instrument            each 
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 b)   Identification code             GB00BZ14BX56 
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 c)   Nature of the transaction       Exercise of Options under the Jackpotjoy 
                                       plc Share Option Plan 
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 d)   Price(s) and volume(s)           Price                  Volume 
                                        GBP2.42 per Ordinary   70,000 Ordinary 
                                         Share                  Shares 
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 e)        Aggregated information     N/A - single transaction 
             *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
             *    Aggregated price 
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 f)   Date of the transaction         4 September 2018 (UK) 
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 g)   Place of the transaction        Outside a trading venue 
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About JPJ Group plc

JPJ Group plc is the parent company of an online gaming group that provides entertainment to a global consumer base through its subsidiaries. JPJ Group plc currently offers bingo and casino games to its customers through its subsidiaries using the Jackpotjoy (www.jackpotjoy.com), Starspins (www.starspins.com), Botemania (www.botemania.es), Vera&John (www.verajohn.com), Costa (www.costabingo.com) and InterCasino (www.intercasino.com) brands. For more information about JPJ Group plc, please visit www.jpjgroup.com.

Enquiries:

JPJ Group plc

Jason Holden, Director of Investor Relations

[phone]

[e-mail]

Amanda Brewer, Vice President of Corporate Communications

[phone]

[e-mail]

Finsbury

James Leviton

Andy Parnis

[phone]

[e-mail]

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