Marks & Spencer Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (3652W)

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RNS Number : 3652W

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

31 July 2018

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Marks and Spencer Group plc (the 'Company') announces that it has been notified of the following transactions in the Company's Ordinary 25p shares undertaken by directors / persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs').

The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
 a)   Name                                                      P Friston 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                                           PDMR (International Director) 
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 b)   Initial notification/Amendment                            Initial notification 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                                                      Marks and Spencer Group plc 
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 b)   LEI                                                       213800EJP14A79ZG1X44 
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 4    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 financial instrument, type of          Ordinary 25p shares 
      instrument                                                 ISIN: GB0031274896 
      Identification code 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction                                 Exercise of 9,223 shares from the 2015 Performance 
                                                                Share Plan followed by the sale of 3,960 
                                                                shares to cover the tax and NI liability, with 5,263 
                                                                shares retained. 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                     Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                                                  3.10403p   9,223 
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 d)   Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume              n/a (single transaction) 
 
        -   Price 
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 e)   Date of the transaction                                   2018-07-27 
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 f)   Place of the transaction                                  London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) 
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