NCC Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding & Total Voting Rights (5501N)

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RNS Number : 5501N

NCC Group PLC

09 August 2017

NCC Group plc

("NCC" or the "Company")

Exercise of Share Options

Director / PDMR Dealing

NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC) received notification on 4 August 2017 that on the same day the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") listed below was awarded 18,372 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") by the trustees of NCC Group Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") pursuant to options granted to him under the Deferred Bonus Plan (part of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan). The aggregate exercise price paid by the PDMR in relation to the options exercised by him was GBP1. The Ordinary Shares required to satisfy the award were acquired in the market by the EBT at a price of GBP1.9475 per Ordinary Share.

On 4 August 2017, the trustees of the EBT sold 8,634 Ordinary Shares on behalf of the PDMR at a price of GBP1.9475 per Ordinary Share to satisfy the costs of the income tax, national insurance and other liabilities arising on the exercise of the options.

As a result of the exercise of the options and the subsequent sale of Ordinary Shares mentioned above, the net number of Ordinary Shares acquired by the PDMR is set out below:

 
         Name           Director              Former       Ordinary       Ordinary          Resultant       Percentage 
                          / PDMR        shareholding         Shares         Shares       shareholding        of issued 
                                                            awarded           sold                               share 
                                                                                                               capital 
-----------------  --------------  -----------------  -------------  -------------  -----------------  --------------- 
        Roger 
      Rawlinson**         PDMR               966,571         18,372          8,634            976,309           0.353% 
-----------------  --------------  -----------------  -------------  -------------  -----------------  --------------- 
 

** Including 41,454 shares held by spouse

Total voting rights

Following the transactions above, the total Ordinary Shares in issue is 276,510,137. The number of voting rights in issue is 276,510,137 and should be used by shareholders as the denominator in the calculation of their interest in the Company.

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 
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     a)       Name                       Roger Rawlinson 
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     2        Reason for the notification 
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     a)       Position/status            PDMR 
-------  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
     b)       Initial notification       Initial notification 
               /Amendment 
-------  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
     3        Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
               market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
               or auction monitor 
-------  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     a)       Name                       NCC Group plc 
-------  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
     b)       LEI                        213800DJCGZRB6523934 
-------  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
     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 
-------  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     a)       Description                Ordinary Shares 
               of the financial 
               instrument, 
               type of instrument 
                                          ISIN: GB00B01QGK86 
               Identification 
               code 
-------  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
     b)       Nature of the              1. Exercise of options over Ordinary 
               transaction                Shares 
                                          2. Subsequent sale of Ordinary 
                                          Shares 
-------  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
     c)       Price(s) and                     1. Purchase of Ordinary 
               volume(s)                         Shares pursuant to exercise 
                                                 of options 
                                           --------------------------------------- 
                                                Price(s)                 Volume(s) 
                                           -----------------------  -------------- 
                                                GBP1.00 (paid 
                                                 in total for 
                                                 all 18,372 
                                                 Ordinary Shares)        18,372 
                                           -----------------------  -------------- 
 
                                                2. Sale of Ordinary Shares 
                                           --------------------------------------- 
                                                Price(s)                 Volume(s) 
                                           -----------------------  -------------- 
                                                GBP1.9475                8,634 
                                           -----------------------  -------------- 
-------  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
     d)       Aggregated                 As above 
               information 
 
               - Aggregated 
               volume 
               - Price 
-------  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
     e)       Date of the                4 August 2017 
               transaction 
-------  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
     f)       Place of the               London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
               transaction 
-------  -------------------------  ------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
     Enquiries: 
 
       NCC Group (www.nccgroup.trust) 
     Brian Tenner, Interim CEO 
 
      Peel Hunt                               0161 209 5200 
     Charlie Batten/Dan Webster/George 
      Sellar                                  020 7418 8900 
 

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