RPS Group PLC Director/PDMR Share Award (5856H)

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RNS Number : 5856H

RPS Group PLC

08 June 2017

8 June 2017

RPS Group plc

Director/PDMR Share Award

RPS Group Plc (the "Company") announces that on 8 June 2017 an award of shares as a nil cost option was made to John Matheson Douglas, an Executive Director of the Company, under the RPS Group Plc Executive Long Term Incentive Plan (the "ELTIP"). The number of shares to constitute this award was calculated by reference to the average of the Company's closing share price over the period 5-7 June 2017. The option will be exercisable in three years' time subject to the rules of the ELTIP and to performance conditions relating to total shareholder return, growth in earnings per share and cash collection. Details of the award are set out in the Notification of Dealing Form found below.

This notification is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Directive.

 
 ENQUIRIES 
 RPS Group plc 
 Nicholas Rowe, Company   Tel: [phone] 
  Secretary 
 

NOTIFICATION OF DEALINGS FORM

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
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 a)   Name                                                      John Matheson Douglas 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                                           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                                                      RPS Group Plc 
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 b)   LEI                                                       213800BHEVF3ZB6NG750 
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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          Nil cost share option in respect of ordinary shares of 
      instrument                                                3p each 
 
      Identification code 
                                                                GB0007594764 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction                                 Award of a nil cost option over ordinary shares under 
                                                                the RPS Group Plc Executive Long Term 
                                                                Incentive Plan 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                     Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                                                  Nil         270,324 
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 d)   Aggregated information-  Aggregated volume                N/A 
 
       -  Price 
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 e)   Date of the transaction                                   8 June 2017 
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 f)   Place of the transaction                                  Outside a trading venue 
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