Serco Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (3975G)

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RNS Number : 3975G

Serco Group PLC

05 November 2018

5 November 2018

Serco Group plc (the 'Company')

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300PT2CIHYN5GWJ21

INITIAL NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ('PDMRs') IN ORDINARY SHARES OF 2 PENCE EACH IN THE COMPANY ('ORDINARY SHARES')

The Company confirms that awards granted on 31 October 2014 to Angus Cockburn in the form of Nominal Cost Options under the 2009 Serco Performance Share Plan (the 'Performance Award') and in connection with his appointment to the Company (the 'Recruitment Award') (together, 'the Awards') lapsed in full on 31 October 2018.

The performance measures applied to the Awards are set out below. The performance period for the Awards commenced on 1 January 2014.

Performance Award:

 
 Proportion       Measure                                   Outcome      Overall outcome 
  of the Award 
                  Absolute Share Price - the Company's 
                   average share price in the 30 days 
                   following the announcement of the 
                   2017 results was below the minimum       Lapsed in 
 1/3(rd)           required for vesting.                     full        0% 
                 ----------------------------------------  -----------  ---------------- 
                      Total proportion of the Performance Award lapsed   83.33% 
                                                               to date 
                                                         Still to vest    16.67% 
 -----------------------------------------------------                  ---------------- 
 

Recruitment Award:

 
 Proportion      Measure                                   Outcome     Overall outcome 
  of the Award 
                 Absolute Share Price - the Company's 
                  average share price in the 30 days 
                  following the announcement of the 
                  2017 results was below the minimum       Lapsed in 
 40%              required for vesting.                     full       0% 
                ----------------------------------------  ----------  ---------------- 
                    Total proportion of the Recruitment Award vested 
                                                             to date   20% 
                    Total proportion of the Recruitment Award lapsed 
                                                             to date    80% 
                                                       Still to vest    0% 
                ----------------------------------------------------  ---------------- 
 

All tranches of the 2014 Recruitment Award have now vested or lapsed.

The closing price of an Ordinary Share of Serco Group plc at the point of vesting on 31 October 2018 was GBP0.9610.

The notifications that follow are made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
        / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                                         Angus Cockburn 
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 2     Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                              Group Chief Financial Officer 
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 b)    Initial notification                         Initial notification 
        /Amendment 
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 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                                         Serco Group plc 
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 b)    LEI                                          549300PT2CIHYN5GWJ21 
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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                           Ordinary shares of 2 pence each ('Ordinary 
        financial instrument,                        Shares') 
        type of instrument                           ISIN: GB0007973794 
 
       Identification code 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction                    The lapse of Nominal Cost Options over Ordinary 
                                                     Shares granted in 2014 under the Company's 
                                                     2009 Performance Share Plan. 
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 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                                    -------------------------  ------------------------ 
                                                     Price(s)                   Volume(s) 
                                                    -------------------------  ------------------------ 
    n/a                                                                         112,714 
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------ 
    n/a                                                                         121,747 
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------ 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
 
  - Aggregated volume                          234,461 
 
  - Price                                      n/a 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction                      31 October 2018 
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 f)    Place of the transaction                     n/a 
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