Spire Healthcare Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (3329D)

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RNS Number : 3329D

Spire Healthcare Group PLC

08 October 2018

8 October 2018

Spire Healthcare Group plc

Grant of 2018 Long Term Incentive Plan awards

Spire Healthcare Group plc (the "Company") announces that, on 8 October 2018, a performance share award (the "Award") was granted over the Company's ordinary shares in the form of nil cost options to the following Executive Director in the Company, under the rules of the Spire Healthcare Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan.

   Name                         Maximum number of shares under Award 
   Jitesh Sodha             415,381 

The number of shares set out above is the maximum number which may vest under the Award following the cessation of the performance period. The actual number of shares which vest will depend on the extent to which the following performance conditions have been satisfied.

The performance conditions applicable to the Award will be based as follows:

   --    35% on relative total shareholder return (TSR) performance; 
   --    35% on adjusted earnings per share (EPS) performance; and 
   --    30% on two Operational Excellence measures. 

Furher details of these performance conditions were disclosed in the 2017 Directors' Remuneration Report which was published in April.

The share price used to determine the number of shares under the Award was GBP1.4264 being the average of the middle market quotation over the last five dealing days ending on 5 October 2018.

The transaction place is London.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

   Philip Davies                                                 020 7427 9092 

Deputy Company Secretary

The following disclosure is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

 
 
 a)    Name                                   Jitesh Sodha 
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 2     Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                        Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director 
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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 
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 a)    Name                                   Spire Healthcare Group plc 
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 b)    LEI                                    213800IBJPW3SE2RA350 
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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                         Ordinary shares of 1 pence each 
        the financial 
        instrument, type                       GB00BNLPYF73 
        of instrument 
        Identification 
        code 
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 b)    Nature of the                          Grant of performance share awards under 
        transaction                            the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan 
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 c)    Price(s) and volume(s)                        Price(s)                 Volume(s) 
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                                  Nil                                          415,381 
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 d)    Aggregated information                 As above 
        - Aggregated volume 
        - Price 
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 e)    Date of the transaction                2018-10-08 
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 f)    Place of the transaction               XLON 
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