Vianet Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (5360R)

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RNS Number : 5360R

Vianet Group PLC

08 March 2021

Vianet Group PLC

(the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

The Board of the Company confirms that on 8(th) March 2021 (the "Grant Date") Mark Foster, CFO, was granted 100, 000 share options ("Options") over 100,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company following a meeting of the Remuneration Committee on 24 February 2021. The Options are exercisable at a price of 72 pence, the Company's closing price on 24 February 2021.

The Options are exercisable from the third anniversary of the Grant Date up until the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date.

Following this issue, Mark Foster will hold options over 359,000 Ordinary Shares in Company.

The Company makes the following disclosures in accordance with article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation:

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                        Mark Foster 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status             Chief Financial Officer 
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 b)   Initial notification        Initial 
       /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                        Vianet Group PLC 
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 b)   LEI                         2138007KAM1HB8E7E134 
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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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      Transaction 
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 a)   Description of the          Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each 
       financial instrument, 
       type of instrument          ISIN: GB00B13YVN56 
 
 
       Identification code 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction   Issue of options over Ordinary Shares 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price(s)              Volume(s) 
                                          1. 72.0 pence    1. 100,000 
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 d)   Aggregated information 
       - Aggregated volume          N/A - single transaction 
       - Price 
     --------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction      8 Mar 2021 
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 f)   Place of the transaction    London Stock Exchange 
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Enquiries:

 
 Vianet Group plc 
 James Dickson, Chairman   Tel: [phone] 
  Stewart Darling, CEO 
  Mark Foster, CFO                 www.vianetplc.com 
 
   Cenkos Securities plc 
 Stephen Keys              Tel: [phone] 
 Camilla Hume                         www.cenkos.com 
 

Media enquiries:

 
 Yellow Jersey PR 
 Sarah Hollins                               Tel: [phone] 
  Henry Wilkinson                                             137 
  [e-mail]               Tel: [phone] 
                                           www.yellowjerseypr.com 
 

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