Wizz Air Holdings PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (9822E)

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RNS Number : 9822E

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

22 July 2016

Wizz Air Holdings Plc

Disclosure under DTR 3.1.2R of Share Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

Geneva, 22 July 2016: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air" or the "Company") has been informed of the following transactions in its GBP0.0001 ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares") and options in respect of Ordinary Shares granted under the Wizz Air International Employee Share Option Plan 2009 ("Options") by persons discharging managerial responsibilities:

 
 Name(s)     Instrument(s)    Beneficial         Number     Number         Number     Average         Price        Number   Percentage 
                                interest             of         of             of    exercise            at   of Ordinary    of issued 
                                                Options   Ordinary       Ordinary       price         which        Shares     Ordinary 
                                           exercised(1)     Shares         Shares          in      Ordinary        and/or        Share 
                                                           sold(2)   purchased(2)     respect        Shares       Options      capital 
                                                                                           of          sold          held       of the 
                                                                                      Options                   following   Company(4) 
                                                                                    exercised                        this 
                                                                                                              transaction 
----------  ---------------  -----------  -------------  ---------  -------------  ----------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Diederik    Ordinary 
  Pen         Shares              95,093              -      3,783              -           -   GBP15.65(3)       116,310         0.2% 
   Options                        25,000         25,000          -              -     GBP2.28             -             -         0.0% 
 --------------------------  -----------  -------------  ---------  -------------  ----------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 

Notes:

   1.     Options exercised in Budapest, Hungary. 
   2.     Shares sold/purchased in the United Kingdom. 
   3.     Date of dealing: 20 July 2016. 
   4.     In respect of issued Ordinary Shares held after completion of this transaction. 

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 71 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 420 routes from 25 bases, connecting 124 destinations across 38 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 2,600 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 20 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2016. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices. Wizz Air is registered under the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the global benchmark in airline safety recognition. The company was recently named 2016 Value Airline of the Year by the editors of Air Transport World, one of the leading airline trade magazines.

 
 For more information: 
 
 Investors:    Iain Wetherall, Wizz Air:       [phone] 
  Balint Veres, Wizz Air:                      [phone] 
 
 Media:        Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air:       [phone] 
  Edward Bridges / Jonathan 
   Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:                 [phone] 
 

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