Wizz Air Holdings PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (6755G)

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RNS Number : 6755G

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

07 November 2018

Wizz Air Holdings Plc

Wizz Air Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") award grants

Geneva, 07 November 2018: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air" or the "Company") the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announces the granting of awards under its LTIP, to a person discharging management responsibilities ("PDMR").

On 07 November 2018, following approval by the Company's Remuneration Committee, Wizz Air made a grant of options under the LTIP over 15,406 ordinary shares in the capital of Wizz Air of GBP0.0001 par value (identification code JE00BN574F90) ("Awards") to PDMR as set out below.

The following PDMR was granted Awards of Performance Options:

 
           1.    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
                  / person closely associated 
 a)              Name                                   Joel Goldberg 
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           2.    Reason for the notification 
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 a)              Position / status                      Chief Digital Officer 
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 b)              Initial notification                   Initial 
                  / amendment 
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           3.    Details of the issuer 
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 a)              Name                                   Wizz Air Holdings Plc 
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 b)              Legal entity identifier                213800COXGZCORLJZA85 
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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 GBP0.0001 each 
                  financial instrument, 
                  type of instrument 
                 Identification code                    JE00BN574F90 
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 b)              Nature of the transaction              Grant of Performance Options 
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 c)              Currency                               British Pounds 
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 d)              Price(s) and volume(s)                  Price(s)            Volume(s) 
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    NIL                                                                      15,406 
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 e)              Aggregated information 
                   *    Aggregated volume                 15,406 
                                                          NIL 
 
                   *    Price 
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 f)              Date of the transaction                7 November 2018 
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 g)              Place of the transaction               London Stock Exchange 
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ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 104 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 600 routes from 25 bases, connecting 142 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more than 4,000 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of over 33 million passengers in the past 12 months. 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 recently received the highest 7-star safety rating by airlineratings.com, a world's only safety and product rating agency, as well as was recently named 2017 - European Airline of the Year by Aviation 100, a renown annual publication that recognizes the year's most outstanding performers in the aerospace industry.

 
 For more information: 
 
 Investors:    Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air:                [phone] 
               Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI    [phone] 
 Media:         Consulting LLP:                          1017 
 

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