Wizz Air Holdings PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4817Q)

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RNS Number : 4817Q

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

19 February 2019

Wizz Air Holdings Plc

Disclosure of Share Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

Geneva, 19 February 2019: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air" or the "Company") has been notified of the following transactions in its GBP0.0001 ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares") by a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR").

The notification of dealing form for the PDMR can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

 
           1.    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
                  / person closely associated 
 a)              Name                                   George Michalopoulos 
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           2.    Reason for the notification 
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 a)              Position / status                      Chief Commercial 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              Sale 
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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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    GBP 32.30                                                                5,000 
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 e)              Aggregated information 
                   *    Aggregated volume                    5,000 
                                                             GBP 32.30 
 
                   *    Price 
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 f)              Date of the transaction(s)             18 February 2019 
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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 107 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 600 routes from 25 bases, connecting 146 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: 
 
 Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air:                           [phone] 
 
 Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting 
  LLP:                                               [phone] 
 

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