Wizz Air Holdings PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (8143F)

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RNS Number : 8143F

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

11 March 2020

Wizz Air Holdings Plc

Disclosure of Share Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

Geneva, 11 March 2020: 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                                   VAXCO Holdings Limited being a 
                                                         legal entity closely associated 
                                                         with the PDMR-Jozsef Varadi 
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           2.    Reason for the notification 
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 a)              Position / status                      Chief Executive 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 32.16                                                                20,000 
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 e)              Aggregated information 
                   *    Aggregated volume                    20,000 
                                                             GBP 32.16 
 
                   *    Price 
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 f)              Date of the transaction(s)             6 March 2020 
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 g)              Place of the transaction               London Stock Exchange 
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About Wizz Air

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, offers more than 710 routes from 25 bases, connecting 154 destinations across 45 countries. A team of more than 5,000 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 40 million passengers in the past 12 months. WIZZ operates an all-Airbus fleet of 121 aircraft. Its A320s are equipped with 180 seats, its A321s with 230 seats and its A321neo aircraft with 239 seats. According to the latest data of the Swiss airline intelligence provider CH-Aviation, Wizz Air has one of the youngest airline fleets in the world. 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 one of the world's top ten safest airlines by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety and product rating agency, and 2019 - Airline of the Year by Air Transport Awards the only international awards that recognizes the year's most outstanding performers in the aerospace industry in the most important categories.

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

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