FDM Group (Holdings) PLC

Director's Dealing • Sep 8, 2020

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FDM Group (Holdings) plc

08 September 2020

8 September 2020

FDM GROUP (HOLDINGS) PLC

Director / PDMR Shareholding

FDM Group (Holdings) Plc ("FDM" or the "Company"), a global professional services provider with a focus on Information Technology, announces that on 4 September and 7 September 2020, Michael McLaren (CFO, Executive Director) and Jonathan Young (CIO):

(i) exercised options over ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") which had been granted under the FDM Group (Holdings) Plc Performance Share Plan 2014 ("PSP"); and

(ii) sold Shares arising on the exercise of the PSP options.

The PSP options exercised were granted on 19 April 2017 and had an exercise price of £0.01 per share. 

Details of the number of PSP options exercised and Shares sold are set out in the following table.

Name of PDMR	Date	Number of Shares over which PSP option exercised	Number of Shares sold	Sale price of Shares
Michael McLaren (Chief Financial Officer)*	4 September 2020	20,000	20,000	£10.496
Jonathan Young (Chief Information Officer)	4 September 2020	10,600	10,600	£10.404
7 September 2020	9,400	9,400	£10.426

*Indicates Executive Director

Following these transactions, the shareholding of Michael McLaren remains unchanged at 520,728 Shares (representing approximately 0.48% of the issued share capital of the Company).

The notifications below, made pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on Market Abuse, provide further information about these transactions.

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

(a)

Name

(i) Michael McLaren

(ii) Jonathan Young

(iii) Jonathan Young

2

Reason for the notification

(a)

Position/Status

(i) Chief Financial Officer

(ii) Chief Information Officer

(iii) Chief Information Officer

(b)

Initial notification / Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

(a)

Name

FDM Group (Holdings) Plc

(b)

LEI

213800YR62D7GUZLMZ71

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

(a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification Code

Ordinary shares of £0.01 each

ISIN: GB00BLWDVP51

(b)

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of options to acquire ordinary shares of £0.01 each

(c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Name	(a) Number of Ordinary Shares acquired pursuant to PSP option	(b) Per share exercise price of PSP option
(i) Michael McLaren	20,000	£0.01
(ii) Jonathan Young	10,600	£0.01
(iii) Jonathan Young	9,400	£0.01

(d)

Aggregated Information

- Aggregated Volume

- Price

N/A

(e)

Date of the Transaction

(i) 4 September 2020

(ii) 4 September 2020

(iii) 7 September 2020

(f)

Place of the Transaction

Outside a trading venue

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:

Mark Heather, Company Secretary, FDM Group (Holdings) Plc

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

(a)

Name

(i) Michael McLaren

(ii) Jonathan Young

(iii) Jonathan Young

2

Reason for the notification

(a)

Position/Status

(i) Chief Financial Officer

(ii) Chief Information Officer

(iii) Chief Information Officer

(b)

Initial notification / Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

(a)

Name

FDM Group (Holdings) Plc

(b)

LEI

213800YR62D7GUZLMZ71

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

(a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification Code

Ordinary shares of £0.01 each

ISIN: GB00BLWDVP51

(b)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of ordinary shares of £0.01 each acquired pursuant to the exercise of options

(c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Name	(a) Number of Ordinary Shares sold	(b) Per share sale price
(i) Michael McLaren	20,000	£10.496
(ii) Jonathan Young	10,600	£10.404
(iii) Jonathan Young	9,400	£10.426

(d)

Aggregated Information

- Aggregated Volume

- Price

N/A

(e)

Date of the Transaction

(i) 4 September 2020

(ii) 4 September 2020

(iii) 7 September 2020

(f)

Place of the Transaction

London Stock Exchange.

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:

Mark Heather, Company Secretary, FDM Group (Holdings) Plc

Contacts

Mark Heather, Company Secretary	020 3056 8240

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