THE GYM GROUP PLC — Director's Dealing 2021

Jul 9, 2021

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RNS Number : 7855E

Gym Group PLC (The)

09 July 2021

09 July 2021

THE GYM GROUP PLC ("THE COMPANY")

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and their Persons Closely Associated ("PCAs") 

Pursuant to the notification obligations in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation, the Company has been notified of the following transactions in Ordinary Shares of £0.0001 each in the Company ("Shares") by Directors/PDMRs and their PCAs:

Name	Position or status	Number of shares sold	Sale price per share	Ordinary shareholding following transaction(s)
Richard Darwin	Chief Executive Officer	325,000	278.46p	621,760
Charlotte Darwin	PCA of Richard Darwin	25,000	278.46p	100,000

In addition, Richard Darwin has transferred 89,242 shares to Charlotte Darwin, PCA.

Richard retains a substantial interest over 721,760 ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company, having not sold any shares in the Company (other than to meet tax and NI liabilities when exercising a share award) since its IPO in 2015. Richard also retains options over 843,256 shares in the Company under the Company's employee share schemes.

1.

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

Richard Darwin

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Chief Executive Officer

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial Notification

3.

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

a)

Name

The Gym Group plc

b)

LEI

213800VCU9TBANZIN455

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

Ordinary Shares of 0.01 pence each

ISIN: GB00BZBX0P70

b)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
278.46p	325,000

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

8/7/2021

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON

1.

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

Charlotte Darwin

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

PCA of Richard Darwin, Chief Executive Officer

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial Notification

3.

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

a)

Name

The Gym Group plc

b)

LEI

213800VCU9TBANZIN455

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

Ordinary Shares of 0.01 pence each

ISIN: GB00BZBX0P70

b)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
278.46p	25,000

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

8/7/2021

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON

1.

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

Richard Darwin

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Chief Executive Officer

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial Notification

3.

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

a)

Name

The Gym Group plc

b)

LEI

213800VCU9TBANZIN455

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

Ordinary Shares of 0.01 pence each

ISIN: GB00BZBX0P70

b)

Nature of the transaction

Transfer to PCA Charlotte Darwin

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
Nil	89,242

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

9/7/2021

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

For further information, please contact:

The Gym Group: Penny Hughes, Chairwoman Mark George, CFO	via Tulchan Communications
Tulchan Communications: James Macey White Elizabeth Snow Laura Marshall	+44 (0) 207 353 4200

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