RNS Number : 7469K

Johnson Service Group PLC

18 December 2018

18 December 2018

AIM:  JSG

Johnson Service Group PLC

('JSG' or 'the Company')

PDMR Shareholding

JSG, a leading UK textile services provider, announces that on 17 December 2018, Chris Girling, Non-Executive Director, acquired 8,638 Ordinary Shares in the Company at a price of 115.64 pence per share.

Following this transaction, Chris holds 8,638 Ordinary Shares in the Company.

ENQUIRIES:

Johnson Service Group PLC
Chris Sander, CEO Yvonne Monaghan, CFO Peter Egan, COO Tel: 01928 704600
Investec Investment Banking (NOMAD)	Camarco (Financial PR)
David Flin Carlton Nelson Darren Vickers Tel: 020 7597 5970	Ginny Pullbrook Ben Woodford Tom Huddart Tel: 020 3757 4992

About Johnson Service Group PLC

www.jsg.com

Headquartered in Preston Brook, Cheshire, JSG provides textile rental and related services across the UK.  The Group is the leading supplier of workwear and protective wear in the UK, clothing over 1.3 million people a week.  It also provides premium linen services for the hotel, catering and hospitality markets, and high volume hotel linen services, processing approximately 8.5 million items a week.  With its core values of quality, reliability and service, the Group aims to provide customers with an outstanding level of customer care.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Chris Girling

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position / Status

Non-Executive Director / PDMR

b)

Initial Notification / Amendment

Initial notification

3.

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

a)

Entity legal name

Johnson Service Group PLC

b)

Entity LEI

2138004WZUPWV53KWV11

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 securities

Identification code

Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each

GB0004762810

b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition of securities

c)

Individual transaction price(s) and volume(s)

Price	Volume
115.64 pence per share	8,638

d)

Aggregated price and volume

Acquisition of 8,638 Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each at a price of 115.64 pence per share

e)

Date of the transaction

17 December 2018

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside of a trading platform

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