9 February 2018
Vianet Group
("Vianet", the "Group" or the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
James Dickson has been notified that as a result of an administrative error by his SIPP provider 12,760 ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the company ("Ordinary Shares"), were purchased at a price of £1.37 as a result of the dividend payment being reinvested on 2 February 2018. On realisation of the error the SIPP provider sold the 12,760 shares at a price of £1.23.
As a consequence of these transactions James Dickson's resultant holding in the Company remains unchanged at 4,889,259 shares in the Company which represents approximately 17.3% of the Company's issued share capital.
The Company makes the following disclosures in accordance with article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation:
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
a) |
Name |
James Dickson |
2 |
Reason for the notification |
a) |
Position/status |
Non-Executive Chairman |
b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial |
3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
a) |
Name |
VIANET GROUP PLC |
b) |
LEI |
2138007KAM1HB8E7E134 |
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 10p each ISIN: GB00B13YVN56 |
b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of Ordinary Shares |
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
137p per share |
12,760 |
|
d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A - single transaction |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
2 February 2018 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, XLON |
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
a) |
Name |
James Dickson |
2 |
Reason for the notification |
a) |
Position/status |
Non-Executive Chairman |
b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial |
3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
a) |
Name |
VIANET GROUP PLC |
b) |
LEI |
2138007KAM1HB8E7E134 |
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 10p each ISIN: GB00B13YVN56 |
b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Sale of Ordinary Shares |
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
£1.2304 per share |
12,760 |
|
d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A - single transaction |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
2 February 2018 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, XLON |
For further information, please contact:
VIANET GROUP PLC |
|
James Dickson - Chairman Mark Foster - CFO |
T: +44 (0)1642 358 800 |
Cenkos Securities (Nominated Adviser & Broker) |
|
Stephen Keys / Camilla Hume |
+44 (0) 20 7397 8900 |