28 February 2020
Vianet Group PLC
(the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
The Company announces that James Dickson, Chairman, has informed the Company that his pension fund has purchased 15,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an average price of 134.3 pence per Ordinary Share over 27 and 28 of February 2020.
The Company has also been informed that Kate Dickson, a person closely associated with James Dickson, has purchased 5,722 Ordinary Shares at an average price of 136.7 pence per Ordinary Share.
Following this purchase, Mr Dickson is interested in 4,999,981 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 17.3% of the Ordinary Shares in issue.
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 |
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 |
|
Transaction |
|
a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN: GB00B13YVN56 |
b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of ordinary shares by pension fund |
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
135 pence 134 pence |
5,000 10,000 |
|
d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
15,000 134.3p |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
27 and 28 February 2020 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, XLON |
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
a) |
Name |
Kate Dickson |
2 |
Reason for the notification |
a) |
Position/status |
PCA with James Dickson, 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 |
|
Transaction |
|
a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN: GB00B13YVN56 |
b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of ordinary shares |
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
138 pence 135 pence |
3,222 2,500 |
|
d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
5,722 136.7p |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
27 and 28 February 2020 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, XLON |
Enquiries:
Vianet Group plc |
|
James Dickson, Chairman Stewart Darling, CEO Mark Foster, CFO |
Tel: +44 (0) 1642 358 800 www.vianetplc.com |
Cenkos Securities plc |
|
Stephen Keys |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7397 8900 |
|
www.cenkos.com |
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