24th May 2018 15:32
Sophos Group Plc
24 May 2018
Notification of Transaction by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Kris Hagerman | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive / Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Sophos Group Plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 21380078ZKBCC75BO206 | ||||
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 3p each in Sophos Group Plc
GB00BYZFZ918 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of shares to cover the tax obligations falling due in relation to the vesting of the Sophos Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2015 | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
| Total number of shares sold by PDMR / PCAs on 21 May 2018: 122,551
Total price: £ 717,523.85
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e) | Date of the transaction | 21 May 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Nick Bray | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer / Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Sophos Group Plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 21380078ZKBCC75BO206 | ||||
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 3p each in Sophos Group Plc
GB00BYZFZ918 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of shares to cover the tax obligations falling due in relation to the vesting of the Sophos Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2015 | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
| Total number of shares sold by PDMR / PCAs on 21 May 2018: 50,594
Total price: £ 296,222.81
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e) | Date of the transaction | 21 May 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Kris Hagerman | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive / Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Sophos Group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 21380078ZKBCC75BO206 | ||||
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 3 pence each in Sophos Group plc ("Ordinary Shares")
GB00BYZFZ918 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise and sale of share options over Ordinary Shares (the number of which is set out below) granted under the Pentagon Holdings Management Equity Plan that were issued prior to IPO. Fifty per cent of the options were subject to time vesting and fifty per cent were subject to performance vesting. On admission, 66.2 per cent of the options subject to performance vested.
All share options over shares in Pentagon Holdings SARL were exchanged for new options over Ordinary Shares in Sophos Group plc as part of the reorganisation of the Group immediately prior to the IPO. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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Total number of Ordinary shares sold by PDMR on 22 May 2018: 500,000
Total price: £2,870,250
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e) | Date of the transaction | 22 May 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||||||||
a) | Name | Vin Murria | |||||||||||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||||||||
a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | |||||||||||||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||||||||||||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||||||||
a) | Name | Sophos Group plc | |||||||||||||||
b) | LEI | 21380078ZKBCC75BO206 | |||||||||||||||
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 3 pence each in Sophos Group plc ("Ordinary Shares")
GB00BYZFZ918 | |||||||||||||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Ordinary Shares | |||||||||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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Total number of options over Ordinary shares exercised by the PDMR on 21 May 2018: 257,272
Price: £1,483,893.44
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e) | Date(s) of the transaction | 21 May 2018
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f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||||||||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||||||||
a) | Name | Steve Munford | |||||||||||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||||||||
a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | |||||||||||||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||||||||||||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||||||||
a) | Name | Sophos Group plc | |||||||||||||||
b) | LEI | 21380078ZKBCC75BO206 | |||||||||||||||
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 3 pence each in Sophos Group plc ("Ordinary Shares")
GB00BYZFZ918 | |||||||||||||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Ordinary Shares | |||||||||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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Total number of options over Ordinary shares exercised by the PDMR on 22 and 23 May 2018: 545,000
Price: £3,110,254.96
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e) | Date(s) of the transaction | 22 and 23 May 2018
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f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||||||||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Steve Munford | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Sophos Group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 21380078ZKBCC75BO206 | ||||
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 3 pence each in Sophos Group plc ("Ordinary Shares")
GB00BYZFZ918 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Transfer of legal interest in Ordinary Shares from Steve Munford's brokerage account to the Munford Family Foundation's brokerage account, each held at CanAccord Genuity, for onward distribution to registered charities.
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
Number of Ordinary shares transferred by PDMR on 22 May 2018: 250,000
Price: Zero | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 22 May 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Steve Munford | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Sophos Group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 21380078ZKBCC75BO206 | ||||
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 3 pence each in Sophos Group plc ("Ordinary Shares")
GB00BYZFZ918 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Ordinary Shares by the Munford Family Foundation for distribution to registered charities. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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Number of Ordinary shares sold on behalf of PDMR on 23 May 2018: 400,000
Price: £2,243,000 | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 23 May 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
Chloe Barry
Group Company Secretary
www.sophos.com
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