1 October 2021
Merit Group plc
("Merit", the "Company" or "the Group")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Further to the Company's announcements dated 7 and 30 September 2021, the Company confirms that Cornelius ("Con") Conlon, Chief Technology Officer and a Director of the Company, has been issued 854,732 ordinary shares of 28 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the deferred consideration payment for Meritgroup Limited (since renamed Merit Data & Technology Limited).
Following this issue of shares, Mr. Conlon is interested in 1,580,791 shares representing 6.6% of the Company's issued share capital.
For further information, please contact:
| Merit Group plc Mark Smith - Non-Executive Chairman David Beck - CEO | 020 7593 5500
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| Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nomad and Broker) Bobbie Hilliam Georgina McCooke
| 020 7523 8150 |
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name
| Cornelius Anthony Conlon | ||||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| Executive Director | ||||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| a)
| Name
| Merit Group plc | ||||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800HG65J6TYGNJU20 | ||||
| 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
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Ordinary shares of 28p each
ISIN: GB00BNYKJJ86 | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Issue of Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume - Price |
n/a (single transaction)
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 1 October 2021 | ||||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside of trading venue | ||||
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