8 December 2023
The Gym Group plc ("the Company")
Notification of transactions by a Director/PDMR - The Gym Group plc Share Incentive Plan ('SIP')
The SIP is an all-employee share scheme under which each eligible participating employee can contribute from monthly salary to purchase ordinary shares in the Company 'Partnership Shares'. The Company matches this by awarding one 'Matching Share' for every one 'Partnership Share' purchased by a participating employee.
Link Market Services Trustees Limited, the trustees of the SIP, notified the Company that on 7 December 2023, Partnership Shares were acquired at a price of 100.8 pence per share and the Company granted Matching Shares for no consideration, to the following Director/PDMR:
| Director/PDMR | Number of Partnership Shares acquired under the SIP for the month | Number of Matching Shares acquired under the SIP for the month |
| Ann-marie Murphy (Chief Operating Officer) | 49 | 49 |
Also on 7 December 2023, Ann-marie Murphy sold 2,370 Partnership Shares at a price of 100.5402 pence per share and forfeited 1,092 Matching Shares under the Company's SIP.
The notifications below, made in accordance with requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") and persons closely associated with them
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name
| Ann-marie Murphy
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| 2
| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| Chief Operating Officer
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| 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
| The Gym Group plc | ||||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800VCU9TBANZIN455 | ||||
| 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 | Ordinary Shares of 0.01 pence each | ||||
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| Identification code | ISIN: GB00BZBX0P70 | |||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| 1. Purchase of partnership shares under the SIP 2. Award of matching shares under the SIP | ||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | | |
| | | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | 1. | 100.8 p | 49 | | |
| | | | 2. | Nil | 49 | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | | ||||
| | 1. | Partnership shares | | |||
| - Aggregated volume | | 49 | | | ||
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| - Price | | 100.8 p | | | ||
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| | 2. | Matching shares | | |||
| - Aggregated volume | | 49 | | | ||
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| - Price | | Nil | | | ||
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 7 December 2023 | ||||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange XLON | ||||
| 5
| 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
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| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 0.01 pence each | ||||
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| Identification code | ISIN: GB00BZBX0P70 | |||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| 1. Sale of partnership shares under the SIP 2. Forfeiture of matching shares under the SIP | ||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | | |
| | | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | 1. | 100.5402p | 2,370 | | |
| | | | 2. | Nil | 1,092 | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | | ||||
| | 1. | Partnership shares | | |||
| - Aggregated volume | | 2,370 | | | ||
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| - Price | | 100.5402p | | | ||
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| | 2. | Matching shares | | |||
| - Aggregated volume | | 1,092 | | | ||
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| - Price | | Nil | | | ||
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 7 December 2023 | ||||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange XLON | ||||
For further information, please contact:
| The Gym Group: John Treharne, Chair of the Board Will Orr, CEO Luke Tait, CFO Krishan Pandit, Company Secretary
| via Instinctif Partners |
| Instinctif Partners (Financial PR): Justine Warren Matthew Smallwood Joe Quinlan | Tel: +44 (0)20 7457 2020 |
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