23 January 2024
Vianet Group PLC
(the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Vianet Group plc (AIM: VNET), the international provider of actionable data and business insight through our ecosystem of connected hardware devices, management software platforms, and smart insights portal, announces that it has today been notified that James Dickson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, on that same day, purchased 20,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a weighted average price of 87.89 pence per ordinary share.
Following this purchase, James Dickson is interested in 5,144,981 ordinary shares in the Company, representing approximately 17.51 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary 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 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| 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
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| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
20,000 £17,577
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 23 January 2024 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
Enquiries:
| Vianet Group plc | |
| James Dickson, Chairman & Interim CEO Mark Foster, CFO | Tel: +44 (0) 1642 358 800 |
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited | |
| Camilla Hume/Stephen Keys | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500 |
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