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Sophos Group Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding
26th February 2020, 14:51
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RNS Number : 2392E
Sophos Group Plc
26 February 2020
 

Sophos Group Plc

 

26 February 2020

 

Notification of Transactions by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

 

On 25 February 2020, upon the Court sanctioning the Scheme of Arrangement pursuant to which the Company's entire issued and to be issued share capital will be acquired by Surf Buyer Limited (a newly formed company owned by funds managed and/or advised by Thoma Bravo, LLC), awards vested and options were exercised under the Company's various share plans.

 

The following sets out the awards that vested and options that were exercised on 25 February 2020 by Kris Hagerman:

 

PDMR

Type of award

Number of awards vesting/options exercised

Kris Hagerman

Employee Share Purchase Plan

434

LTIP Performance Stock Units

242,426

LTIP Restricted Stock Units

446,112

Sophos Post IPO MEP

3,593,067

Sophos Post IPO Option Plan

315,285


Total

4,597,324

 

 

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 and provides further detail.

 

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 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

 

 

1.   Shares issued to PDMR following ESPP awards vesting and being exercised

2.   Shares issued to PDMR following LTIP PSUs vesting

3.   Shares issued to PDMR following LTIP RSUs vesting

4.   Shares issued to PDMR following Post IPO MEP Options being exercised

5.   Shares issued to PDMR following Post IPO Option Plan options being exercised

 

c) 

Price(s) and volume(s) 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1.$6.12

434

2. Nil

242,426

3. Nil

446,112

4. $0.597813

3,593,067

5. $0.597813

315,285

d)

 

Aggregated information 

 

- Aggregated volume 

 

- Price 

 

 

 

4,597,324

 

See 4c

e) 

Date of the transaction 

25 February 2020

f)

Place of the transaction 

Outside a trading venue

 

 

Paul Waters                    

Group Company Secretary

 

www.sophos.com 

 


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