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RNS Number : 4230O

Christie Group PLC

07 November 2016

7 November 2016

Christie Group plc

("Christie Group" or the "Company")

PDMR notification

Christie Group plc (AIM: CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional Business Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the leisure, retail and care markets, has been notified that on 7 November 2016, Paul Ian Harding, Executive Director, who is considered to be a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"), has exercised options over 100,000 ordinary shares (the "Option Shares").

The Option Shares are held by the Christie Group plc 2007 Company Share Option Plan (the "CSOP") and have today been transferred to Mr Harding in accordance with the terms of the CSOP for a consideration of 75 pence per share for 100,000 Option Shares.

Accordingly, Mr Harding's beneficial and non-beneficial holdings in the Company have increased to 312,870 ordinary shares, representing approximately 1.2 per cent of the total voting rights of the Company.

Mr Harding retains options over a further 125,000 ordinary shares in the Company.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities/person closely associated 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                    Paul Ian Harding 
----  ----------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status         Executive Director 
----  ----------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification/   Initial Notification 
        Amendment 
----  ----------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                    Christie Group plc 
----  ----------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 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               Ordinary Shares of 2 pence each 
        of the financial          ISIN: GB0001953156 
        instrument, 
        type of instrument 
        Identification 
        code 
----  ------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of the             Exercise of share options 
        transaction 
----  ------------------------  -------------------------------- 
                                   Price      No. of 
        Price(s) and                            shares 
  c)    volume(s)                  ---------  -------- 
                                    GBP0.75    100,000 
                                   ---------  -------- 
----  ------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated 
        information               100,000 shares 
        - Aggregated              GBP75,000.00 
        volume 
        - Price 
----  ------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the               2016-11-07 
        transaction 
----  ------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the              London Stock Exchange, AIM 
        transaction 
----  ------------------------  --------------------------------

For further information please contact:

Christie Group plc

David Rugg, Chief Executive 020 7227 0707

Dan Prickett, Chief Financial Officer 020 7227 0700

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited - Nominated Advisor & Broker

Dominic Morley / Charles Leigh-Pemberton 020 7886 2500

About Christie Group:

Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 46 offices across the UK, Europe and Canada, catering to its specialist markets in the leisure, retail and care sectors.

Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional Business Services (PBS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PBS - Christie & Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Orridge, Venners and Vennersys.

Tracing its origins back to 1846, the Group has a long established reputation for offering essential services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.

For more information, please go to www.christiegroup.com.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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