Director/PDMR Share Dealing

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

RPS, a leading multi-sector global professional services firm, announces that on 26 June 2019 John Douglas - Chief Executive Officer, Liza Kane - Group People Director (a PDMR) and a person closely associated with Liza Kane all purchased Ordinary Shares of the Company. Further details are set out in the Notification of Dealing Forms below.

RPS also confirms the acquisition of Shares by PDMR's under a RPS Group plc Performance Share Plan as set out below.

This notification is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Directive.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	John Matheson Douglas
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	RPS Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800BHEVF3ZB6NG750
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 RPS Group Plc GB0007594764
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.094690 181,339
d)	Aggregated information -Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26 June 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Liza Caroline Kane
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group People Director
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	RPS Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800BHEVF3ZB6NG750
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	213800BHEVF3ZB6NG750 GB0007594764
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.092334 20,000
d)	Aggregated information -Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26 June 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Robert Daniel Thomas Uprichard
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA of Liza Kane, Group People Director
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	RPS Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800BHEVF3ZB6NG750
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 RPS Group Plc GB0007594764
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.092334 9,400
d)	Aggregated information -Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26 June 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Halvard Kilde
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer - Norway
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	RPS Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800BHEVF3ZB6NG750
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 RPS Group Plc GB0007594764
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquired shares on their maturity under the RPS Group Plc Performance Share Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £nil 2,266
d)	Aggregated information -Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26 June 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Peter Fearn
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer - North America
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	RPS Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800BHEVF3ZB6NG750
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 RPS Group Plc GB0007594764
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquired shares on their maturity under the RPS Group Plc Performance Share Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £nil 3,967
d)	Aggregated information -Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26 June 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

27 June 2019