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RNS Number : 5857P

GAME Digital PLC

18 November 2016

GAME DIGITAL PLC

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulations.

GAME Digital plc (the "Company"), announces that on 17 November 2016, the following Deferred Bonus Award ("Award") under the GAME Digital plc Performance Share Plan (the "PSP") was made to Pablo Crespo, a PDMR of the Company:

 
 PDMR            No. of shares under Award 
--------------  -------------------------- 
 Pablo Crespo    192,834 
--------------  --------------------------

This Award has been granted under the PSP and represents the deferred element under the Company's Annual Bonus Scheme, following a bonus payment to Pablo Crespo in relation to the financial year ended 30 July 2016. Under the Annual Bonus Scheme, it is required that up to 50% of the bonus paid be deferred into shares for a period of three years. No further performance conditions are therefore attached to the Award.

The Award is structured as a nil cost option over ordinary shares of nominal value of GBP0.01 each and will ordinarily become exercisable for a three year period from the third anniversary of grant, subject to continued service. No consideration was paid for the grant of the Award.

Details of the full notification received by the Company are set out below.

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
---  --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Pablo Crespo 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 2    Reason for Notification 
---  --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                  Director General for Spain 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment   Initial Announcement 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             GAME Digital plc 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   LEI                              N/A 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 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                   Ordinary Shares of GBP0.01 
       the financial instrument,        pence each in GAME Digital 
       type of instrument               plc 
       Identification                   GB00BMP36W19 
       code 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of the transaction        Grant of a deferred bonus 
                                        nil cost option award under 
                                        the GAME Digital plc Performance 
                                        Share Plan. The award will 
                                        ordinarily become exercisable 
                                        for a three year period from 
                                        the third anniversary of grant, 
                                        subject to continued service. 
                                        No consideration was paid 
                                        for the grant of the award. 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                        ----------  ---------- 
                                         Nil         192,834 
                                        ----------  ---------- 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 d)        Aggregated information      Not applicable - single transaction 
             *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
             *    Price 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the transaction          17 November 2016 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 f)   Place of the transaction         Outside a trading venue 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------

Enquiries:

Ruth Cartwright

Company Secretary

Tel: 01256 784229

18 November 2016

This information is provided by RNS

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