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RPS Group PLC

17 March 2021

17 March 2021

Immediate Release

RPS GROUP PLC

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 16 March 2021 an award of 858,023 ordinary shares was made to John Douglas under the Executive Long Term Incentive Plan ("ELTIP") as a nil cost option and a further award of 378,460 ordinary shares was made to Judith Cottrell under the ELTIP as a nil cost option. The number of shares to constitute these awards was calculated by reference to the average of the Company's closing share price over the period 9-15 March 2021. The options will be exercisable in three years' time subject to the rules of the ELTIP and to performance conditions relating to total shareholder return and other conditions to be announced later in the year. Details of the awards are set out in the Notification of Dealing Forms found below.

Further details are set out in the Notification of Dealing Forms 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 Douglas 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                                           Chief Executive Officer 
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 b)   Initial notification/Amendment                            Initial notification 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                                                      RPS Group Plc 
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 b)   LEI                                                       213800BHEVF3ZB6NG750 
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 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 
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 a)   Description of the financial instrument, type of          Nil cost share option in respect of ordinary shares of 
      instrument                                                3p each 
 
      Identification code 
                                                                GB0007594764 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction                                 Award of a nil cost option over ordinary shares under 
                                                                the RPS Group Plc Executive Long-Term 
                                                                Incentive Plan 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                     Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                                                  Nil         858,023 
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 d)   Aggregated information-  Aggregated volume                N/A 
 
       -  Price 
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 e)   Date of the transaction                                   16 March 2021 
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 f)   Place of the transaction                                  Outside a Trading venue 
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 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
 a)   Name                                                      Judith Cottrell 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                                           Group Finance Director 
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 b)   Initial notification/Amendment                            Initial notification 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
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 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          Nil cost share option in respect of ordinary shares of 
      instrument                                                3p each 
 
      Identification code 
                                                                GB0007594764 
     --------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction                                 Award of a nil cost option over ordinary shares under 
                                                                the RPS Group Plc Executive Long-Term 
                                                                Incentive Plan 
     --------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                     Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                                                  Nil         378,460 
     --------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information-  Aggregated volume                N/A 
 
       -  Price 
     --------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction                                   16 March 2021 
     --------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction                                  Outside a Trading venue 
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