M&c Saatchi PlcLSE: SAA

Grant of Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards

· Issued by M&c Saatchi Plc

13 December 2022

M&C SAATCHI PLC

(the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Grant of Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards

The Company announces that on 12 December 2022 the following performance share award (the "Award") over ordinary shares of one pence each in the capital of the Company (the "Shares") were granted under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan to the following Executive Director and person discharging managerial responsibilities:

Director/PDMR

Number of Shares under the Award

Moray MacLennan

878,022

The Award will vest on 31 May 2025 sub ject to the satisfaction of performance conditions and continued employment as set out in the Company's 2021 Directors' Remuneration Report.

The Award is additionally subject to a two-year holding period following the vesting date. No consideration was paid for the grant of the Award.

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

1.

Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities

(a)

Name:

Moray MacLennan

2.

Reason for the clearance request

(a)

Position / status:

Chief Executive Officer/PDMR

(b)

Initial clearance request / subsequent clearance request:

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer

(a)

Name:

M&C SAATCHI PLC

(b)

LEI:

213800XBLFQZ1T1KBA87

4.

Details of the transaction(s)

(a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument:

Identification code:

One pence ordinary shares

ISIN GB00B01F7T14

(b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of nil cost option awards under the M&C Saatchi plc Long Term Incentive Plan.

(c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volumes(s)

nil

878,022

(d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume:

Aggregated price:

N/A

(e)

Date of the transaction

12 December 2022

(f)

Place of transaction

Off market

For further information please call:

M&C Saatchi plc

  +44 (0)20-7543-4500

Gareth Davis, Chairman

Numis Securities (Joint Broker)

+44 (0)20-7260-1000

Nick Westlake, Iqra Amin 

Liberum (Nomad and Joint Broker)

  +44 (0)20-3100-2000

Neil Patel, Benjamin Cryer, Will King

Brunswick

+44 (0)207-404-5959

Sumeet Desai, Kate Pope