UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the month of July 2020
 
Commission File Number 001-15170
 
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
 
 
980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9GS
(Address of principal executive office)
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
 
Form 20-F . . . .X. . . . Form 40-F . . . . . . . .
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____
 
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc (the 'Company')
Transaction notification
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
Ms E Walmsley
 
b)
Position/status
Chief Executive Officer
 
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
GlaxoSmithKline plc
 
b)
LEI
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
 
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
ISIN: GB0009252882
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
Increase in notional interest in Ordinary Shares following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
£15.9280
 
788
 
 
£15.9280
 
784
 
 
£15.9280
 
631
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
2,203
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
£15.9280
e)
Date of the transaction
2020-07-13
 
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
 
 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
Dr H Barron
 
b)
Position/status
 
Chief Scientific Officer and President, R&D
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
GlaxoSmithKline plc
 
b)
LEI
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
 
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
American Depositary Shares ('ADSs')
ISIN: US37733W1053
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in ADSs following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on ADSs held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
$40.3700
 
455
 
 
$40.3700
 
357
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
812
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
$40.3700
 
e)
Date of the transaction
2020-07-13
 
f)
Place of the transaction
 
New York Stock Exchange (XNYS)


 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
Mr R Connor    
 
b)
Position/status
 
President, Global Vaccines
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
b)
LEI
 
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
ISIN: GB0009252882
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in Ordinary Shares following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
£15.9280
 
199
 
 
£15.9280
 
205
 
 
£15.9280
 
167
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
571
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
£15.9280
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
 
 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Ms D Conrad
b)
Position/status
 
SVP Human Resources
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
b)
LEI
 
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
ISIN: GB0009252882
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in Ordinary Shares following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
£15.9280
 
82
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
N/A (single transaction)
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
 

 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Mr J Ford
b)
Position/status
 
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
GlaxoSmithKline plc
 
b)
LEI
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
 
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
ISIN: GB0009252882
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in Ordinary Shares following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
£15.9280
 
117
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
N/A (single transaction)
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Mr J Ford
b)
Position/status
 
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
b)
LEI
 
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
American Depositary Shares ('ADSs')
ISIN: US37733W1053
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in ADSs following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on ADSs held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
$40.3700
 
39
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
N/A (single transaction)
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
New York Stock Exchange (XNYS)
 
 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Mr N Hirons
b)
Position/status
 
SVP, Global Ethics & Compliance
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
b)
LEI
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
 
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
ISIN: GB0009252882
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in Ordinary Shares following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
£15.9280
 
87
 
 
£15.9280
 
86
 
 
£15.9280
 
61
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
234
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
£15.9280
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
 
 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Ms S Jackson
b)
Position/status
 
SVP, Global Communications & CEO Office
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
b)
LEI
 
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
ISIN: GB0009252882
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in Ordinary Shares following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
£15.9280
 
49
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
N/A (single transaction)
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
£15.9280
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
 
 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Mr I Mackay
b)
Position/status
 
Chief Financial Officer
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
b)
LEI
 
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
ISIN: GB0009252882
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in Ordinary Shares following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
£15.9280
 
426
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
N/A (single transaction)
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
£15.9280
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
 
 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Mr B McNamara
b)
Position/status
 
CEO, GSK Consumer Healthcare
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
GlaxoSmithKline plc
 
b)
LEI
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
 
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
American Depositary Shares ('ADSs')
ISIN: US37733W1053
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in ADSs following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on ADSs held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
$40.3700
 
76
 
 
$40.3700
 
81
 
 
$40.3700
 
65
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
222
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
$40.3700
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
New York Stock Exchange (XNYS)
 

 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Mr L Miels
b)
Position/status
 
President, Global Pharmaceuticals
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
GlaxoSmithKline plc
 
b)
LEI
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
 
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
ISIN: GB0009252882
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in Ordinary Shares following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
£15.9280
 
158
 
 
£15.9280
 
191
 
 
£15.9280
 
219
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
568
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
£15.9280
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
 
 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Mr D Redfern
b)
Position/status
 
Chief Strategy Officer
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
b)
LEI
 
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
ISIN: GB0009252882
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in Ordinary Shares following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
£15.9280
 
162
 
 
£15.9280
 
194
 
 
£15.9280
 
140
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
496
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
£15.9280
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
 
 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Mr R Simard
b)
Position/status
 
President, Pharmaceuticals Supply Chain
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
b)
LEI
 
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
ISIN: GB0009252882
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in Ordinary Shares following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
£15.9280
 
99
 
 
£15.9280
 
70
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
169
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
£15.9280
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
 
 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Ms K Terrell
b)
Position/status
 
Chief Digital & Technology Officer
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 
a)
Name
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
b)
LEI
 
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
American Depositary Shares ('ADSs')
ISIN: US37733W1053
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in ADSs following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on ADSs held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
$40.3700
 
27
 
 
$40.3700
 
97
 
 
$40.3700
 
66
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
190
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
$40.3700
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
New York Stock Exchange (XNYS)
 
 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
 
Mr P Thomson
b)
Position/status
 
President, Global Affairs
c)
Initial notification/amendment
 
 
Initial notification
2.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
b)
LEI
 
5493000HZTVUYLO1D793
3.
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 transaction(s) has been conducted
 
a)
Description of the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')
ISIN: GB0009252882
 
b)
Nature of the transaction
 
Increase in notional interest in Ordinary Shares following the re-investment of dividends paid to shareholders on 9 July 2020 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
 
Volume(s)
 
 
£15.9280
 
109
 
 
£15.9280
 
113
 
 
£15.9280
 
80
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
 
302
Aggregated volume
Price
£15.9280
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2020-07-13
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
 
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: July 15, 2020
 
 
 
 
By:/s/ VICTORIA WHYTE
--------------------------
 
 
 
Victoria Whyte
 
Authorised Signatory for and on
 
behalf of GlaxoSmithKline plc