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 April 2021
 
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
796
 
 
£13.2160
1,190
 
 
£13.2160
957
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
2,943
Aggregated volume
Price
 
£13.2160
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on ADSs held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
$36.4600
420
 
 
$36.4600
707
 
 
$36.4600
555
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
1,682
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 $36.4600
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
175
 
 
£13.2160
312
 
 
£13.2160
302
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
789
Aggregated volume
Price
 
£13.2160
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
115
 
 
£13.2160
124
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
239
Aggregated volume
Price
 
£13.2160
 
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
139
 
 
£13.2160
177
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
316
Aggregated volume
Price
 
£13.2160
 
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on ADSs held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
$36.4600
60
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
N/A (single transaction)
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
69
 
 
£13.2160
130
 
 
£13.2160
93
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
292
Aggregated volume
Price
 
£13.2160
 
e)
Date of the transaction
 
2021-04-12
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
70
 
 
£13.2160
75
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
145
Aggregated volume
Price
 
£13.2160
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
552
 
 
£13.2160
646
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
1,198
Aggregated volume
Price
 
£13.2160
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on ADSs held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
$36.4600
128
 
 
$36.4600
119
 
 
$36.4600
102
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
349
Aggregated volume
Price
 
$36.4600
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
215
 
 
£13.2160
332
 
 
£13.2160
289
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
836
Aggregated volume
Price
 
£13.2160
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
169
 
 
£13.2160
295
 
 
£13.2160
212
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
676
Aggregated volume
Price
 
£13.2160
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
127
 
 
£13.2160
106
 
 
£13.2160
150
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
383
Aggregated volume
Price
 
£13.2160
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on ADSs held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
$36.4600
81
 
 
$36.4600
150
 
 
$36.4600
103
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
334
Aggregated volume
Price
 
$36.4600
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
99
 
 
£13.2160
172
 
 
£13.2160
122
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
393
Aggregated volume
Price
 
£13.2160
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
f)
Place of the transaction
 
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
 
 
 
 
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 
a)
Name
Ms D Waterhouse
 
b)
Position/status
Chief Executive Officer of ViiV 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
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 8 April 2021 on Ordinary Shares held in the Company's Deferred Annual Bonus Plan
 
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
 
Price(s)
Volume(s)
 
 
£13.2160
204
 
 
 
 
 
d)
Aggregated information
 
N/A (single transaction)
 
Aggregated volume
Price
 
 
e)
Date of the transaction
2021-04-12
 
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: April 14, 2021
 
 
 
 
By:/s/ VICTORIA WHYTE
--------------------------
 
 
 
Victoria Whyte
 
Authorised Signatory for and on
 
behalf of GlaxoSmithKline plc