Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2278J

Anite PLC

12 July 2013

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

This form is intended for use by an issuer to make a RIS notification required by DTR 3.1.4.

(1) An issuer making a notification in respect of a transaction relating to the shares or debentures of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 16, 23 and 24.

(2) An issuer making a notification in respect of a derivative relating the shares of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.

(3) An issuer making a notification in respect of options granted to a director/person discharging managerial responsibilities should complete boxes 1 to 3 and 17 to 24.

(4) An issuer making a notification in respect of a financial instrument relating to the shares of the issuer (other than a debenture) should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.

Please complete all relevant boxes should in block capital letters

1.	Name of the issuer	2.	State whether the notification relates to (i) a transaction notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.2 R, (ii) a disclosure made in accordance with LR 9.8.6R(1) or (iii) a disclosure made in accordance with section 793 of the Companies Act (2006).
	ANITE PLC		PDMR
3.	Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities/director	4.	State whether notification relates to a person connected with a person discharging managerial responsibilities/director named in 3 and identify the connected person
	MIKE BONIN		n/a
5.	Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the person referred to in 3 or 4 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest	6.	Description of shares (including class), debentures or derivatives or financial instruments relating to shares ORDINARY SHARES OF 11.25P EACH
	PERSON NAMED IN (3) ABOVE
7.	Name of registered shareholders(s) and, if more than one, the number of shares held by each of them PERSON NAMED IN (3) ABOVE	8	State the nature of the transactions 1) Exercise of 850,000 nil cost options which vested 7 July 2013 2) Award under the Anite Plc Management Matching Plan 2013

9.	Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to shares acquired 449,422	10.	Percentage of issued class acquired (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) LESS THAN 0.2%

11.	Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to shares disposed	12.	Percentage of issued class disposed (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

13.	Price per share or value of transaction	14.	Date and place of transaction
	£1.323		11 July 2013 London
15.	Total holding following notification and total percentage holding following notification (any treasury shares should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 941,814 - 0.313%	16.	Date issuer informed of transaction 11 July 2013

If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted options by the issuer complete the following boxes

17	Date of grant	18.	Period during which or date on which it can be exercised
	11 July 2013		11 July 2016 - 10 July 2023
19.	Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option	20.	Description of shares or debentures involved (class and number)
	Nil		1,275,000 ordinary shares of 11.25p each
21.	Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at the time of exercise	22.	Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following notification
	Nil		1,525,000
23.	This grant has been made under the Management Matching Plan 2013, which is a new long term incentive scheme set up to incentivise a limited number of senior executives of the company. If they pledge to retain and invest between 25% and 50% of options previously vested under the Management Incentive Plan for an additional three year period, they can potentially earn between 0.5 times and 3 times the pledged number of options providing they meet stretching performance targets over the three year pledged period. The scheme is not available to executive directors, and any vesting under the scheme will be satisfied through market purchase shares	24.	Name of contact and telephone number for queries Richard Amos, Company Secretary 01252 775200