Britvic plc
18 November 2014
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS
Britvic plc ("the Company") was notified on 17 November 2014 that the following transactions have taken place in relation to the Britvic Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") on 14 November 2014. The SIP is an all-employee trust arrangement approved by HM Revenue and Customs, under which employees are able to buy ordinary shares in the Company of 20 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), using deductions from salary in each 4-week pay period, and receive allocations of matching free Ordinary Shares ("Matching Shares").
1. The SIP trustees have allocated 8,920 ordinary shares of 20 pence each to employees participating in the SIP as Matching Shares. These shares were allotted to the SIP on 6 January 2014 at nominal value (£1,784.00).
2. The following Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") purchased the number of Ordinary Shares set out against their names below, at a price of 678.5 pence per Ordinary Share, and were allocated for no consideration the number of Matching Shares set out against their names below:
Name |
Role |
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased |
Number of Matching Shares |
Simon Litherland |
Executive Director |
17 |
7 |
John Gibney |
Executive Director |
17 |
7 |
Doug Frost |
PDMR |
17 |
7 |
Simon Stewart |
PDMR |
17 |
7 |
Paul Graham |
PDMR |
17 |
7 |
Matt Barwell |
PDMR |
17 |
7 |
In addition, the Company was notified by Equiniti Registrars on 11 October 2014 that the cash dividend paid by the Company on 11 July 2014 was reinvested to purchase 265 Ordinary Shares for Simon Litherland on 11 July 2014 at a price of 713.9 pence per share. The purchase was made pursuant to a standing instruction with Equiniti Registrars for the reinvestment of cash dividends to Ordinary Shares on behalf of Simon Litherland.
As a result of the above transactions, the interests of the above directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities and their connected persons in the Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:
Name |
Number of Ordinary Shares |
Name of Connected Person |
Number of Ordinary Shares |
Total of Ordinary Shares |
Percentage of Issued Share Capital |
Simon Litherland |
32,616 |
- |
- |
32,616 |
0.01 |
John Gibney |
244,687 |
- |
- |
244,687 |
0.10 |
Doug Frost |
12,160 |
Laura Frost |
170,179 |
182,339 |
0.07 |
Simon Stewart |
44,136 |
- |
- |
44,136 |
0.02 |
Paul Graham |
732 |
- |
- |
732 |
0.00 |
Matt Barwell |
207 |
- |
- |
207 |
0.00 |
This notification is made pursuant to Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4(1).
Clare Thomas
Company Secretary
Britvic plc