Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6572I

Computacenter PLC

22 March 2018

 

Computacenter plc

Incorporated in England

Registration number: 03110569

LEI: 549300XSXUZ1I19DB105

ISIN: GB00BV9FP302

Computacenter plc

(the 'Company')

The following notifications are made under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation ('MAR') relating to certain transactions in the shares of the Company by Directors of the Company, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMR') of the Company and Persons Closely Associated ('PCA') with the Directors and PDMRs.

Grant of Awards - Performance Share Plan

The Company announces that on 21 March 2018, in accordance with the rules of the Computacenter Performance Share Plan 2005 (the 'PSP'), the Company granted conditional awards (the 'PSP Awards') over Ordinary Shares of 7⁵/₉ pence each, to the following Directors/PDMR:

DIRECTOR/PDMR	Number of shares awarded1
Mr F Conophy (Director)	50,310
Mr M Norris (Director)	88,782
Mr A Stafford (PDMR)	42,277
1 Calculated using a price of 1,182.67 pence which is the average middle market closing quotation, as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange, over the period from 16 March 2018 to 20 March 2018, being the three trading days before the date of grant of the award.

Performance Criteria

No consideration was paid for the grant of the PSP Awards which are structured as nil cost options, and which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable by the three participants listed above, subject to the satisfaction of the performance conditions set by the Remuneration Committee of the Company which are based on (i) the Group's compound annual EPS growth rate, commencing on 1 January 2018 and ending on 31 December 2020 (the 'Performance Period') and (ii) the compound annual growth rate of the Group's Services Revenue over the Performance Period. The PSP Awards for Messrs Conophy and Norris are subject to a two year holding period following vesting.  The vested PSP Awards held during the holding period will include the right to receive dividend equivalents.

PDMR	Number of shares awarded1
Mr K James (PDMR)	9,512
Mr R Gray (PDMR)	2,917
1 Calculated using a price of 1,182.67 pence which is the average middle market closing quotation, as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange, over the period from 16 March 2018 to 20 March 2018, being the three trading days before the date of grant of the award.

Performance Criteria

No consideration was paid for the grant of the PSP Awards which are structured as nil cost options, and which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable by the two participants listed above, subject to the satisfaction of the performance conditions set by the Remuneration Committee of the Company which are based on the Group's compound annual EPS growth rate over the Performance Period.

All of the PSP Awards set out above will be satisfied out of shares held by the 2011 Computacenter Employee Benefit Trust.  The relevant FCA notifications are set out below.

Grant of Awards - Deferred Bonus Plan

The Company announces that on 21 March 2018, in accordance with the rules of the Computacenter 2017 Deferred Bonus Plan, the Company granted conditional awards (the 'Bonus Awards') over Ordinary Shares of 7⁵/₉ pence each, to the following Directors/PDMR:

DIRECTOR/PDMR	Number of shares awarded1
Mr F Conophy (Director)	13,059
Mr M Norris (Director)	25,622
1 Calculated using a price of 1,182.67 pence which is the average middle market closing quotation, as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange, over the period from 16 March 2018 to 20 March 2018, being the three trading days before the date of grant of the award.

Performance Criteria

The annual performance bonus for each of the two participants listed above is based on performance measures and targets set at the beginning of each financial year.  Performance is normally assessed over one financial year.  For the bonus paid in respect of 2017, 50 per cent will be paid in cash and 50 per cent, the Bonus Awards, has been deferred into Ordinary Shares of 7⁵/₉ pence each, as detailed above. One-half of the deferred shares from the Bonus Awards will vest after one year and the remaining deferred shares from the Bonus Awards will vest after two years. Ordinary Shares subject to deferral as part of the Bonus Awards will include the right to receive dividend equivalents.

No consideration was paid for the grant of the Bonus Awards which are structured as nil cost options, and which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable by the two participants listed, subject to confirmation by the Remuneration Committee of the Company.

All of the Bonus Awards set out above will be satisfied by market purchase of shares.  The relevant FCA notifications are set out below.

Exercise of Options and Subsequent Sale of Shares

The Company announces that on 21 March 2018, the following Directors and PDMRs exercised nil cost option awards over Ordinary Shares of 7⁵/₉ pence ('Ordinary Shares') in the capital of the Company.  This followed, in accordance with the rules of the Computacenter Performance Share Plan 2005 (the 'PSP'), the Company vesting the related conditional awards, which were granted on 26 March 2015, over Ordinary Shares.  Further, certain of the Ordinary Shares, resulting from the exercise of options, were sold for 1166.8694 pence each.

DIRECTOR/PDMR	Number of shares exercised5		% Award vested2	Number of shares sold3	Number of shares retained4
Mr F Conophy (Director)	53,723		68.01%	-	53,723
Mr M Norris (Director)	94,458		68.01%	94,458	-
Mr K James (PDMR)	15,160		100.00%	7,147	8,013
2 On 21 March 2018, the Directors and PDMRs listed above became entitled to ordinary shares of 75/9 pence each in the capital of the Company, as a result of awards vesting under the PSP.  Awards granted under the PSP scheme vest subject to the satisfaction of performance conditions at the end of a three year period.  The level of vesting for awards granted in 2015 was 100% for the PSP Standard Scheme and 68.01% for the PSP Enhanced Scheme.
3 For Mr K James, the sale of Ordinary Shares was sufficient only to fund the tax and national insurance liabilities and administrative fees arising from the exercise of the vested options.
4 Mr T Conophy transferred the balance of his Ordinary Shares retained following the exercise shown above to a Person Closely Associated ('PCA') with him, Mrs B Conophy. 5 For Mr K James, the number of shares exercised includes 2,660 shares relating to an award that vested on 20 March 2014. The remaining 12,500 of the shares exercised are from the award granted on 26 March 2015.

The relevant FCA notifications are set out below.

Position following Grant of Awards, Exercise of Options and Sale of Ordinary Shares

Following the completion of the transactions set out in this announcement:

DIRECTOR	Number of Ordinary Shares held6			Balance of conditional awards under the PSP		Balance of conditional awards under the Bonus Award
Mr F Conophy (Director)	1,845,403			198,384		13,059
Mr M Norris (Director)	1,122,819			349,653		25,622
6 Includes interests held by a PCA

PDMR/PCA FCA Transaction Notification

1.	Details of Director/Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
	Name	Francis Anthony Conophy
2.	Reason for the notification
2(a)	Position/Status	Group Finance Director
2(b)	Initial Notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer
3(a)	Name	Computacenter plc
3(b)	LEI	549300XSXUZ1I19DB105
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Grant of a conditional award over Ordinary Shares under the Computacenter Performance Share Plan 2005 (the 'PSP'). There is no price payable on the grant or exercise of the award.  Vesting is subject to the achievement of performance conditions over a three year period.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	50,310
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	50,310
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Ordinary Shares acquired following exercise of a conditional award under the PSP. There was no price payable on the grant or exercise of the award.  Vesting was subject to the achievement of performance conditions over a three year period.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	53,723
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	53,723
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.  The Ordinary Shares for the above-mentioned exercise were satisfied out of those held by the 2011 Computacenter Employee Benefit Trust.
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Grant of a conditional award over Ordinary Shares under the Computacenter 2017 Deferred Bonus Plan (the 'Bonus Award'). There is no price payable on the grant or exercise of the Bonus Award.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	13,059
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	13,059
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Transfer of the balance of Ordinary Shares retained following the exercise on 21 March 2018 into the name of Mrs Bernadette Margaret Conophy, a Person Closely Associated with Francis Anthony Conophy, for nil consideration.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	53,723
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	53,723
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue.

1.	Details of Person Closely Associated with Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
	Name	Bernadette Margaret Conophy
2.	Reason for the notification
2(a)	Position/Status	Person Closely Associated with Francis Anthony Conophy, the Group Finance Director of Computacenter plc (the 'Company')
2(b)	Initial Notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer
3(a)	Name	Computacenter plc
3(b)	LEI	549300XSXUZ1I19DB105
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Transfer of the balance of Ordinary Shares retained following the exercise by Francis Anthony Conophy, the Group Finance Director of the Company, on 21 March 2018, into the name of Bernadette Margaret Conophy, a Person Closely Associated, for nil consideration.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	53,723
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	53,723
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.

1.	Details of Director/Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
	Name	Michael John Norris
2.	Reason for the notification
2(a)	Position/Status	Chief Executive Officer
2(b)	Initial Notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer
3(a)	Name	Computacenter plc
3(b)	LEI	549300XSXUZ1I19DB105
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Grant of a conditional award over Ordinary Shares under the Computacenter Performance Share Plan 2005 (the 'PSP'). There is no price payable on the grant or exercise of the award.  Vesting is subject to the achievement of performance conditions over a three year period.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	88,782
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	88,782
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Ordinary Shares acquired following exercise of a conditional award under the PSP. There was no price payable on the grant or exercise of the award.  Vesting was subject to the achievement of performance conditions over a three year period.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	94,458
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	94,458
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.  The Ordinary Shares for the above-mentioned exercise were satisfied out of those held by the 2011 Computacenter Employee Benefit Trust.
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		11.668694	94,458
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	11.668694	94,458
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.  The Ordinary Shares disposed were sold to the 2011 Computacenter Employee Benefit Trust in off-market transactions at the market volume-weighted average price of £11.668694 on 21 March 2018.
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Grant of a conditional award over Ordinary Shares under the Computacenter 2017 Deferred Bonus Plan (the 'Bonus Award'). There is no price payable on the grant or exercise of the Bonus Award.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	25,622
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	25,622
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue.

1.	Details of Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
	Name	Andrew Stafford
2.	Reason for the notification
2(a)	Position/Status	Group Chief Operating Officer
2(b)	Initial Notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer
3(a)	Name	Computacenter plc
3(b)	LEI	549300XSXUZ1I19DB105
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Grant of a conditional award over Ordinary Shares under the Computacenter Performance Share Plan 2005 (the 'PSP'). There is no price payable on the grant or exercise of the award.  Vesting is subject to the achievement of performance conditions over a three year period.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	42,277
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	42,277
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.

1.	Details of Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
	Name	Kevin James
2.	Reason for the notification
2(a)	Position/Status	Group Chief Commercial Officer
2(b)	Initial Notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer
3(a)	Name	Computacenter plc
3(b)	LEI	549300XSXUZ1I19DB105
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Grant of a conditional award over Ordinary Shares under the Computacenter Performance Share Plan 2005 (the 'PSP'). There is no price payable on the grant or exercise of the award.  Vesting is subject to the achievement of performance conditions over a three year period.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	9,512
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	9,512
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Ordinary Shares acquired following exercise of a conditional award under the PSP. There was no price payable on the grant or exercise of the award.  Vesting was subject to the achievement of performance conditions over a three year period.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	15,160
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	15,160
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.  The Ordinary Shares for the above-mentioned exercise were satisfied out of those held by the 2011 Computacenter Employee Benefit Trust.
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Ordinary Shares sold sufficient only to fund the tax and national insurance liabilities and administrative fees arising from the exercise of the option acquired from the conditional award vested under the PSP.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		11.668694	7,147
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	11.668694	7,147
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.  The Ordinary Shares disposed in order to meet the tax and national insurance liabilities and administrative fees arising from the exercise were sold to the 2011 Computacenter Employee Benefit Trust in off-market transactions at the market volume-weighted average price of £11.668694 on 21 March 2018.

1.	Details of Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
	Name	Raymond John Gray
2.	Reason for the notification
2(a)	Position/Status	Group Company Secretary, Group Head of Financial Reporting
2(b)	Initial Notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer
3(a)	Name	Computacenter plc
3(b)	LEI	549300XSXUZ1I19DB105
4.	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) have been conducted
4(a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 7 5/9 pence in Computacenter plc ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
4(b)	Nature of Transaction	Grant of a conditional award over Ordinary Shares under the Computacenter Performance Share Plan 2005 (the 'PSP'). There is no price payable on the grant or exercise of the award.  Vesting is subject to the achievement of performance conditions over a three year period.
4(c)	Price(s) and Volume(s)	Price(s) (in GBP)	Volume(s)
		nil	2,917
4(d)	Aggregated Information Aggregated Volume and Price	nil	2,917
4(e)	Date of the transaction	21-03-2018
4(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue.

Enquiries:

Name:	Raymond Gray
	Company Secretary
Address:	Computacenter plc Hatfield Avenue Hatfield Hertfordshire AL10 9TW
Telephone:	01707 631 000

 

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