LTIP Award

RNS Number : 2770U

Diploma PLC

19 December 2011

 



DIPLOMA PLC

                                           12 CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE, LONDON EC1M 6AX

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

19 December 2011

DIPLOMA PLC - DIRECTORS' LTIP AWARDS

Diploma PLC has today been notified that the following Directors have partially exercised share awards granted under the Diploma PLC 2004 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "2004 LTIP") and have become entitled to acquire ordinary shares in the Company as set out below.  The same Directors have disposed of ordinary shares in the Company also as set out below.

	No. of Ordinary Shares
	Received	Sold	Net Received	Market price
BM Thompson	58,157	(30,242)	27,915	332p
I Henderson	36,254	(18,852)	17,402	332p
NP Lingwood	37,764	(19,637)	18,127	332p

The share awards have vested to the extent that the applicable performance conditions have been met as measured over a three year period ended 30 September 2011.  Further details relating to the performance conditions are set out in the Annual Report & Accounts 2011, which was posted to shareholders on 8 December 2011.

Each of the Directors as set out above, have pledged as Investment Shares under the Diploma PLC 2011 Share Matching Plan (the "SMP"), the net received number of ordinary shares to which they became entitled.  Accordingly, the Remuneration Committee has recommended that the Board approve the grant of the following Awards under the SMP:

BM Thompson	116,314 Ordinary Shares
I Henderson	72,508 Ordinary Shares
NP Lingwood	75,529 Ordinary Shares

The Awards made today are subject to the achievement of performance conditions measured over a three year performance period ending 30 September 2014 and represent the maximum number of Ordinary Shares over which these Awards may vest.  

A summary of the SMP, including the performance conditions relating to these Awards, is set out in the Annual Report & Accounts 2011.

Following these transactions, the number of ordinary shares in the Company held by the Trust has been reduced by 132,175 to 962,337.

For further enquiries please contact:

Nigel Lingwood, Group Finance Director	020 7549 5700

 

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