Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0133G

Hammerson PLC

23 May 2017

 

Hammerson plc (the "Company")

Notification of Transactions of Directors

23 May 2017

Further to the awards of nil cost options over 25p ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") that were made on 3 March 2015 and 28 April 2015 under the Deferred Bonus Share Scheme ("DBSS"), which vested on 9 May 2017, the Company has been notified that the following Executive Directors of the Company exercised their options on 19 May 2017.

The total number of options exercised is shown in the table below.

Name of Director	Date of award	Number of Shares awarded	Dividend Shares	Number of Shares exercised	Number of Shares sold	Number of Shares retained
David Atkins	03/03/2015	37,334	3,292	40,626	19,132	21,494
David Atkins	28/04/2015	8,437	588	9,025	4,251	4,774
Peter Cole	03/03/2015	24,893	2,195	27,088	27,088	0
Peter Cole	28/04/2015	6,148	428	6,576	6,576	0
Timon Drakesmith	03/03/2015	28,403	2,505	30,908	14,556	16,352
Timon Drakesmith	28/04/2015	5,766	402	6,168	2,905	3,263
Jean-Philippe Mouton	03/03/2015	12,278	1,082	13,360	0	13,360
Jean-Philippe Mouton	12/03/2015	6,337	559	6,896	0	6,896
Jean-Philippe Mouton	28/04/2015	4,125	287	4,412	0	4,412

Further to the awards of nil cost options over Shares that were made on 2 April 2012 and 2 April 2013 under the 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"), which vested following the assessment of performance conditions on 25 April 2016 and 9 May 2017 respectively, the Company has been notified that the following Executive Directors of the Company exercised their options on 19 May 2017.

The total number of options exercised is shown in the table below.

Name of Director	Date of award	Number of Shares awarded	Number of Shares vested	Dividend Shares vested	Total Shares vested	Number of Shares exercised	Number of Shares sold	Number of Shares retained
David Atkins	02/04/2012	281,724	66,431	11,525	77,956	77,956	36,713	41,243
David Atkins	02/04/2013	240,000	155,840	24,600	180,440	180,440	84,977	95,463
Peter Cole	02/04/2012	202,263	47,694	8,273	55,967	55,967	55,967	0
Peter Cole	02/04/2013	172,307	111,885	18,416	130,301	34,000	34,000	0
Timon Drakesmith	02/04/2012	192,631	45,422	7,880	53,302	53,302	25,103	28,199
Timon Drakesmith	02/04/2013	164,102	106,557	17,539	124,096	124,096	58,441	65,655

For all of the transactions in the above tables, the Shares were sold on 19 May 2017 at a price of £5.7781 per Share.

Mr Atkins' retained Shares are being transferred to a nominee account held in the name of his spouse, Mrs S L Atkins.

Mr Drakesmith's retained Shares are being held in the name of his spouse, Mrs D R Drakesmith.

Following the above transactions, the total beneficial shareholdings of the Executive Directors in the Company are as follows:

Name of Director	Interest in Shares prior to transactions	Total Shares held beneficially
David Atkins	450,395	613,369
Peter Cole	324,525	324,525
Timon Drakesmith	302,278	415,747
Jean-Philippe Mouton	284,090	308,758

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The notification of dealing forms can be found below.

Note: the announcement above has also been released on the SENS system of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Sarah Booth

General Counsel and Company Secretary

Notification of dealing form
1	Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	David Atkins
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	Hammerson plc
b)	LEI	213800G1C9KKVVDN1A60
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 transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument. Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ISIN: GB0004065016
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options over ordinary shares of 25 pence each under the Hammerson plc Deferred Bonus Share Scheme and the Hammerson plc Long Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.00 308,047
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.00 308,047 £0.00
e)	Date of the transaction	19 May 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON
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 transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument. Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ISIN: GB0004065016
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of ordinary shares of 25 pence each
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £5.7781 145,073
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £5.7781 145,073 £838,246.30
e)	Date of the transaction	19 May 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON
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 transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument. Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ISIN: GB0004065016
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of ordinary shares of 25 pence each to spouse
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.00 162,974
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.00 162,974 £0.00
e)	Date of the transaction	19 May 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

Notification of dealing form
1	Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	Peter Cole
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Investment Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	Hammerson plc
b)	LEI	213800G1C9KKVVDN1A60
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 transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument. Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ISIN: GB0004065016
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options over ordinary shares of 25 pence each under the Hammerson plc Deferred Bonus Share Scheme and the Hammerson plc Long Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.00 123,631
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.00 123,631 £0.00
e)	Date of the transaction	19 May 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON
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 transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument. Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ISIN: GB0004065016
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of ordinary shares of 25 pence each
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £5.7781 123,631
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £5.7781 123,631 £714,352.28
e)	Date of the transaction	19 May 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

Notification of dealing form
1	Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	Timon Drakesmith
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	Hammerson plc
b)	LEI	213800G1C9KKVVDN1A60
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 transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument. Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ISIN: GB0004065016
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options over ordinary shares of 25 pence each under the Hammerson plc Deferred Bonus Share Scheme and the Hammerson plc Long Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.00 214,474
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.00 214,474 £0.00
e)	Date of the transaction	19 May 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON
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 transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument. Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ISIN: GB0004065016
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of ordinary shares of 25 pence each
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £5.7781 101,005
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £5.7781 101,005 £583,616.99
e)	Date of the transaction	19 May 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON
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 transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument. Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ISIN: GB0004065016
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of ordinary shares of 25 pence each to spouse
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.00 113,469
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.00 113,469 £0.00
e)	Date of the transaction	19 May 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

Notification of dealing form
1	Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	Jean-Philippe Mouton
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Executive Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	Hammerson plc
b)	LEI	213800G1C9KKVVDN1A60
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 transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument. Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ISIN: GB0004065016
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options over ordinary shares of 25 pence each under the Hammerson plc Deferred Bonus Share Scheme and the Hammerson plc Long Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.00 24,668
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Aggregate Total £0.00 24,668 £0.00
e)	Date of the transaction	19 May 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

 

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