Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8144D

Land Securities Group PLC

11 July 2016

 

Land Securities Group PLC 

("Company")

Notification of transactions by

Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")

The Company provides notification of the following transactions effected on 8 July 2016 in respect of the following Executive Directors and other PDMRs relating to their interests in the ordinary shares of nominal value 10p each in the capital of the Company ("Shares").

The transactions arise from the partial vesting, and subsequent part or all sale, of Shares pursuant to certain performance conditioned awards made to the PDMRs on 8 July 2013 under the rules of the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") and Matching Share Plan ("MSP"), as applied at the time.

Vesting, sale and retention of Shares on   8 July 2016 of LTIP and MSP awards Name (title)	Total number of Shares vesting¹²	Shares compulsorily sold at 962p per share³	Shares voluntarily sold at 962p per share	Shares retained
Robert Noel, (Chief Executive)	29,596	13,939	-	15,657
Martin Greenslade (Chief Financial Officer)	20,020	9,411	10,609	-
Colette O'Shea (MD, London Portfolio)	7,578	3,569	-	4,009
Scott Parsons (MD, Retail Portfolio)	6,471	3,048	-	3,423

¹ Satisfied through the transfer of market purchased Shares from the Company's Jersey-based Employee Benefit Trust.

² Both the LTIP and MSP awards normally vest on the third anniversary of grant subject to the Company's achievement of certain Total Shareholder Return and Total Property Return performance conditions (which apply to each 50% of the award) for the three-year financial period ended 31 March 2016, as more particularly set out in the Directors' Remuneration Report to the Company's 2016 Annual Report. The Company's performance achievement resulted in an aggregate vesting of 13.1% of the maximum award (as reported).

³ To cover the individual's personal tax and social security liability that arises on vesting.

As a result of and including the above transactions, the outstanding aggregate interest in Shares held by each individual is as follows:

Name	Interest in Shares under option⁴	Interest in Shares under long-term incentives⁵	Shares owned (including those held by connected persons)
Robert Noel	-	666,117	293,849⁶
Martin Greenslade	1,938	439,453	386,233⁶
Colette O'Shea	2,195	224,037	43,168
Scott Parsons	4,366	212,580	53,490

⁴ Pursuant to the rules of the Company's all-employee Savings-Related Share Option Plan.

⁵ Pursuant to the rules of the Company's discretionary Long-Term Incentive Plan, Matching Share Plan and Deferred Share Bonus Plan (as applicable).

⁶ These interests are in significantly in excess of the holding levels required under the Company's share ownership guidelines (i.e. 250% x salary for the Chief Executive and 200% x salary for the Chief Financial Officer).

This notice is given in fulfilment of the Company's obligation under DTR 3.1.2R.

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Land Securities contact:

Michael Arnaouti [phone]

Deputy Company Secretary

 

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