Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities' Interests
Performance Restricted Share Plan ('PRSP')
The Executive Directors of the Company, Tim Clarke, Mike Bramley, Adam Fowle and Jeremy Townsend, today increased their holdings in the Company's shares through the exercise of PRSP options.
The Executive Directors sold only sufficient of the shares under option in order to finance the resultant tax, National Insurance liabilities and dealing costs arising on exercise.
Details of the exercises are shown in the table below:
Director |
No. of shares under option exercised |
No. of shares sold to meet cost of exercise |
Market value of shares |
No. of shares retained |
Tim Clarke |
111,800 |
46,001 |
145.3168p |
65,799 |
Mike Bramley |
75,939 |
31,246 |
145.3168p |
44,693 |
Adam Fowle |
52,306 |
21,523 |
145.3168p |
30,783 |
Jeremy Townsend |
35,752 |
14,712 |
145.3168p |
21,040 |
As a result of the above, the Executive Directors' share interests in the Company are:
Director |
Ordinary shares |
Shares under option |
Tim Clarke |
1,006,287 |
2,231,871 |
Mike Bramley |
558,778 |
1,226,628 |
Adam Fowle |
66,940 |
776,655 |
Jeremy Townsend |
45,531 |
637,202 |
In addition the following Person Discharging Managerial Interests increased their holding in the Company's shares through the exercise of PRSP options. Again, only shares to finance the resultant tax, National Insurance liabilities and dealing costs arising on exercise were sold. Details are shown in the table below:
PDMR |
No. of shares under option exercised |
No. of shares sold to meet cost of exercise |
Market value of shares |
No. of shares retained |
Bronagh Kennedy |
39,686 |
16,330 |
145.3168p |
23,356 |
As a result of the above, Bronagh Kennedy's share interests in the Company are:
PDMR |
Ordinary shares |
Shares under option |
Bronagh Kennedy |
131,355 |
676,569 |
Contact details:
Rachel Benjamin
Assistant Company Secretary
Telephone 0121 498 5223