Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6633F

Persimmon PLC

22 March 2022

 

22 March 2022

Persimmon Plc (the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Persimmon Plc announces that on 21 March 2022 Dean Finch, Group Chief Executive, acquired 15,109 shares in the Company in respect of the vesting of an award granted in March 2021, as compensation for a bonus share award forfeited on leaving his previous employer. The number of shares acquired includes shares awarded for dividend equivalents between the date of grant and date of vesting. Also o n 21 March 2022, Dean Finch sold 7,102 shares in the Company to settle the tax liability arising on the vesting of the award and has retained the balance of the shares. 

The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of article 19.3 of the Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details:

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Dean Finch
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Persimmon Plc
b)	LEI	213800XI72Y57UWN6F31
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
	Transaction 1
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 10p each
	Identification code	GB0006825383
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares following the vesting of an award granted in March 2021, as compensation for a bonus share award forfeited by Dean Finch on leaving his previous employer.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			Nil	15,109
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A Single transaction
	- Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	21 March 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue
	Transaction 2
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10p each GB0006825383
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares to settle tax liability on vesting of award.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£22.714788	7,102
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A Single transaction
	- Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	21 March 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON); Main Market

Tracy Davison

Company Secretary

 

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