PZ Cussons Plc ('the Company')
PZ Cussons Plc announces that on 14 August 2009 the following awards of ordinary shares in the Company were made to Executive Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMRs') under the terms of the PZ Cussons Deferred Annual Share Bonus Scheme ('the Scheme'):-
Executive Director Number of shares
Mr G A Kanellis 60,840
Mr A G Calder 41,720
Mr C G Davis 38,220
Mr B H Leigh 37,440
Mr J Pantelireis 34,320
PDMR Number of shares
Mr R Adamson 15,600
Mr P Fogelstrom 23,823
Mr C Gendis 16,120
Mr C How 20,470
Mr P Milner 13,520
Mr S O'Hara 12,560
Mr S Plant 11,960
Mr N Simonsz 15,080
Senior executives, including the Executive Directors and PDMRs listed above, are eligible to participate in the Scheme, pursuant to which they may earn an annual bonus linked to financial performance targets. Bonus awards are payable 50% in cash and 50% in deferred shares. The awards set out above relate to deferred shares awarded as a result of the attainment of performance targets for the year ended 31 May 2009.
The deferred shares will normally be transferred to the Executive Directors and PDMRs from the Paterson Zochonis Employee Trust in three years' time, provided that they remain an employee of a PZ Cussons Plc group company.
Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
Sam Plant
Company Secretary, PZ Cussons Plc
(T) (00) 44 (0)161 491 8000
Date: 17 August 2009