Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8786X

Ricardo PLC

29 November 2017

 

Ricardo PLC

Director / PDMR Shareholdings

29 November 2017

London

Award of Dividend Shares under the Ricardo PLC Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP")

Ricardo PLC (the "Company") announces that on 28 November 2017 it received notification from the trustee (the "Trustee") of the Company's SIP that on 24 November 2017 it awarded an aggregate of 54 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company ("Shares") at a price of £9.125 per Share to the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"):

Name	No. of Shares awarded on 24 November 2017
Chris Amsden	9
Mark Barge	18
James Mills	13
James Passemard	14

These awards related to the "Dividend Share" element of the SIP and reflect the automatic reinvestment in further Shares of dividends received in respect of the relevant individuals' SIP shareholdings.

Following the above transactions, the total beneficial holdings of Shares of the relevant PDMRs are set out below:

Name	Total holding following this notification	Approximate % of Company's issued share capital
Chris Amsden	966	0.002%
Mark Barge	8,349	0.016%
James Mills	862	0.002%
James Passemard	983	0.002%

The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Chris Amsden (the "Participant")
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Finance Director - Performance Products
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ricardo plc
b)	LEI	213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
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	Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB0007370074
b)	Nature of the transaction	Award to the Participant of dividend reinvestment Shares by Link Market Services Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £9.125 9
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-11-24
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Barge (the "Participant")
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Managing Director - Performance Products
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ricardo plc
b)	LEI	213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
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	Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB0007370074
b)	Nature of the transaction	Award to the Participant of dividend reinvestment Shares by Link Market Services Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £9.125 18
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-11-24
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	James Mills (the "Participant")
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Finance Director - Ricardo Automotive (EMEA)
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ricardo plc
b)	LEI	213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
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	Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB0007370074
b)	Nature of the transaction	Award to the Participant of dividend reinvestment Shares by Link Market Services Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £9.125 13
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-11-24
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	James Passemard (the "Participant")
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Global Managing Director - Ricardo Strategic Consulting
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ricardo plc
b)	LEI	213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
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	Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB0007370074
b)	Nature of the transaction	Award to the Participant of dividend reinvestment Shares by Link Market Services Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £9.125 14
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-11-24
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 

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