Director/PDMR Shareholding

Ricardo PLC

02 December 2024

 

Ricardo PLC

Director / PDMR Shareholdings

2^nd December 2024

London

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

Ricardo PLC (the "Company") announces that on 26 November 2024 it received notification from the trustee (the "Trustee") of the Company's SIP that on 22 November 2024 it awarded an aggregate of 30 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company ("Shares") at a price of £3.9818 per Share to the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"):

Name	No. of Shares awarded on 22 November 2024
Judith Cottrell	9
Rachel Stringer	13
Jason O'Donnell	8

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.

Purchase of Shares

The Company also announces that, on 22 November 2024, Graham Ritchie, a Director and PDMR, purchased 1,183 Shares in the market at a price of £3.99 per Share. This transaction was as a result of an automatic reinvestment of dividends.

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
Judith Cottrell	16,826	0.027%
Rachel Stringer	2,112	0.003%
Jason O'Donnell	383	0.001%
Graham Ritchie	54,446	0.088%

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	Judith Cottrell (the "Participant")
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Chief Financial Officer
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) £3.9818 9
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2024-11-22
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Rachel Stringer (the "Participant")
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Global President, Clean Energy and Environmental Solutions
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) £3.9818 13
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2024-11-22
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Jason O'Donnell (the "Participant")
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Managing Director, Automotive and Industrial
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) £3.9818 8
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2024-11-22
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Graham Ritchie
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Chief Executive Officer
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	Purchase of Shares as a result of automatic reinvestment of dividends.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £3.99 1,183
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2024-11-22
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 

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