Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0492C

Robert Walters PLC

10 April 2013

 



ROBERT WALTERS PLC

Directors' Shareholdings

The Company was informed on 10 April 2013 of the following dealings by certain Directors of the Company in ordinary shares of 20p each (Ordinary Shares").

There has been an increase in the overall shareholdings of each of the Directors as a result of these dealings and Mr Walters', Mr Daubeney's and Mr Bannatyne's shareholdings before and after the dealings are as follows:

Director	Shareholding prior to this announcement	% holding in Company	Shareholding after this announcement	% holding in Company
Robert Walters	2,399,899	3.13	2,450,805	3.20
Giles Daubeney	1,772,331	2.31	1,798,019	2.34
Alan Bannatyne	244,098	0.32	250,799	0.33

 The individual dealings are shown below and are in relation to:

(i)  the purchase, on 10 April, of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Co-investment scheme, to enable qualification for the future award of shares under the Co-investment scheme;

(ii)  the exercise, on 10 April, of  options over Ordinary Shares held in the Robert Walters Employee Benefit Trust, pursuant to the Robert Walters Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP'); and

(iii)  the sale, on 10 April, of Ordinary Shares to satisfy tax and other commitments.

Director	Number of shares acquired	Purchase price (p)	Number of Awards  exercised	Exercise price (p)	Number of shares sold	Sale price (p)
Robert Walters	59,643	225	206,329	0	215,066	225
Giles Daubeney	49,726	225	138,191	0	162,229	225
Alan Bannatyne	36,416	225	121,305	0	151,020	225

Following the dealings above, for the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, we would like to notify the market of the following:

Robert Walters plc's issued share capital consists of 85,611,811Ordinary Shares with voting rights. Robert Walters plc holds 8,922,900 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Robert Walters plc is 76,688,911.

The above figure of 76,688,911 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Robert Walters plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:       

Pelham Bell Pottinger                                                Tel. [phone]

Archie Berens

 

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