Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3188G

Robert Walters PLC

03 March 2015

 



3 March 2015

ROBERT WALTERS PLC

(the "Company")

Directors' Shareholdings

The Company was informed on 3 March 2015 of the following dealings by certain Directors in ordinary shares of 20p each of the Company ("Ordinary Shares").

There has been an increase in the overall shareholdings of each of the Directors as a result of these dealings and individual shareholdings before and after are set out below:

Director	Shareholding prior to this announcement	% holding  in Company	Shareholding after this announcement	% holding in Company
Robert Walters	2,283,006	2.96	2,317,781	3.00
Giles Daubeney	1,610,120	2.09	1,639,113	2.13
Alan Bannatyne	281,178	0.36	302,410	0.39

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

(i)   The exercise, on 2 March, of options over Ordinary Shares held in the Robert Walters Employee Benefit Trust, pursuant to the Robert Walters Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP'); and

(ii)   The sale, on 2 March, of Ordinary Shares to satisfy tax commitments.

Director	Number of Awards exercised	Exercise price (p)	Number of shares sold	Sale price (p)	Net increase in shareholdings
Robert Walters	65,907	0	31,132	358.5	34,775
Giles Daubeney	54,949	0	25,956	358.5	28,993
Alan Bannatyne	40,240	0	19,008	358.5	21,232

Following the transactions 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 85,970,809 Ordinary 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 77,047,909.

The above figure of 77,047,909 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

Robert Walters plc Robert Walters, Chief Executive Alan Bannatyne, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Newgate Communications Fergus Wylie Madeleine Palmstierna Georgia Lewis	[phone]

 

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