DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULE 3.1.4R(1)(a)
The Company was notified on 6 December 2012 by Computershare Investor Services plc, the provider of the all employee Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), of the following purchases on 6 December 2012 in the Company's ordinary shares:-
(a) that 47,393 shares were purchased and allocated at £14.324 per share using participating employees' gross salary ('Partnership Shares').
(b) that the Company matched the Partnership Shares purchased by employees and allocated a further 51,564 shares at £14.324 per share ('Matching Shares'). The Company gives employees 2 Matching Shares for each Partnership Share bought by them up to a maximum of 6 Matching Shares per employee, each month.
The purchase, referred to above, was made pursuant to a regular standing order instruction with Computershare Investor Services plc for the monthly purchase of Partnership Shares.
The interests of Executive Directors/PDMRs of the Company in the transactions were as follows:
Director/PDMR |
SIP Purchases |
Total holding following notification |
|
|
Number of Partnership Shares |
Number of Matching Shares |
|
Ian Marchant Director |
9 |
6 |
237,945 |
Alistair Phillips-Davies Director |
9 |
6 |
107,842 |
Gregor Alexander Director |
9 |
6 |
97,744 |
David Franklin PDMR |
4 |
6 |
N/A |
Rob McDonald PDMR |
9 |
6 |
N/A |
Jim McPhillimy PDMR |
9 |
6 |
N/A |
Mark Mathieson PDMR |
9 |
6 |
N/A |
Jim Smith PDMR |
9 |
6 |
N/A |
Paul Smith PDMR |
9 |
6 |
N/A |
Alan Young PDMR |
9 |
6 |
N/A |
SHARESAVE MATURITY
On 7 December 2012, Mark Mathieson (PDMR) was allotted 250 shares at a price of £13.06 per share following his exercise of options under the Company's all-employee savings-related share option scheme.