Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7193O
Tesco PLC
03 October 2019
 

PDMR SHAREHOLDING

3 October 2019

Tesco PLC (the "Company")

 

Exercise of nil-cost options under the Tesco PLC Performance Share Plan 2011 (the "PSP") and Tesco PLC Long Term Incentive Plan 2015 (the "LTIP")

 

Tesco PLC (the "Company") has been notified that on 2 October 2019, Jason Tarry, a member of the Company's Executive Committee, exercised nil-cost options over 566,631 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company from awards granted under the rules of the PSP and LTIP as set out below:

 

Shares Plan

Grant Date

No. of shares under option

PSP

24/07/2015

175,850

LTIP

24/07/2015

390,781

Total


566,631

 

This represents the gross number of shares exercised.  Of those shares exercised, 266,317 shares have been retained to cover Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions due on exercise and the net shares have been transferred to Jason.

 

The share price on exercise was 240.00 pence per share.

 

Sale of Ordinary shares

 

The Company has been notified of the following transactions undertaken by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"):

 

PDMR

Stock description

Date

Quantity

Share price

Transaction type

Total consideration

Jason Tarry

Tesco PLC - Ordinary shares of 5p each

02/10/2019

293,328

£2.390

Sale

£701,054

Matthew Simister

Tesco PLC - Ordinary shares of 5p each

02/10/2019

202,653

£2.395

Sale

£485,354

 

The Notification of Dealing Forms can be found below.  This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014. 

 

For enquiries, please contact:

 

Robert Welch, Company Secretary

Tesco PLC

Tesco House

Shire Park

Kestrel Way

Welwyn Garden City

Hertfordshire

AL7 1GA

Tel: 07793 222569

LEI Number: 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46

 


1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Jason Tarry

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

CEO UK and ROI

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Tesco PLC 

b)

Legal Entity Identifier

2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46

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

 

Identification code

 

Ordinary shares of 5 pence each

 

 

GB0008847096

b)

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of nil-cost options under the rules of the Tesco PLC Performance Share Plan 2011 and Tesco PLC Long Term Incentive Plan 2015

c)

Currency

GBP


d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

£2.40

Volume(s)

566,631

e)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated Volume

- Aggregated Price

- Aggregated Total

 

566,631

£2.40

£1,359,914.40

f)

Date of the transaction

2019-10-02

g)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue



 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Jason Tarry

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

CEO UK and ROI

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Tesco PLC 

b)

Legal Entity Identifier

2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46

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

 

Identification code

 

Ordinary shares of 5 pence each

 

 

GB0008847096

b)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of Ordinary shares

c)

Currency

GBP


d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

£2.39

Volume(s)

293,328

e)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated Volume

- Aggregated Price

- Aggregated Total

 

293,328

£2.39

£701,053.92

f)

Date of the transaction

2019-10-02

g)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 

 

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Matthew Simister

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

CEO Central Europe

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Tesco PLC 

b)

Legal Entity Identifier

2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46

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

 

Identification code

 

Ordinary shares of 5 pence each

 

 

GB0008847096

b)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of Ordinary shares

c)

Currency

GBP


d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

£2.395

Volume(s)

202,653

e)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated Volume

- Aggregated Price

- Aggregated Total

 

202,653

£2.395

£485,353.94

f)

Date of the transaction

2019-10-02

g)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 


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