Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2553A

Cookson Group PLC

28 March 2012

 



NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

This form is intended for use by an issuer to make a RIS notification required by DR 3.3

(1) An issuer making a notification in respect of a transaction relating to the shares or debentures of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 16, 23 and 24.

(2)  An issuer making a notification in respect of a derivative relating the shares of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.

(3)  An issuer making a notification in respect of options granted to a director/person discharging managerial responsibilities should complete boxes 1 to 3 and 17 to 24.

(4)  An issuer making a notification in respect of a financial instrument relating to the shares of the issuer (other than a debenture) should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.

Please complete all relevant boxes should in block capital letters.

1.	Name of the issuer	2.	State whether the notification relates to (i) a transaction notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.2 R; (ii) a disclosure made in accordance with LR 9.8.6 R(1), or; (iii) a disclosure made in accordance with section 793 of the Companies act (2006)
	Cookson Group plc		(i) and (ii)
3.	Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities/director	4.	State whether notification relates to a person connected with a person discharging managerial responsibilities/director named in 3 and identify the connected person
	(1) Mike Butterworth (2) Nick Salmon (3) Francois Wanecq		No
5.	Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the person referred to in 3 or 4 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest	6.	Description of shares (including class), debentures or derivatives or financial instruments relating to shares
	In respect of Directors named in 3,		Ordinary £1 Shares
7.	Name of registered shareholders(s) and, if more than one, the number of shares held by each of them	8	State the nature of the transaction
	(1) Mike Butterworth 706,083 (2) Nick Salmon 1,409,778 (3) Francois Wanecq 1,780,449		Sale of shares following vesting of 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") to satisfy tax and social security liabilities + sale of additional 99,855 non-LTIP shares by Francois Wanecq

9.	Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to shares acquired	10.	Percentage of issued class acquired (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)
	N/A		N/A
11.	Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to shares disposed	12.	Percentage of issued class disposed (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)
	(1) Mike Butterworth 265,600 (2) Nick Salmon 525,914 (3) Francois Wanecq 642,989		(1) Mike Butterworth 0.10% (2) Nick Salmon  0.19% (3) Francois Wanecq   0.23%
13.	Price per share or value of transaction	14.	Date and place of transaction
	LTIP Shares £7.050056 Non-LTIP Shares £7.012247		27  March 2012, London
15.	Total holding following notification and total percentage holding following notification (any treasury shares should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)	16.	Date issuer informed of transaction
	 (1) Mike Butterworth 440,483  (0.16%) (2) Nick Salmon 883,864        (0.32%) (3) Francois Wanecq 1,137,460  (0.41%)		27 March 2012

If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted options by the issuer complete the following boxes

17	Date of grant	18.	Period during which or date on which it can be exercised
19.	Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option	20.	Description of shares or debentures involved (class and number)
21.	Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at the time of exercise	22.	Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following notification
23.	Any additional information	24.	Name of contact and telephone number for queries
			Rachel Fell, Deputy Secretary, Cookson Group plc, 020 7822 0000

Name and signature of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification Rachel Fell, Deputy Secretary, Cookson Group plc __________________________________________________________ Date of notification 28  March 2012

 

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