Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8000T

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

08 October 2014

 

JD Wetherspoon plc

("the Company")

Deferred Bonus Scheme

The Company announces that it has today been informed that the trustee to the scheme purchased the following ordinary shares to satisfy awards to be made pursuant to the Company's Deferred Bonus Scheme to the under mentioned directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMRs) on Friday 26September 2014 at a price of 792.3p. Shares were immediately sold to cover tax/ni for the 0 month vest at a price of 801.5 pence per share:

2014 Scheme Award and 0 Month Vest

Directors	Number of shares purchased	No. Sold to cover tax/ni
John Hutson	7,005	1,100
Paul Hine	1,944	273
Kirk Davis*	2,488
Su Cacioppo*	2,595
PDMRs
David Capstick*	2,382
Martin Geoghegan*	2,058
Miles Slade*	1,352

*Please note these directors and PDMRs chose to take their first award as a cash bonus rather than shares and the above relates to the second and third tranches of the scheme which will vest over the next 2 years.

2013 Scheme - 12 Month Vest

The company was informed on 8 October 2014 that the following shares from the 2013 scheme vested on 29 September 2014 at a price of 797.1052p:

	2013 Tranche 2 Vest
Directors	Shares  Vesting	No. sold
John Hutson	16,167	16,167
Kirk Davis	7,964	3,751
Su Cacioppo	8,400	8,400
PDMRs
David Capstick	8,214	8,214
Martin Geoghegan	7,094	7,094
Paul Hine	4,293	2,022
Miles Slade	4,480	4,480

2012 Scheme - 24 Month Vest

The following shares from the 2012 scheme vested on 24 September 2014 at a price of 791.5p.

	2012 24 Month Vest
Directors	Shares  Vesting	No. sold
John Hutson	11,916	11,916
Kirk Davis	5,531	2,605
Su Cacioppo	6,192	6,192
PDMRs
David Capstick	6,054	6,054
Martin Geoghegan	5,229	5,229
Paul Hine	2,661	1,254
Miles Slade	2,531	2,531

SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN AWARD

The Company was informed on 6 October 2014, that the following shares were awarded under the approved and unapproved Share Incentive Plan to the directors and PDMRs on 2 October 2014 at a price of £7.995 per share:

	Approved SIP	Unapproved SIP
Director
John Hutson	450	6,662
Kirk Davis	450	3,386
Su Cacioppo	450	3,552
PDMR
David Capstick	450	3,181
Martin Geoghegan	450	2,685
Paul Hine	398	1,592
Miles Slade	415	1,661

Following the above transactions, the directors and PDMR's now hold the following:

Director	Total Approved SIPS held in Trust (less than 3 years	Total Unapproved SIPS held in Trust	Total Deferred Bonus Scheme held in Trust	Shareholding including SIPS held in trust (over 3 years)
John Hutson	2,151	65,066	20,837	57,144
Kirk Davis	2,151	30,465	10,452	9,707
Su Cacioppo	2,151	32,612	10,996	51,886
PDMRs
David Capstick	2,151	31,358	10,596	43,094
Martin Geoghegan	2,151	27,162	9,152	20,796
Paul Hine	2,098	14,289	5,589	6,707
Miles Slade	2,116	13,731	5,832	2,093

8 October 2014

Enquiries

Sally Kenward, Tel.:  [phone]

Deputy Company Secretary, JD Wetherspoon plc

 

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