Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0781J

WH Smith PLC

07 April 2020

 

Date 7 April 2020

WH Smith PLC

(the "Company")

Notification of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs")

Further to the Company's announcement on 7 April 2020 of the successful completion of the placing of new Ordinary shares (the "Placing") and the related subscription for new Ordinary shares by certain directors and members of the senior management team of the Company (the "Subscription"), the Company announces that as part of the Subscription, 40,468 new Ordinary shares were issued to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities of the Company as follows:

Name	Number of Ordinary shares
Henry Staunton	9,523
Suzanne Baxter	952
Annemarie Durbin	952
Simon Emeny	952
Maurice Thompson	952
Carl Cowling	7,142
Robert Moorhead	4,761
Ian Houghton	4,761
Toby Keir	2,380
Philip McNally	1,904
Wendy Stroud	1,428
Peter Swann	2,857
Sean Toal	1,904

The notification set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	1.  Henry Staunton 2.  Suzanne Baxter 3.  Annemarie Durbin 4.  Simon Emeny 5.  Maurice Thompson 6.  Carl Cowling 7.  Robert Moorhead 8.  Ian Houghton 9.  Toby Keir 10.  Philip McNally 11.  Wendy Stroud 12.  Peter Swann 13.  Sean Toal
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1.  Chairman 2.  Non-Executive Director 3.  Non-Executive Director 4.  Non-Executive Director 5.  Non-Executive Director 6.  Group Chief Executive 7.  CFO/COO 8.  Company Secretary/Legal Director 9.  MD Travel UK 10.  MD Travel International 11.  Group HR Director 12.  Group Operations Director 13.  MD High Street
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	WH Smith PLC
b)	LEI	2138001KJNGUJ34G7X91
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 226/67 pence ISIN: GB00B2PDGW16
b)	Nature of the transaction	Subscription of Ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) per share Volume(s) 1.  £10.50 2.  £10.50 3.  £10.50 4.  £10.50 5.  £10.50 6.  £10.50 7.  £10.50 8.  £10.50 9.  £10.50 10.  £10.50 11.  £10.50 12.  £10.50 13.  £10.50 1.  9,523 2.  952 3.  952 4.  952 5.  952 6.  7,142 7.  4,761 8.  4,761 9.  2,380 10.  1,904 11.  1,428 12.  2,857 13.  1,904
d)	Aggregated information -  Price -  Volume -  Total Price	Price(s) per share Volume(s) Total Aggregate Price 1. 10.50 2. 10.50 3.    £10.50 4. 10.50 5.    £10.50 6. 10.50 7. 10.50 8. 10.50 9.  £10.50 10.  £10.50 11.  £10.50 12.  £10.50 13.  £10.50 1.  9,523 2.  952 3.  952 4.  952 5.  952 6.  7,142 7.  4,761 8.  4,761 9.  2,380 10.  1,904 11.  1,428 12.  2,857 13.  1,904 1.    £100,000 2.  £10,000 3.  £10,000 4.  £10,000 5.  £10,000 6.  £75,000 7.  £50,000 8.  £50,000 9.  £25,000 10.  £20,000 11.  £15,000 12.  £30,000 13.  £20,000
e)	Date of the transaction	2020-04-07
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 

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