Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6441C

Brooks Macdonald Group PLC

20 October 2020

 

Brooks Macdonald Group plc

(the "Company")

Director / PDMR Shareholding

The Company was informed that on 16 October 2020 Caroline Connellan, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, exercised awards over 5,309 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Shares") granted under the 2018 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") as deferred bonus share awards in 2018 and 2019.  Following the exercise, 2,497 of the LTIP Shares were sold at a price of 1573p per share to meet the income tax and National Insurance liabilities due.

Scheme	No. of shares acquired	No. of shares sold to cover tax liabilities	No. of shares retained
2018 award	3,287	1,546	1,741
2019 award	2,022	951	1,071
Total	5,309	2,497	2,812

To satisfy the exercise of the awards, 5,309 Shares were transferred from the Brooks Macdonald Employee Benefit Trust (the "EBT"). The Company was notified by RBC cees Trustee Limited, as trustees of the EBT, that following this transfer the EBT now holds 511,801 Shares, representing 3.17% of the Company's total voting rights.

In addition, on 19 October 2020 Caroline Connellan, transferred via sale and purchase, 1,150 Shares.  She sold 1,150 Shares at the price of 1632p per Share from an account in her own name and bought 1,150 Shares at a price of 1635p per Share to be held in her ISA.

The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.

	1  Details of PDMR / person closely associated  a) Name Caroline Connellan  2.  Reason for the notification  a) Position / Status Chief Executive Officer  b)   Initial notification / Amendment Initial notification  3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor  a)   Name Brooks Macdonald Group plc  b)   LEI 213800WRDF8LB8MIEX37  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 1p each BRK ISIN:GB00B067N833  b)   Nature of the transaction Exercise of awards granted under the 2018 Brooks Macdonald Long Term Incentive Plan  c)   Price (pence) and volume Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 5,309  d)   Aggregated information -  Aggregated  volume 5,309 -   Price (pence) Nil  e)   Date of the transaction 16/10/2020  f)   Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue

	1  Details of PDMR / person closely associated  a) Name Caroline Connellan  2.  Reason for the notification  a) Position / Status Chief Executive Officer  b)   Initial notification / Amendment Initial notification  3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor  a)   Name Brooks Macdonald Group plc  b)   LEI 213800WRDF8LB8MIEX37  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 1p each BRK ISIN:GB00B067N833  b)   Nature of the transaction Sale of shares to cover income tax and National Insurance liabilities due on exercise of awards granted under the 2018 Brooks Macdonald Long Term Incentive Plan.  c)   Price (pence) and volume Price(s) Volume(s) 1572.7960 2,497  d)   Aggregated information - Aggregated volume 2,497 -  Price (pence) 1572.7960  e)   Date of the transaction 16/10/2020  f)   Place of the transaction The London Stock Exchange

	1  Details of PDMR / person closely associated  a) Name Caroline Connellan  2.  Reason for the notification  a) Position / Status Chief Executive Officer  b)   Initial notification / Amendment Initial notification  3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor  a)   Name Brooks Macdonald Group plc  b)   LEI 213800WRDF8LB8MIEX37  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 1p each BRK ISIN:GB00B067N833  b)   Nature of the transaction Sale of ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company  c)   Price (pence) and volume Price(s) Volume(s) 1632.00 1,150  d)   Aggregated information -  Aggregated  volume 1,150 -   Price (pence) 1632.00  e)   Date of the transaction 19/10/2020  f)   Place of the transaction The London Stock Exchange

	1  Details of PDMR / person closely associated  a) Name Caroline Connellan  2.  Reason for the notification  a) Position / Status Chief Executive Officer  b)   Initial notification / Amendment Initial notification  3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor  a)   Name Brooks Macdonald Group plc  b)   LEI 213800WRDF8LB8MIEX37  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 1p each BRK ISIN:GB00B067N833  b)   Nature of the transaction Purchase of ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company  c)   Price (pence) and volume Price(s) Volume(s) 1635.00 1,150  d)   Aggregated information -  Aggregated  volume 1,150 -   Price (pence) 1635.00  e)   Date of the transaction 19/10/2020  f)   Place of the transaction The London Stock Exchange

Enquiries:

Brooks Macdonald Group PLC
Caroline Connellan, Chief Executive	[phone]
Ben Thorpe, Group Finance Director	[phone]
Peel Hunt LLP
Adrian Trimmings / Rishi Shah / John Welch	[phone]

LEI: 213800WRDF8LB8MIEX37

 

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