Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7059T

ITV PLC

31 March 2016

 

31 March 2016

ITV plc (the "Company")

Share Award Releases

In accordance with DTR 3.1.2 the Company announces that awards made in March 2013 under the ITV Deferred Share Award Plan and ITV Performance Share Plan to certain directors and executives of the Company were released or exercised on 29 March 2016 as follows.

Directors

Name	Shares releasing under ITV Deferred Share Award Plan	Options exercised under ITV Performance Share Plan	Total number of shares sold (including to cover tax and NICs) at £2.409	Total holding after event	Percentage of issued share capital
Adam Crozier	346,228	468,485	814,713	2,241,233	0.0557%
Ian Griffiths	175,891	256,912	432,803	1,754,554	0.0436%

PDMRs

Name	Shares releasing under ITV Deferred Share Award Plan	Options exercised under ITV Performance Share Plan	Total number of shares sold (including to cover tax and NICs) at £2.409	Total holding after event	Percentage of issued share capital
Mary Fagan	48,744	93,271	66,748	350,467	0.0087%
Andrew Garard	102,096	220,843	151,782	1,503,074	0.0373%
Kevin Lygo	266,670	360,113	294,589	1,166,136	0.0290%
David Osborn	-	47,047	22,113	24,934	0.0006%
Simon Pitts	45,928	133,091	84,140	280,267	0.0070%
Kelly Williams	86,716	109,235	92,098	126,014	0.0031%

Details of the performance conditions that related to these awards can be found in the Remuneration Report in the 2013 Annual Report which is available at www.itvplc.com.

Share Awards

ITV Deferred Share Award Plan (the "DSA")

On 29 March 2016 certain directors and executives were granted awards over ordinary shares of the Company under the DSA.  The awards were based on the achievement of performance targets under Annual Bonus arrangements in respect of the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015.

Directors and PDMRs of the Company received awards as restricted shares as set out below.  Under the rules of the DSA the shares will not release until 29 March 2019.

Directors

Name	Total shares awarded
Adam Crozier	219,406
Ian Griffiths	121,628

PDMRs

Name	Total shares awarded
Julian Bellamy	62,382
Mary Fagan	15,527
Andrew Garard	48,220
Kevin Lygo	101,983
David Osborn	32,313
Simon Pitts	41,605
Kelly Williams	74,794

ITV Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP")

On 29 March 2016 certain directors and executives were granted awards under the LTIP in the form of nil-cost options over ordinary shares of the Company. The number of options that will become exercisable is subject to the achievement of a financial performance gateway and stretching strategic performance conditions on the third anniversary of the date of grant, 29 March 2019. Any portion of the award that does not meet the performance conditions will lapse.  Any portion of the award that meets the performance conditions will then be subject to holding periods.

Directors

Name	Number of options  awarded
Adam Crozier	878,481
Ian Griffiths	536,850

PDMRs

Name	Number of options  awarded
Julian Bellamy	285,270
Mary Fagan	107,975
Andrew Garard	246,605
Kevin Lygo	373,444
David Osborn	171,162
Simon Pitts	204,150
Kelly Williams	170,125

ITV Savings-Related Share Option Scheme (the "Scheme")

On 30 March 2016 employees were granted options under the Scheme over ordinary shares of the Company with an exercise price of 187.79 pence.

The following PDMRs were granted options under the Scheme which will not be exercisable until 1 June 2019.

Name	Number of options granted
David Osborn	3,384
Andrew Garard	4,792

For further information please refer to the Remuneration report in the Report and Accounts 2015 now available on the Company's website at www.itvplc.com/investors

For further enquiries please contact:

Investor Relations

Pippa Foulds                                                 Tel: [phone] or 07778 031097

Media Relations

Mary Fagan                                                   Tel: [phone] or 07736 786448

Mike Large                                                     Tel: [phone] or 07768 261528

Website: www.itv.com; investor information: www.itvplc.com

 

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