Grant of Options and PDMR Dealings

RNS Number : 0290G

Latham(James) PLC

02 August 2016

 

James Latham plc

("James Latham" or "the Company")

Grant of Options and PDMR Dealings

James Latham announces that on 29 July 2016 it issued 183,484 options under the James Latham plc Save as You Earn Scheme at 565p per share.  The options can be exercised between 1 September 2019 and 1 March 2020.  Included in this are the following options allocated to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs"):

PDMR	Options granted
Nick Latham	3,185
David Dunmow	3,185
Chris Sutton	3,185
Piers Latham	3,185
Andrew Wright	1,592

The Company also announces that on 29 July 2016, the Trustees of the Company's SIPS scheme allocated 1,643 shares at 657.5p per share to certain PDMRs as detailed in the table below.  In addition on 29 July 2016 the Trustees of the Company's CSOP scheme issued 2,532 ordinary 25p shares in the Company at 197.5p per share to David Dunmow following the exercise of options granted under the scheme in 2010.  

PDMR	SIPS scheme allocation	CSOP allocation	Resultant Total Shareholding	Resultant Total Voting Rights
Nick Latham	821	-	625,052	3.18%
David Dunmow	822	2,532	123,590	0.63%

The Company has also been informed that Piers Latham has transferred 3,658 shares into a joint shareholding with his wife, and Peter Latham has transferred 556,382 from an account in joint names to his sole ownership.  Neither of these transfers result in any change in the directors' beneficial interests.

The Company's AGM will be held at Gallery Level, Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London, N1 0QH on 24 August 2016 at 12.30 pm

Enquiries

James Latham plc	Tel: [phone]
David Dunmow, Finance Director
Northland Capital Partners Limited Nominated Adviser and Broker	Tel: [phone]
Matthew Johnson / Edward Hutton

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014. The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of that Regulation.

1	Details  of  the  person   discharging  managerial   responsibilities I person closely associated
a)	Name	1.   Nick Latham 2.   David Dunmow 3.   Chris Sutton 4.   Piers Latham 5.   Andrew Wright
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Directors of the Company
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details  of  the  issuer,  emission  allowance  market   participant, auction  platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	James Latham plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Option over Ordinary Shares
	Identification code	ISIN for James Latham plc Ordinary Shares: GB00B04NP100
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Option
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1.    565p 2.    565p 3.    565p 4.    565p 5.    565p 1.    3,185 2.    3,185 3.    3,185 4.    3,185 5.    1,592
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume  - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	29 July 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	N/A

1	Details  of  the  person   discharging  managerial   responsibilities I person closely associated
a)	Name	Nick Latham
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details  of  the  issuer,  emission  allowance  market   participant, auction  platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	James Latham plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Ordinary shares of 25p each
	Identification code	ISIN for James Latham plc Ordinary Shares: GB00B04NP100
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares under the Company's SIPS Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  657.5p  821
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume  - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	29 July 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details  of  the  person   discharging  managerial   responsibilities I person closely associated
a)	Name	David Dunmow
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details  of  the  issuer,  emission  allowance  market   participant, auction  platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	James Latham plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Ordinary shares of 25p each
	Identification code	ISIN for James Latham plc Ordinary Shares: GB00B04NP100
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares under the Company's SIPS Scheme Purchase of shares under the Company's CSOP Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1.    657.5p 2.    197.5p 1.    822 2.    2,532 2,532
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume  - Price	N/A (different option schemes)
e)	Date of the transaction	29 July 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details  of  the  person   discharging  managerial   responsibilities I person closely associated
a)	Name	Piers Latham
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details  of  the  issuer,  emission  allowance  market   participant, auction  platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	James Latham plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Ordinary shares of 25p each
	Identification code	ISIN for James Latham plc Ordinary Shares: GB00B04NP100
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of ordinary shares to person closely associated with PDMR
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  nil  3,658
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume  - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	29 July 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details  of  the  person   discharging  managerial   responsibilities I person closely associated
a)	Name	Philippa Latham
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Person closely associated with Piers Latham (Executive Director)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details  of  the  issuer,  emission  allowance  market   participant, auction  platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	James Latham plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Ordinary shares of 25p each
	Identification code	ISIN for James Latham plc Ordinary Shares: GB00B04NP100
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of shares from PDMR into a joint account
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  nil  3,658
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume  - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	29 July 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details  of  the  person   discharging  managerial   responsibilities I person closely associated
a)	Name	Peter Latham
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details  of  the  issuer,  emission  allowance  market   participant, auction  platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	James Latham plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Ordinary shares of 25p each
	Identification code	ISIN for James Latham plc Ordinary Shares: GB00B04NP100
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of shares from joint holding with person closely associated
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  nil  556,382
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume  - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	29 July 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details  of  the  person   discharging  managerial   responsibilities I person closely associated
a)	Name	Allison Porter
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Person closely associated with Peter Latham (Non-Executive Chairman)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details  of  the  issuer,  emission  allowance  market   participant, auction  platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	James Latham plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Ordinary shares of 25p each
	Identification code	ISIN for James Latham plc Ordinary Shares: GB00B04NP100
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of shares from joint holding to PDMR
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  Nil  556,382
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume  - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	29 July 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

 

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