Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1370Z

Marston's PLC

12 December 2017

 

Notification of interests of directors

12 December 2017

The Company announces that on 11 December 2017, the Directors and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR) listed below were granted awards over ordinary shares in the Company under the Company's 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan").  The awards were granted on 11 December 2017 calculated using the market price at the close of trading on the London Stock Exchange on 11 December 2017 of 121.0 pence per ordinary share.

Awards under the Plan are structured as Approved Performance Share Plan Awards ("APSP Awards") and comprise three elements: (i) an HMRC Tax Qualifying Option over shares with a total value at the date of grant of £30,000 with an exercise price of 121.0 pence per share; (ii) a "Linked Award" which is, principally, a funding award in the form of a nil cost option (i.e. in the form of an LTIP Award) over such number of shares whose total value at exercise equals £30,000; and (iii) an LTIP Award in the form of a nil cost option over shares to the value of the remainder of the APSP Award above the £30,000 limit.

The awards will vest subject to the satisfaction of performance metrics which are based on a combination of Cash Return On Cash Capital Employed (CROCCE), Free Cash Flow (FCF) and Relative Total Shareholder Return assessed over the Company's 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 financial years.  To the extent an award vests, it will be released (so that the participant is entitled to acquire the shares) following the end of a further two year holding period.

In addition to satisfaction of these performance conditions, the Tax Qualifying Option will only become exercisable if the market value of a share at exercise is greater than 121.0 pence per share.  If the market value at exercise is less than 121.0 pence per share, the Tax Qualifying Option will lapse and the maximum number of shares subject to the Linked Award will become available to the participant to exercise as an unapproved LTIP option.

Name	Designation	Number of shares subject to APSP Award (Tax Qualifying Option and LTIP Award)	Maximum number of Shares subject to Linked Award
Andrew Andrea	Director	382,500	24,793
Ralph Findlay	Director	571,115	24,793
Richard Westwood	PDMR	224,739	0

The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Enquiries: Anne-Marie Brennan, Group Secretary, Marston's PLC, [phone]

1.	Details of PDMR / PCA (person closely associated)
(a)	Name	Andrew Andrea
(b)	Position/status	Director and PDMR (Chief Financial and Corporate Development Officer)
(c)	Initial notification/ amendment	Initial notification
2.	Details of the issuer
(a)	Name	Marston's PLC
3.	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	Ordinary shares of 7.375p each ISIN GB00B1JQDM80
(b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of award under the Long Term Incentive Plan in the form of nil-cost options and a Tax Qualifying Option at an exercise price of £1.21 per share.
(c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil-cost options: N/A Nil-cost options: 382,500 Tax Qualifying Option: N/A Tax Qualifying Option: 24,793
(d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume price	n/a single transaction n/a single transaction
(e)	Date of the transaction	2017-12-11
(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / PCA (person closely associated)
(a)	Name	Ralph Findlay
(b)	Position/status	Director and PDMR (CEO)
(c)	Initial notification/ amendment	Initial notification
2.	Details of the issuer
(a)	Name	Marston's PLC
3.	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	Ordinary shares of 7.375p each ISIN GB00B1JQDM80
(b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of award under the Long Term Incentive Plan in the form of nil-cost options and a Tax Qualifying Option at an exercise price of £1.21 per share.
(c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil-cost options: N/A Nil-cost options: 571,115 Tax Qualifying Option: N/A Tax Qualifying Option: 24,793
(d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume price	n/a single transaction n/a single transaction
(e)	Date of the transaction	2017-12-11
(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / PCA (person closely associated)
(a)	Name	Richard Westwood
(b)	Position/status	PDMR (MD, Marston's Beer Company)
(c)	Initial notification/ amendment	Initial notification
2.	Details of the issuer
(a)	Name	Marston's PLC
3.	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	Ordinary shares of 7.375p each ISIN GB00B1JQDM80
(b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of award under the Long Term Incentive Plan in the form of nil-cost options.
(c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil-cost options: N/A Nil-cost options: 224,739
(d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume price	n/a single transaction n/a single transaction
(e)	Date of the transaction	2017-12-11
(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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