Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7220M

Ricardo PLC

17 October 2016

 

Ricardo PLC

Director / PDMR Shareholdings

17 October 2016

London

1.         2011 Deferred Bonus Plan - Awards granted in 2013 with a 3 year deferral period

The Company announces that on 17 October 2016, a total of 54,478 Shares vested in favour of Executive Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") under the terms of the Company's 2011 Deferred Bonus Plan.  These awards (which included dividend entitlements) were granted on 16 October 2013. They vested following the end of a three year Deferral Period and were not subject to performance conditions. Further details of this vesting are provided below.

Name	Role	No. of Shares that vested on 17 October 2016
Mark Garrett	Executive Director	16,675
Dave Shemmans	Executive Director	36,613
Gary Tan	PDMR	1,190

Immediately on vesting, the PDMRs sold the Shares set out below at a price of £10.10:

Name	Role	No. of Shares sold on 17 October 2016
Mark Garrett	Executive Director	7,838
Dave Shemmans	Executive Director	36,613
Gary Tan	PDMR	1,190

2.         Net current total holdings of Shares

Following the above notifications, the total holdings of Shares of the relevant PDMRs are as follows:

Name	Role	Total holding following this notification	Approximate % of Company's issued share capital
Mark Garrett	Executive Director	97,858	0.184%
Dave Shemmans	Executive Director	104,085	0.196%
Gary Tan	PDMR	0	0.000%

The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Garrett
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Chief Operating Officer
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ricardo plc
b)	LEI	213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
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 ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB0007370074
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of an award granted on 16 October 2013 pursuant to the terms of the Ricardo plc 2011 Deferred Bonus Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0 16,675
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2016-10-17
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange
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 ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB0007370074
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £10.10 7,838
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2016-10-17
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Dave Shemmans
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: 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	Ricardo plc
b)	LEI	213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
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 ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB0007370074
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of an award granted on 16 October 2013 pursuant to the terms of the Ricardo plc 2011 Deferred Bonus Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0 36,613
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2016-10-17
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange
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 ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB0007370074
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £10.10 36,613
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2016-10-17
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Gary Tan
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Managing Director - Ricardo Asia
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ricardo plc
b)	LEI	213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
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 ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB0007370074
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of an award granted on 16 October 2013 pursuant to the terms of the Ricardo plc 2011 Deferred Bonus Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0 1,190
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2016-10-17
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange
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 ("Shares")
	Identification code	GB0007370074
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £10.10 1,190
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2016-10-17
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

 

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