Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3946M

Ricardo PLC

12 October 2016

 

Ricardo PLC

Director / PDMR Shareholdings

12 October 2016

London

Purchase of Partnership Shares under the Ricardo PLC Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP")

Ricardo PLC (the "Company") announces that on 11 October 2016 it received notification from the trustee (the "Trustee") of the Company's SIP that on 10 October 2016 it purchased an aggregate of 33 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company ("Shares") in the market at a price of £10.275 per Share on behalf of the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities:

Name	No. of Shares purchased on 10 October 2016
Chris Amsden	12
Mark Barge	12
Mark Stoddart	9

These purchases related to the "Partnership Share" element of the SIP and were made using deductions from the relevant individuals' gross salaries.

Following the above transactions, the total beneficial holding of Shares of the relevant PDMRs are set out below:

Name	Total holding following this notification	Approximate % of Company's issued share capital
Chris Amsden	412	0.001%
Mark Barge	924	0.002%
Mark Stoddart	249	0.001%

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	Chris Amsden (the "Participant")
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Finance Director - Performance Products
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	Purchase of Shares by Capita IRG Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), on behalf of the Participant relating to the "Partnership Share" element of the SIP using deductions from the Participant's gross salary.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £10.275 12
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2016-10-10
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Barge (the "Participant")
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Managing Director - Performance Products
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	Purchase of Shares by Capita IRG Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), on behalf of the Participant relating to the "Partnership Share" element of the SIP using deductions from the Participant's gross salary.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £10.275 12
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2016-10-10
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Stoddart (the "Participant")
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Finance Director - Ricardo Europe Technical Centre
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	Purchase of Shares by Capita IRG Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), on behalf of the Participant relating to the "Partnership Share" element of the SIP using deductions from the Participant's gross salary.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £10.275 9
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2016-10-10
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

 

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