Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7748E

Ricardo PLC

22 October 2018

 

Ricardo PLC

Director / PDMR Shareholdings

22 October 2018

London

1.         Deferred Bonus Plan - Awards granted in 2015

Ricardo PLC (the "Company") announces that, on 19 October 2018, a total of 38,164 ordinary shares of 25 pence each ("Shares") vested in favour of the Executive Directors under the terms of the Company's 2011 Deferred Bonus Plan (the "DBP").  This vesting, details of which are provided below, related to awards that were granted under the DBP on 19 October 2015. 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 19 October 2018
Dave Shemmans	Executive Director	19,685
Ian Gibson	Executive Director	10,027
Mark Garrett	Executive Director	8,452

2.         Long Term Incentive Plan - Award granted in 2015

Ricardo plc (the "Company") announces that on 19 October 2018, 2,763 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company ("Shares") vested in favour of Chris Barnes, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities under the terms of the Company's 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"). The award was granted on 19 October 2018 and was not subject performance conditions.

3.         Realisation of value of shares

Immediately on vesting of the above awards, the Executive Directors and other PDMRs realised value in respect of the following Shares at a price of £7.72:

Name	Role	No. of Shares realised for value on 19 October 2018
Dave Shemmans	Executive Director	19,685
Ian Gibson	Executive Director	4,713
Mark Garrett	Executive Director	8,452
Chris Barnes	PDMR	2,763

4.         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
Dave Shemmans	Executive Director	101,085	0.189%
Ian Gibson	Executive Director	36,570	0.068%
Mark Garrett	Executive Director	133,223	0.249%
Chris Barnes	PDMR	0	0%

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	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	Vesting of award granted on 19 October 2015 pursuant to the terms of the Ricardo plc 2011 Deferred Bonus Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0 19,685
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-10-19
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue
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	Shares realised for value
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £7.72 19,685
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-10-19
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Ian Gibson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR: Chief Financial 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	Vesting of award granted on 19 October 2015 pursuant to the terms of the Ricardo plc 2011 Deferred Bonus Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0 10,027
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-10-19
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue
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	Shares realised for value
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £7.72 4,713
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-10-19
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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	Vesting of award granted on 19 October 2015 pursuant to the terms of the Ricardo plc 2011 Deferred Bonus Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0 8,452
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-10-19
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue
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	Shares realised for value
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £7.72 8,452
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-10-19
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Chris Barnes
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR:  Managing Director, Ricardo Automotive EMEA
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	Vesting of award granted on 19 October 2015 pursuant to the terms of the Ricardo plc  2014 Long Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0 2,763
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-10-19
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue
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	Shares realised for value
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £7.72 2,763
d)	Aggregated information -   Aggregated volume -   Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-10-19
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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