Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9130Q

Robert Walters PLC

02 March 2021

 

2 March 2021

ROBERT WALTERS PLC

(the "Company")

Directors' Shareholdings

2021 PSP awards

The Company announces that the following awards were made to the Executive Directors under the 2014 Robert Walters Performance Share Plan on 2 March 2021:

Director	No. of Ordinary Shares awarded
Robert Walters	217,406
Alan Bannatyne	132,762
Total	350,168

The awards, which were made in the form of options at nil cost, are subject to performance conditions. Vesting will normally not occur before three years have elapsed.

Vesting of deferred bonus shares

The Company was informed on 2 March 2021 of the following transfers of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the vesting of awards previously deferred as part of the Executive Directors' respective bonuses for the financial year ended 31 December 2018 as announced on 1 March 2019 and the financial year ended 31 December 2019 as announced on 3 March 2020 respectively.

Directors	2019 Deferred Ordinary Shares vested	2020 Deferred Ordinary Shares vested	Total Deferred Ordinary Shares vested
Robert Walters	13,262	3,400	16,662
Alan Bannatyne	8,097	2,080	10,177
Total	21,359	5,480	26,839

Directors' Shareholdings

There has therefore been an increase in the overall shareholdings of each of the Executive Directors as a result of these dealings and individual shareholdings before and after are set out below:

Director	Shareholding prior to this announcement	% holding  in Company	Shareholding after this announcement	% holding in Company
Robert Walters	2,644,301	3.47	2,660,963	3.49
Alan Bannatyne	689,106	0.90	699,283	0.91

Robert Walters plc's issued share capital now consists of 80,273,455 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. Robert Walters plc holds 4,074,000 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Robert Walters plc is 76,199,455.

The above figure of 76,199,455 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Robert Walters plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Further information

Robert Walters plc Robert Walters, Chief Executive Alan Bannatyne, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Williams Nicolson Steffan Williams	[phone]

www.robertwaltersgroup.com  

APPENDIX

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
(a)	Name	Robert Walters
2.	Reason for the notification
(a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
(b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer
(a)	Name	Robert Walters plc
(b)	LEI	213800LIE15BDEN3VW43
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	Ordinary Shares of 20p each
(b)	Identification code of the Financial Instrument	ISIN Code : GB0008475088
(c)	Nature of the transaction	Ordinary Shares received/exercised under the deferred bonus scheme.
(d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		0p	16,662
(e)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -   Price	16,662 (deferred bonus) 0p
(f)	Date of the transaction	2 March 2021
(g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
(a)	Name	Alan Bannatyne
2.	Reason for the notification
(a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
(b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer
(a)	Name	Robert Walters plc
(b)	LEI	213800LIE15BDEN3VW43
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	Ordinary Shares of 20p each
(b)	Identification code of the Financial Instrument	ISIN Code : GB0008475088
(c)	Nature of the transaction	Ordinary Shares received/exercised under the deferred bonus scheme.
(d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		0p	10,177
(e)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -   Price	10,177 (deferred bonus) 0p
(f)	Date of the transaction	2 March 2021
(g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

 

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