Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5016S

Walker Crips Group plc

21 December 2016

 

WALKER CRIPS GROUP plc -

DIRECTOR/PDMR Shareholding

Walker Crips Group plc

21 December 2016

Walker Crips Group plc announces that on the 20 December 2016 the Trustees of the Walker Crips Group Share Incentive Plan acquired 45,360 ordinary shares (comprising 22,680 Partnership shares and 22,680 Matching shares) for the benefit of the participants of the Plan. The price paid by the participants was 40.5p. The Partnership shares will be used to satisfy employees' contributions to the Plan deducted from their December salary.  The Matching shares are purchased for the employees' benefit by the Group and are subject to certain eligibility criteria. 

A number of Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities within Walker Crips Group plc, as contributors to the plan, have acquired the following interests in the shares:-

Name	Partnership	Matching	Dividend	Total Partnership	Total Matching	Total Dividend
R Fitzgerald	368	368	-	21,383	22,601	9,080
R Elliott	368	368	-	29,943	35,429	12,174
D Gelber	368	368	-	31,013	37,030	13,193
M Rushton	368	368	-	19,122	19,122	4,135
S Lam	369	369	-	30,524	36,793	15,722

The Company also announces that with effect from 1 January 2017, it will be applying the provisions of Paragraph 8 of Article 19 (Managers' transactions) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU 596/2014) and so will only be requiring its persons discharging managerial responsibilities, as well as persons closely associated with them, to make a notification to the Company and to the FCA (as required by Paragraph 1 of that Article) once the total amount of any transactions conducted on the account of any such person in any calendar year has reached Euro 5,000.

Date:                                       21 December 2016

Contact:                                 Rodney Fitzgerald

Contact No:                           0203 100 8000

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	RODNEY FITZGERALD
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	DIRECTOR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	WALKER CRIPS GROUP PLC
b)	LEI	213800T71F7VD5ANZI55
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 6.6666667p each
	Identification code	GB00B1YMRV88
b)	Nature of the transaction	PURCHASE OF SHARES TO GO INTO  SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN (SIP)
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)40.5p Volume(s)  736
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20/12/2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange(XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	ROBERT ELLIOTT
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	DIRECTOR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	WALKER CRIPS GROUP PLC
b)	LEI	213800T71F7VD5ANZI55
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 6.6666667p each
	Identification code	GB00B1YMRV88
b)	Nature of the transaction	PURCHASE OF SHARES TO GO INTO  SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN (SIP)
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)40.5p Volume(s)  736
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20/12/2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange(XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	DAVID GELBER
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	DIRECTOR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	WALKER CRIPS GROUP PLC
b)	LEI	213800T71F7VD5ANZI55
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 6.6666667p each
	Identification code	GB00B1YMRV88
b)	Nature of the transaction	PURCHASE OF SHARES TO GO INTO  SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN (SIP)
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)40.5p Volume(s)  736
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20/12/2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange(XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	MARK RUSHTON
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	DIRECTOR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	WALKER CRIPS GROUP PLC
b)	LEI	213800T71F7VD5ANZI55
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 6.6666667p each
	Identification code	GB00B1YMRV88
b)	Nature of the transaction	PURCHASE OF SHARES TO GO INTO  SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN (SIP)
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)40.5p Volume(s)  736
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20/12/2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange(XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	SEAN LAM
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	DIRECTOR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	WALKER CRIPS GROUP PLC
b)	LEI	213800T71F7VD5ANZI55
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 6.6666667p each
	Identification code	GB00B1YMRV88
b)	Nature of the transaction	PURCHASE OF SHARES TO GO INTO  SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN (SIP)
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)40.5p Volume(s)  738
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20/12/2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange(XLON)

 

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