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15 September 2020
NOTIFICATION DEALING WITH GRANT OF AWARDS TO PDMRS
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulations.
On 15 September 2020 the following award over ordinary shares of 2 pence in Bakkavor Group plc was granted under the Bakkavor Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan to the following person discharging managerial responsibilities:
PDMR | No. of shares under Award | Type of Award |
Peter Gates | 1,118,051 | Performance Share Award |
The award will ordinarily become exercisable on the third anniversary of grant subject to the grantee's continued service and to the extent to which the performance condition set for the award is satisfied. The performance condition shall measure the Company's total shareholder return over the three-year period commencing on grant of the award relative to that of a bespoke group of comparator companies.
A term of the award includes that the Company's remuneration committee retains discretion to reduce (including to nil) the extent to which the award would otherwise vest. Such discretion may be applied in exceptional circumstances to protect against inappropriate levels of vesting taking into account such factors as the remuneration committee considers relevant (including but not limited to overall performance of the Company and/or general market and share response in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic).
Details of the full notifications received by the Company are set out below.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Peter Gates | ||||
2 | Reason for Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Announcement | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Bakkavor Group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800COL7AD54YU9949 | ||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary Shares of 2 pence each in Bakkavor Group plc
GB00BF8J3Z99 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of a nil cost option award under the Bakkavor Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan. The award will ordinarily become exercisable three years from the date of grant, subject to continued service and to the extent to which a total shareholder return performance condition are met, and once exercisable may be ordinarily exercised at any point up until the tenth anniversary of the date of grant. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Not applicable - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2020 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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Enquiries
Company Secretarial:
Annabel Tagoe-Bannerman, General Counsel and Company Secretary +44 (0) 20 7908 6130
Institutional investors and analysts:
Sally Barret-Jolley, Head of Corporate Affairs +44 (0) 20 7908 6143
Media enquiries:
Tulchan Communications +44 (0) 20 7353 4200
Will Smith
About Bakkavor
Bakkavor is the leading provider in the large and fast-growing UK Fresh Prepared Food (FPF) market, which consists of the four categories of Meals, Salads, Desserts and Pizza & Bread, and has a growing international presence in the US and China.
In the UK the Group is the number one producer by market share in all four FPF categories, supplying all of the UK's leading grocery retailers, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose.
The International segment has operations in the US and China, supplying both retail and foodservice customers.
LEI number: 213800COL7AD54YU9949