6 Mar 2018 15:00
6 March 2018
Countrywide plc
Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
Countrywide plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 6 March 2018 of the following acquisition of 301,062 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a cost of £267,463.48 under the Countrywide Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"); an all-employee trust arrangement approved by HMRC.
The following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (each a "PDMR") were allocated Ordinary Shares on 5 March 2018 under the Plan, by Link Market Services Trustees Limited (the "Trustee"):
Name of PDMR | Number of Partnership Shares awarded | Number of Matching Shares awarded | Total number of Ordinary Shares awarded |
Peter Curran | 169 | 112 | 281 |
Paul Creffield | 169 | 112 | 281 |
Grant Dempster | 168 | 112 | 280 |
Paul Chapman | 169 | 112 | 281 |
Dan Thompson | 169 | 114 | 283 |
Partnership Shares are those Ordinary Shares purchased on behalf of the employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted from his salary, and Matching Shares are those awarded to the employee by the Company for nil consideration in respect of the Partnership Shares purchased.
The Partnership Shares were purchased and the Matching Shares were awarded at a price per share of £0.8884.
The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee and in the name of the Trustee. Partnership Shares can normally be sold at any time. Matching Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three years after the award date.
The attached notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, give further detail of the number of Partnership Shares purchased and the number of Matching Shares awarded under the Plan on 5 March 2018.
Enquiries:
Alix Nicholson
Deputy Company Secretary
Countrywide plc
01245 294007
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | ||||||||||
a) | Name | Paul Creffield | |||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
a) | Position / status | Group Operations Director (PDMR) | |||||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | |||||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
a) | Name | Countrywide plc | |||||||||
b) | LEI | 213800N1OX24ENZUIK30 | |||||||||
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 £0.01 each in Countrywide plc
GB00B9NWP991 | |||||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Purchase of 169 Partnership shares pursuant to the Countrywide Share Incentive Plan (notified on 6 March 2018). 2. Award of 112 Matching shares pursuant to the Countrywide Share Incentive Plan (notified on 6 March 2018). | |||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information | ||||||||||
- Aggregated volume | 281 | ||||||||||
- Price | £0.5343 per share | ||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-03-05 | |||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | ||||||||||
a) | Name | Peter Curran | |||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
a) | Position / status | Managing Director, Financial Services (PDMR) | |||||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | |||||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
a) | Name | Countrywide plc | |||||||||
b) | LEI | 213800N1OX24ENZUIK30 | |||||||||
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 £0.01 each in Countrywide plc
GB00B9NWP991 | |||||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Purchase of 169 Partnership shares pursuant to the Countrywide Share Incentive Plan (notified on 6 March 2018). 2. Award of 112 Matching shares pursuant to the Countrywide Share Incentive Plan (notified on 6 March 2018). | |||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information | ||||||||||
- Aggregated volume | 281 | ||||||||||
- Price | £0.5343 per share | ||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-03-05 | |||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | ||||||||||
a) | Name | Grant Dempster | |||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
a) | Position / status | Chief Risk & Compliance Officer (PDMR) | |||||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | |||||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
a) | Name | Countrywide plc | |||||||||
b) | LEI | 213800N1OX24ENZUIK30 | |||||||||
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 £0.01 each in Countrywide plc
GB00B9NWP991 | |||||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Purchase of 168 Partnership shares pursuant to the Countrywide Share Incentive Plan (notified on 6 March 2018). 2. Award of 112 Matching shares pursuant to the Countrywide Share Incentive Plan (notified on 6 March 2018). | |||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information | ||||||||||
- Aggregated volume | 280 | ||||||||||
- Price | £0.5330 per share | ||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-03-05 | |||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | ||||||||||
a) | Name | Paul Chapman | |||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
a) | Position / status | Managing Director, B2B (PDMR) | |||||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | |||||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
a) | Name | Countrywide plc | |||||||||
b) | LEI | 213800N1OX24ENZUIK30 | |||||||||
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 £0.01 each in Countrywide plc
GB00B9NWP991 | |||||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Purchase of 169 Partnership shares pursuant to the Countrywide Share Incentive Plan (notified on 6 March 2018). 2. Award of 112 Matching shares pursuant to the Countrywide Share Incentive Plan (notified on 6 March 2018). | |||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information | ||||||||||
- Aggregated volume | 281 | ||||||||||
- Price | £0.5343 per share | ||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-03-05 | |||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | ||||||||||
a) | Name | Dan Thompson | |||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
a) | Position / status | Group People Director (PDMR) | |||||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | |||||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
a) | Name | Countrywide plc | |||||||||
b) | LEI | 213800N1OX24ENZUIK30 | |||||||||
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 £0.01 each in Countrywide plc
GB00B9NWP991 | |||||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Purchase of 169 Partnership shares pursuant to the Countrywide Share Incentive Plan (notified on 6 March 2018). 2. Award of 114 Matching shares pursuant to the Countrywide Share Incentive Plan (notified on 6 March 2018). | |||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information | ||||||||||
- Aggregated volume | 283 | ||||||||||
- Price | £0.5305 per share | ||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-03-05 | |||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||