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6 October 2020
James Fisher and Sons plc ("the Company")
Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and Persons Closely Associated with them
The Company was notified on 1 October 2020 that Mr S C Kilpatrick, the Group Finance Director, had increased his holdings of Ordinary Shares of 25p each in the Company through the exercise of options granted under the Company's Executive Share Option Scheme.
The options were granted on 30 March 2011 at a fixed option price of 521.67p per share and had a 10 year exercise period.
Mr S C Kilpatrick exercised options totalling 32,808 Ordinary Shares and retained 13,557 Ordinary Shares, after 19,251 Ordinary Shares were sold at a price of 1,145p to fund the relevant tax liabilities and the value of the relevant option cost.
Following this transaction Mr S C Kilpatrick has a beneficial interest in the Company's issued ordinary share capital of 71,851 Ordinary Shares representing 0.14% per cent of the Company's total issued ordinary share capital.
This announcement, including the notification below, is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name | Stuart Charles Kilpatrick
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2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||||||
a) | Position/status |
Group Finance Director
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b) | Initial Notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification
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3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||||
a) | Name | James Fisher and Sons plc
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LEI | 213800J975E5OYR6S216
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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 25 pence each in James Fisher and Sons plc
GB0003395000
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Shares pursuant to the exercise of an option granted on 30 March 2011 under the Company's Executive Share Option Scheme
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
13,557 Ordinary Shares
521.67p | ||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction |
1 October 2020
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||||||||