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7 April 2017
JAMES FISHER AND SONS PLC
Notification of Directors' Interest in Shares
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulations.
Vesting of Award
The Company was notified on 7 April 2016 that Nick Henry and Stuart Kilpatrick, the Executive Directors of the Company, had increased their respective holdings of Ordinary Shares of 25p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') through the vesting of awards made in March 2014 under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 'Plan').
On 6 April 2017, in accordance with the Plan rules, an aggregate of 16,254 Ordinary Shares vested and an aggregate of 7,640 Ordinary Shares were sold at a price of 1618.75 pence per share to fund the tax liability resulting from the vesting.
Following this transaction, Nick Henry's and Stuart Kilpatrick's respective beneficial interest in the Company's issued ordinary share capital is as follows:
Number of Ordinary Shares vested | Number of Ordinary Shares sold | Number of Ordinary Shares retained | Beneficial Interest in Ordinary Shares following vesting and sale | Percentage of Issued Ordinary Share Capital following vesting and sale | |
Nick Henry | 9,729 | 4,573 | 5,156 | 196,178 | 0.39 |
Stuart Kilpatrick | 6,525 | 3,067 | 3,458 | 41,503 | 0.08 |
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 | Nicholas Paul Henry | ||||
2 | Reason for Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Announcement | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | James Fisher and Sons plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800J975E5OYR6S216 | ||||
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 | Vesting of a restricted share award made on 18 March 2014 under the James Fisher and Sons plc Long-Term Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
5,156
NIL | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 6 April 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Stuart Charles Kilpatrick | ||||
2 | Reason for Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Group Finance Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Announcement | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | James Fisher and Sons plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800J975E5OYR6S216 | ||||
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 | Vesting of a restricted share award made on 18 March 2014 under the James Fisher and Sons plc Long-Term Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
3,458 NIL | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 6 April 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||