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LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED - Director/PDMR ShareholdingLANCASHIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED - Director/PDMR Shareholding
PR Newswire
London, February 23
Lancashire Holdings Limited
(the “Company”) or (“LHL”)
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
The Company announces that, on 23 February 2018, Restricted Share Awards (“RSS awards”) were granted as nil-cost options over common shares of US$0.50 each under the LHL Restricted Share Scheme as both Long Term Incentive Performance RSS Awards and Deferred Annual Bonus RSS Awards to Alex Maloney, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer and Elaine Whelan, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Maloney was granted 328,852 RSS awards as nil-cost options over the Company’s common shares of US$0.50 each. Of these RSS awards 315,762 were granted as Long Term Incentive Performance RSS Awards* and 13,090 were granted as Deferred Annual Bonus RSS Awards**.
Following this transaction, Mr. Maloney continues to have an interest in the Company of 657,724 common shares (which includes 155,722 held via a connected person), representing 0.3267%.
Mr. Maloney now holds the following interests in the Company:
Long Term Incentive Performance RSS Awards – 821,682
(Pursuant to the Rules of the LHL Restricted Share Scheme, the number of shares that will actually vest depends on the satisfaction of certain conditions including employment, performance and time conditions).
Deferred Annual Bonus RSS Awards – 67,308
(Vesting is subject to time and employment conditions only).
Mrs. Whelan was granted 208,418 RSS awards as nil-cost options over the Company’s common shares of US$0.50 each. Of these RSS awards 198,755 were granted as Long Term Incentive Performance RSS Awards* and 9,663 were granted as Deferred Annual Bonus RSS Awards**.
Following this transaction, Mrs. Whelan continues to have an interest in the Company of 627,169 common shares (which includes 11,590 held via a connected person), representing 0.3115%.
Mrs. Whelan now holds the following interests in the Company:
Long Term Incentive Performance RSS Awards – 536,300
(Pursuant to the Rules of the LHL Restricted Share Scheme, the number of shares that will actually vest depends on the satisfaction of certain conditions including employment, performance and time conditions).
Deferred Annual Bonus RSS Awards – 46,893
(Vesting is subject to time and employment conditions only).
* In accordance with the LHL Restricted Share Scheme rules, in the normal course of events the 2018 Long Term Incentive Performance RSS Awards will vest in 2021 to the extent that the Performance Conditions (measured over a three year performance period ending 31 December 2020) have been satisfied and provided the Award holder remains employed by a Group Member on the date of vesting.
** In accordance with the LHL Restricted Share Scheme rules, exercise of the 2017 Deferred Annual Bonus RSS Awards may occur over the relevant vested awards at such point as the Award holder selects, up to the 10th anniversary of the date of grant. Subject to the vesting conditions, each Deferred Annual Bonus RSS Award will vest in three equal tranches. Vested awards may only be exercised in “open periods”. It is anticipated that the first open period following the normal vesting date of the first tranche will commence in February 2019 in February 2020 in the case of the second tranche, and in February 2021 in the case of the third tranche.
The notification, made in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation, is set out below:
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||
| a) | Name | Alex Maloney | ||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
| a) | Position/status | Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
| a) | Name | Lancashire Holdings Limited | ||||||
| b) | LEI | 5493002UNUYXLHOWF752 | ||||||
| 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 | Nil-cost options over Common Shares of US$0.50 each ISIN: BMG5361W1047 | ||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of 328,852 Restricted Share Awards (“RSS awards”) granted as nil-cost options over common shares of US$0.50 each, of which 315,762 were granted as Long Term Incentive Performance RSS Awards and 13,090 were granted as Deferred Annual Bonus RSS Awards | ||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information | 328,852 NIL | ||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-02-23 | ||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||
| a) | Name | Elaine Whelan | ||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
| a) | Position/status | Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
| a) | Name | Lancashire Holdings Limited | ||||||
| b) | LEI | 5493002UNUYXLHOWF752 | ||||||
| 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 | Nil-cost options over Common Shares of US$0.50 each ISIN: BMG5361W1047 | ||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of 208,418 Restricted Share Awards (“RSS awards”) granted as nil-cost options over common shares of US$0.50 each, of which 198,755 were granted as Long Term Incentive Performance RSS Awards and 9,663 were granted as Deferred Annual Bonus RSS Awards. | ||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information | 208,418 NIL | ||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-02-23 | ||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||||
Name of authorised official of issuer for making notification
| Christopher Head Company Secretary 26 February 2018 | +44 20 7264 4145 chris.head@lancashiregroup.com |