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17 May 2013
Petrofac Limited (the 'Company')
Notification of Transactions by
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
Pursuant to the Company's obligations under Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4, the Company hereby makes the following notifications in respect of its Directors. Following the end of a prohibited period, the vesting of ordinary shares of US$0.02 each in the Company (the 'Shares') under the Petrofac Performance Share Plan ('PSP'), the Petrofac Deferred Bonus Share Plan ('DBSP') and the Restricted Share Plan (RSP) took place yesterday; as well as purchases of Shares on the market. The Company takes the view that it is only its Directors who may be regarded as Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMRs'). The following tables set out details of each transaction with the final table detailing Directors' shareholdings as at today's date.
RSP
Andy Inglis became entitled on 16 May 2013 to 21,459 Shares at nil cost, following the automatic vesting of approximately one third of the Shares awarded to him under the RSP on 5 January 2011. Mr Inglis elected not to sell any of these Shares and, as a consequence, his shareholding in the Company has increased by the total number of Shares vested.
PSP
PSP awards are made by the Company to senior executives and generally vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, provided a participant does not leave the Company's employment and to the extent that performance conditions have been satisfied.
Director | Total number of Shares held under the PSP prior to 16 May 2013 | Number of Shares vested on 16 May 2013
| Number of Shares sold on 16 May 2013 | Total number of Shares held under the PSP after 16 May 2013 |
Ayman Asfari1 | 275,540 | 94,169 | 44,326 | 181,371 |
Maroun Semaan2 | 159,929 | 70,949 | - | 88,980 |
Marwan Chedid2 | 88,291 | 20,020 | - | 68,271 |
1Ayman Asfari elected not to sell any Shares in excess of the number required to be sold to satisfy his tax liability. The average share price for the Shares sold was 1330.9696 pence. His shareholding in the Company has therefore increased by the number of his unsold vested Shares.
2 Maroun Semaan and Marwan Chedid elected not to sell any Shares and, as a consequence, their respective shareholdings in the Company have increased by the number of Shares vested.
DBSP
Under the DBSP, selected employees are required to defer a proportion of their annual cash bonus in Shares. Prior to Marwan Chedid's appointment as Chief Executive of Engineering, Construction, Operations & Maintenance (ECOM) he was entitled to participate in the DBSP. The following notification sets out his penultimate vesting and subject to a number of limited exceptions and provided he does not leave the Company's employment, the final tranche of his DBSP shares will vest next year.
Director | Total number of Shares held under the DBSP prior to 16 May 2013 | Number of Shares vested on 16 May 2013 | Number of Shares sold on 16 May 2013 | Total number of Shares held under the DBSP after 16 May 2013 |
Marwan Chedid | 47,700 | 26,800 | - | 20,900 |
Share purchases
In addition, the Company has been notified that on 16 May 2013 Mrs Pamela Murray, wife of Norman Murray, Chairman of the Company, and Tim Weller, Chief Financial Officer, have each bought Shares. Details of the individual transactions, which were carried out on the London Stock Exchange, are listed below:
Director
| Date | Number of Shares purchased | Average price per Share |
Norman Murray | 16 May 2013 | 7,500 | 1333.000p |
Tim Weller | 16 May 2013 | 7,454 | 1341.287p |
Beneficial Interest in Shares
Following each of these transactions, the PDMRs and their connected persons now hold the following beneficial interests in the Company.
Director | Total number of Shares held in the Company prior to 16 May 2013 | Total number of Shares held in the Company after 16 May 2013 | Total number of Shares held in the Company after 16 May 2013, expressed as % of the total shares in issue |
Norman Murray | 9,630 | 17,130 | 0.00 |
Ayman Asfari | 62,900,835 | 62,950,678 | 18.20 |
Maroun Semaan | 28,217,864 | 28,288,813 | 8.18 |
Marwan Chedid | 1,321,913 | 1,368,733 | 0.40 |
Andy Inglis | 18,035 | 39,494 | 0.01 |
Tim Weller | 28,253 | 35,707 | 0.01 |
The Company's issued share capital consists of 345,891,490 Shares with voting rights. Each Share carries the right to one vote. The Company does not hold any Shares in Treasury.
For further information contact:
Petrofac Limited
Sofia Bernsand/Andrew Wilkinson
020 7811 4900
Tulchan Communications Group Ltd
Martin Robinson
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7353 4200
petrofac@tulchangroup.com