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Ricardo PLC
Director / PDMR Shareholdings
6 June 2018
London
Purchase of shares
Ricardo PLC (the "Company") announces that on 5 June 2018 it received notification of the following transactions by Dave Shemmans, Chief Executive Officer, and his spouse Jodie Shemmans which were carried out on 5 June 2018:
· Dave Shemmans transferred a total of 10,000 ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") to his spouse, Jodie Shemmans, for nil consideration;
· Dave Shemmans sold 1,500 Shares at a price of £10.3361 per Share; and
· Jodie Shemmans sold 1,500 Shares at a price of £10.3361 per Share.
Following the above transactions, the total beneficial holding of Shares of Dave Shemmans is 101,085 Shares, representing approximately 0.189% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.
The following notification is intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Dave Shemmans | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | 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 | Ricardo plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") | ||||
Identification code | GB0007370074 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Transfer of Shares to Jodie Shemmans, spouse of Dave Shemmans | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-06-05 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") | ||||
Identification code | GB0007370074 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale of Shares | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-06-05 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") | ||||
Identification code | GB0007370074 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale of Shares by Jodie Shemmans, spouse of David Shemmans | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-06-05 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||