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3 Mar 2017 17:07
RIT CAPITAL PARTNERS PLC ("Company")
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
The information set out below is provided by the Company in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR")/person closely associated ("PCA") | |||||
a) | Name | Lord Jacob Rothschild | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status |
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | RIT Capital Partners plc | ||||
b) | LEI | P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667 | ||||
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 £1.00 each in RIT Capital Partners plc ("Shares") ISIN number GB0007366395 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Lord Jacob Rothschild, a director of the Company has advised the Company of the following transaction relating to the Shares:
1. Deferred Share award On 1 March 2017 Lord Jacob Rothschild was granted a conditional award under the Company's deferred bonus arrangements over 52,882 Shares. The award was made at 1,891 pence per Share, and will vest in three equal tranches on 1 March 2018, 1 March 2019, and 1 March 2020, subject to continued service. No payment was required for the grant of the award and no payment is due in connection with the vesting of the award. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information
| Not applicable - a single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2017-03-01 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR")/person closely associated ("PCA") | |||||
a) | Names | Lord Jacob Rothschild | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status |
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | RIT Capital Partners plc | ||||
b) | LEI | P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667 | ||||
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 |
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Lord Jacob Rothschild, a director of the Company, has advised the Company of the following transactions relating to the Shares:
Deferred Share release Release on 2 March 2017 of 25,773 Shares to Lord Jacob Rothschild for nil consideration pursuant to the vesting of the first tranche of a conditional award granted under the Company's deferred bonus arrangements on 2 March 2016. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information
| n/a (single transaction) | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2017-03-02 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR")/person closely associated ("PCA") | ||||||
a) | Names | Lord Jacob Rothschild | |||||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||
a) | Position/status |
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | |||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||
a) | Name | RIT Capital Partners plc | |||||
b) | LEI | P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667 | |||||
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 |
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Lord Jacob Rothschild, a director of the Company, has advised the Company of the following transactions relating to the Shares:
Deferred share release Release on 2 March 2017 of 13,696 Shares to Lord Jacob Rothschild acquired for nil consideration pursuant to the vesting of the second tranche of a conditional award granted under the Company's deferred bonus arrangements on 2 March 2015. | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information
| n/a (single transaction)
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2017-03-02 | |||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue. | |||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR")/person closely associated ("PCA") | |||||
a) | Names | Lord Jacob Rothschild | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status |
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | RIT Capital Partners plc | ||||
b) | LEI | P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667 | ||||
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 |
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Gift of Shares to the Trustees of The Rothschild Foundation by Lord Jacob Rothschild | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information
| n/a (single transaction) | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2017-03-02 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR")/person closely associated ("PCA") | |||||
a) | Names | The Trustees the Rothschild Foundation | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status |
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | RIT Capital Partners plc | ||||
b) | LEI | P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667 | ||||
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 |
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Gift of Shares to the Trustees of The Rothschild Foundation by Lord Jacob Rothschild | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information
| n/a (single transaction)
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2017-03-02 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue. | ||||
Following these transactions, Lord Rothschild has advised the Company that his interests in the Company comprise the following:
9,882,461 ordinary shares of £1.00 each (6.36% of the entire issued share capital) held beneficially.
18,462,036 ordinary shares of £1.00 each (11.88% of the entire issued share capital) held non-beneficially.