17 Jan 2018 11:53
Ricardo PLC
Director / PDMR Shareholdings
17 January 2018
London
Purchase of Partnership Shares under the Ricardo PLC Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP")
Ricardo PLC (the "Company") announces that on 16 January 2018 it received notification from the trustee (the "Trustee") of the Company's SIP that on 9 January 2018 it purchased an aggregate of 62 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company ("Shares") in the market at a price of £9.1792 per Share on behalf of the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities:
Name | No. of Shares purchased on 9 January 2018 |
Chris Amsden | 14 |
Mark Barge | 16 |
James Mills | 16 |
James Passemard | 16 |
These purchases related to the "Partnership Share" element of the SIP and were made using deductions from the relevant individuals' gross salaries.
Following the above transactions, the total beneficial holding of Shares of the relevant PDMRs are set out below:
Name | Total holding following this notification | Approximate % of Company's issued share capital |
Chris Amsden | 994 | 0.002% |
Mark Barge | 8,382 | 0.016% |
James Mills | 895 | 0.002% |
James Passemard | 1,017 | 0.002% |
The following notifications are 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 | Chris Amsden (the "Participant") | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR: Finance Director - Performance Products | ||||
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 | Purchase of Shares by Capita IRG Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), on behalf of the Participant relating to the "Partnership Share" element of the SIP using deductions from the Participant's gross salary. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-01-09 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Mark Barge (the "Participant") | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR: Managing Director - Performance Products | ||||
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 | Purchase of Shares by Capita IRG Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), on behalf of the Participant relating to the "Partnership Share" element of the SIP using deductions from the Participant's gross salary. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-01-09 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Mills (the "Participant") | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR: Finance Director - Ricardo Automotive (EMEA) | ||||
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 | Purchase of Shares by Capita IRG Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), on behalf of the Participant relating to the "Partnership Share" element of the SIP using deductions from the Participant's gross salary. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-01-09 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Passemard (the "Participant") | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR: Global Managing Director - Ricardo Strategic Consulting | ||||
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 | Purchase of Shares by Capita IRG Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), on behalf of the Participant relating to the "Partnership Share" element of the SIP using deductions from the Participant's gross salary. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2018-01-09 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
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