15 Apr 2020 12:10
PDMR SHAREHOLDING
15 April 2020
Tesco PLC (the "Company")
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Release of shares under the Tesco PLC Performance Share Plan 2011
On 9 April 2020, Gerry Mallon, a member of the Company's Executive Committee, received 9,438 Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company upon their release from a share award granted under the rules of the Tesco PLC Performance Share Plan 2011 on 13 August 2018.
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This represents the gross number of shares released including dividend equivalent shares which have accrued between grant and vesting. Of those shares released, 4,436 shares have been withheld to cover Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions due on release. The net shares have been transferred to Gerry and are subject to post-vesting holding period of six months.
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The share price on release was 232.00 pence per share.
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Purchase of shares
The Company has been notified that on 9 April 2020, the following Director of the Company purchased Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company as set out below:
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Name | Number of shares purchased | Purchase price per Ordinary share  | Date of purchase |
Melissa Bethell | 22,098 | £2.2479 | 9 April 2020 |
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The Notification of Dealing Forms can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.
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For enquiries, please contact:
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Robert Welch, Company Secretary
Tesco PLC
Tesco House
Shire Park
Kestrel Way
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL7 1GA
Tel: 07793 222569
LEI Number: 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | Gerry Mallon | |
2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive, Tesco Bank | |
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
a) | Name | Tesco PLC | |
b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46 | |
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 5 pence each   GB0008847096 | |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Release of shares awarded under the rules of the Tesco PLC Performance Share Plan 2011 | |
c) | Currency | GBP | |
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £2.320 | Volume(s) 9,438 |
e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price - Aggregated Total |  9,438  £2.320  £21,896.16 | |
f) | Date of the transaction | 2020-04-09 | |
g) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | Melissa Bethell | |
2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Non-executive Director | |
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
a) | Name | Tesco PLC | |
b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46 | |
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 5 pence each   GB0008847096 | |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Ordinary shares | |
c) | Currency | GBP | |
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £2.2479 | Volume(s) 22,098 |
e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Aggregated Price - Aggregated Total |  22,098 £2.2479 £49,674.09 | |
f) | Date of the transaction | 2020-04-09 | |
g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | |
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Tesco (TSCO)