15th Oct 2018 13:32
15 October 2018
LEI: 2138005C7REHURGWHW31
River and Mercantile Group PLC ("the Company")
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF
PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ("PDMRs")
DEFERRED EQUITY PLAN
VESTING AWARDS
The Company announces that a tranche of the contingent share awards granted under the Company's Deferred Equity Plan ("DEP") to the PDMR set out in the table below vested on 12 October 2018.
Pursuant to the vesting, the recipient instructed Estera Corporate Trustees (Guernsey) Limited as the trustee of the River and Mercantile Group Employee Benefits Trust (the "EBT") to sell a proportion of the shares that vested in order to satisfy their income tax and national insurance liabilities immediately arising on vesting and to transfer the balance of shares into their name.
The table below sets out the shares that vested on 12 October 2018, the number of shares sold and the beneficial holdings in the Company of the PDMR following the vesting and sale:
PDMR | Number of Awards Vesting | Number of shares sold by EBT to meet tax liabilities | Number of shares retained by PDMR | Total Shareholding | Holding % of Issued Share Capital |
Chris Rutt | 18,137 | 8,524 | 9,613 | 15,420 | 0.02% |
Formal notification in respect of the PDMR is below.
Sally Buckmaster
Company Secretary
River and Mercantile Group PLC
For further information please contact:
River and Mercantile Group PLC +44 (0)20 3327 5100
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||
a) | Name | Chris Rutt | |||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR - Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations | |||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | |||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||
a) | Name | River and Mercantile Group PLC | |||
b) | LEI | 2138005C7REHURGWHW31 | |||
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 £0.003 pence each
GB00BLZH7X42 | |||
b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Vesting of share awards under the River and Mercantile Deferred Equity Plan 2. Sale of a proportion of the vested shares to cover tax and social security. | |||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||
1. 0.00p | 1. 18,137 | ||||
2. 322.29p | 2. 8,524 | ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price | Volume | Total | |
1. 0.00p | 1. 18,137 | 1. £0.00 | |||
2. 322.29p | 2. 8,524 | 2. £27,472.00 | |||
e) | Date of the transaction | 12 October 2018 | |||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |||
Related Shares:
RIV.L