26th Jun 2015 15:38
Notification of transactions of directors, persons discharging managerial responsibility or connected persons
The following announcement is made by WS Atkins plc (the "Company") in accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R(1).
Atkins Deferred Share Plan
Awards pursuant to the terms of the Atkins Deferred Share Plan (the "DSP"), being rights to acquire ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), were granted on 25 June 2015 to the following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name
| Number of Ordinary Shares | Vesting Date, subject to the rules of the plan |
AJ Cullens* | 4,161 | 25 June 2018 |
HS Drewett* | 7,130 | 25 June 2018 |
MM Grant | 2,977 | 25 June 2018 |
U Krueger* | 15,250 | 25 June 2018 |
DA Lawson | 2,237 | 25 June 2018 |
S Moon | 3,624 | 25 June 2018 |
N Roberts | 975 | 25 June 2018 |
Awards pursuant to the terms of the DSP, being a right to receive Ordinary Shares at the time the award vests, were also granted on 25 June 2015 to the following persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name
| Number of Ordinary Shares | Vesting Date, subject to the rules of the plan |
LJ Boyer | 5,903 | 25 June 2018 |
JS Herriman | 4,012 | 25 June 2018 |
Awards pursuant to the terms of the DSP, being a right to receive a cash sum equal to the market value of a specified number of Ordinary Shares at the time that the award vests, were also granted on 25 June 2015 to the following persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name
| Number of Ordinary Shares | Vesting Date, subject to the rules of the plan |
CL Birdsong | 3,457 | 25 June 2018 |
WS Atkins plc Long Term Incentive Plan
Awards pursuant to the terms of the WS Atkins plc Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"), being rights to acquire Ordinary Shares, were granted on 25 June 2015 to the following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name | Number of Ordinary Shares | Vesting Date, subject to the rules of the plan and performance conditions being met |
AJ Cullens* | 13,470 | 25 June 2018 |
HS Drewett* | 17,330 | 25 June 2018 |
MM Grant | 7,443 | 25 June 2018 |
U Krueger* | 29,271 | 25 June 2018 |
DA Lawson | 7,491 | 25 June 2018 |
S Moon | 7,281 | 25 June 2018 |
N Roberts | 7,766 | 25 June 2018 |
Awards pursuant to the terms of the LTIP, being a right to receive Ordinary Shares at the time the award vests, were also granted on 25 June 2015 to the following persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name | Number of Ordinary Shares | Vesting Date, subject to the rules of the plan and performance conditions being met |
LJ Boyer | 9,951 | 25 June 2018 |
JS Herriman | 7,961 | 25 June 2018 |
Awards pursuant to the terms of the LTIP, being a right to receive a cash sum equal to the market value of a specified number of Ordinary Shares at the time that the award vests, were also granted on 25 June 2015 to the following persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name | Number of Ordinary Shares | Vesting Date, subject to the rules of the plan and performance conditions being met |
CJ Birdsong | 6,976 | 25 June 2018 |
WS Atkins plc Long-term Growth Unit plan
Awards pursuant to the terms of the WS Atkins plc Long-term Growth Unit plan (the "LGU") were also granted on 25 June 2015. Awards are, or are like, a right to receive the gain from any increase in the six-month average share price, between the date of grant and the date of exercise multiplied by the number of Units granted.
The table below sets out the awards granted under the LGU to the following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility.
Name | Number of Units granted |
CJ Birdsong | 10,464 |
LJ Boyer | 14,926 |
AJ Cullens* | 10,205 |
HS Drewett* | 13,129 |
MM Grant | 5,582 |
JS Herriman | 11,942 |
U Krueger* | 22,175 |
DA Lawson | 5,618 |
S Moon | 5,461 |
N Roberts | 5,825 |
* Denotes director of the Company.
These awards under the LGU will vest, subject to the rules of the plan, according to the following schedule:
Proportion vesting | Vesting Dates |
One third | 25 June 2019 |
One third | 25 June 2020 |
One third | 25 June 2021 |
Carlie Nathan
Company Secretariat
Telephone: +44 (0) 1372 752127
26 June 2015
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