1st Dec 2011 16:00
For immediate release
Berendsen plc
("the Company")
Grant of Sharesave Option to Person Discharging
Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR")
The Company announces the following changes to the interests of a PDMR in the Company's ordinary shares of 30p each ("Shares").
The Company recently invited all eligible employees to participate in the 2011 award of the Berendsen Sharesave Plan 2006 ("BSP").
In connection with this and in accordance with the rules of the BSP, options were granted on 1 December 2011 with an exercise price of 347 pence per Share. These options will normally become exercisable from the BSP bonus maturity dates, for a period of six months, in either December 2014 (for the three-year option) or December 2016 (for the five-year option).
The following PDMRs have been granted options in connection with the 2011 awards:
Name |
Role | Number of Shares under option (number) | Total number of Shares under option or award now held (number) | Shares already held (number) |
PJ Ventress | Chief Executive | 4,322 (5-yr option) | 631,293 | 76,861 |
K Quinn | Finance Director | 2,593 (3-yr option) | 512,570 | 74,359 |
The notification of this option is intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.
Enquiries:
Berendsen plc
David Lawler, Company Secretary
Telephone: +44 20 7259 6663
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