24th Sep 2014 14:57
Hays plc (the "Company")
Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs")
Hays plc Performance Share Plan (the "Plan")
In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a), the Company notifies the market of the following.
On 23 September 2011 PDMRs were awarded conditional rights to receive, at nil cost, Ordinary 1p shares ("Shares") in the Company, subject to performance conditions being met (the "Awards").
The Company was notified on 24 September 2014 that, following completion of the three year performance period, 50% of the Awards vested (including Dividend Equivalent Shares, in accordance with the Rules of the Plan) on the third anniversary of the award and were released to the PDMRs as detailed in the table below. The unvested balance of the Awards lapsed.
The number of Shares shown below was sold on 23 September 2014 at the price of 119.18 pence per Share, in settlement of tax liabilities and for other purposes. Unsold Shares were retained.
Name | Conditional Award Vested | Dividend Equivalent Share Entitlement | Number of Shares Vested | Number of Shares Sold |
Alistair Cox* | 800,829 | 93,845 | 894,674 | 421,340 |
Paul Venables* | 577,398 | 67,661 | 645,059 | 303,786 |
Nicholas Cox | 276,286 | 32,376 | 308,662 | 145,362 |
Sholto Douglas-Home | 174,330 | 20,428 | 194,758 | 194,758 |
Nigel Heap | 423,395 | 49,614 | 473,009 | 473,009 |
Stephen Weston | 239,704 | 28,088 | 267,792 | 267,792 |
* Denotes a Director of the Company.
Chris Winters
Deputy Company Secretary
020 7383 2266
24 September 2014
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