8th Aug 2017 07:00
8 August 2017
LEI: 2138005C7REHURGWHW31
River and Mercantile Group PLC ("the Company")
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF
PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ("PDMRs")
PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN
VESTING AWARDS
The Company announces that, as a result of the relevant performance condition having been satisfied, a tranche of the contingent share awards granted under the Company's Performance Share Plan to the PDMRs set out in the table below vested on 3 August 2017.
Pursuant to the vesting, each recipient instructed Heritage Corporate Trustees 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 total number of shares sold by the EBT in relation to the PDMRs and others was 365,713. The shares were sold in the market on 3 August 2017 at 330 pence per share.
The table below sets out the shares that vested on 3 August 2017, the number of shares sold and the respective beneficial holdings in the Company of the respective PDMRs 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 |
Masroor Ahmad | 3,770 | 1,772 | 1,998 | 173,706 | 0.21% |
Ross Leach | 75,494 | 35,482 | 40,012 | 207,062 | 0.25% |
Ajeet Manjrekar | 67,456 | 31,704 | 35,752 | 35,752 | 0.04% |
Chris Rutt | 4,325 | 2,033 | 2,292 | 17,521 | 0.02% |
Formal notifications in respect of the PDMRs are below.
For further information please contact:
River and Mercantile Group PLC +44 (0)20 3327 5100
Sally Buckmaster, Senior Counsel and Company Secretary
Chris Rutt, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||
a) | Name | Masroor Ahmad | |||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR - Managing Director | |||
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
GB0001883718 | |||
b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Vesting of share awards under the River and Mercantile Performance Share 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. £3.30 | 1. 3,770 | ||||
2. £3.30 | 2. 1,772 | ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price | Volume | Total | |
1. £3.30 | 1. 3,770 | 1. 12,441.00 | |||
2. £3.30 | 2. 1,772 | 2. 5,847.60 | |||
e) | Date of the transaction | 3rd August 2017 | |||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||
a) | Name | Ross Leach | |||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR - Co-Head of P-Solve Investments Limited | |||
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
GB0001883718 | |||
b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Vesting of share awards under the River and Mercantile Performance Share 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. £3.30 | 1. 75,494 | ||||
2. £3.30 | 2. 35,482 | ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price | Volume | Total | |
1. £3.30 | 1. 75,494 | 1. 249,130.20 | |||
2. £3.30 | 2. 35,482 | 2. 117,090.60 | |||
e) | Date of the transaction | 3rd August 2017 | |||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||
a) | Name | Ajeet Manjrekar | |||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR - Co-Head of P-Solve Investments Limited | |||
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
GB0001883718 | |||
b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Vesting of share awards under the River and Mercantile Performance Share 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. £3.30 | 1. 67,456 | ||||
2. £3.30 | 2. 31,704 | ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price | Volume | Total | |
1. £3.30 | 1. 67,456 | 1. 222,604.80 | |||
2. £3.30 | 2. 31,704 | 2. 104,623.20 | |||
e) | Date of the transaction | 3rd August 2017 | |||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |||
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
GB0001883718 | |||
b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Vesting of share awards under the River and Mercantile Performance Share 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. £3.30 | 1. 4,325 | ||||
2. £3.30 | 2. 2,033 | ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price | Volume | Total | |
1. £3.30 | 1. 4,325 | 1. 14,272.50 | |||
2. £3.30 | 2. 2,033 | 2. 6,708.90 | |||
e) | Date of the transaction | 3rd August 2017 | |||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |||
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