14th Aug 2012 15:27
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).
WS Atkins plc Long Term Incentive Plan
Awards pursuant to the terms of the WS Atkins plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"), being rights to acquire ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), were granted on 13 August 2012 to the following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name | Number of Shares |
RJ Barrett | 18,740 |
HS Drewett* | 35,082 |
MM Grant | 14,992 |
AH Griffiths* | 25,524 |
U Krueger* | 61,844 |
DA Lawson | 14,992 |
SEA Lipscombe-Nott | 11,581 |
AE Randall | 10,119 |
NJC Thomas | 14,992 |
DJ Tonkin | 17,616 |
R Webster | 9,370 |
* Denotes director of the Company.
These awards under the LTIP will vest, subject to the rules of the plan and the performance conditions being met, on 13 August 2015.
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 13 August 2012 to the following persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name | Number of Shares |
CJ Birdsong | 13,419 |
D Fox | 19,170 |
JS Herriman | 16,774 |
These awards under the LTIP will vest, subject to the rules of the plan and the performance conditions being met, on 13 August 2015.
WS Atkins plc Long-term Growth Unit plan
Awards pursuant to the terms of the WS Atkins plc Long-term Growth Unit plan ("LGU"), which are, or are like, a right to receive any gain in the average value of a specified number of Ordinary Shares between the time that the award is granted and the time it is exercised, were also granted on 13 August 2012 to the following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name | Number of Units |
RJ Barrett | 11,479 |
CJ Birdsong | 17,713 |
HS Drewett* | 21,705 |
D Fox | 25,305 |
MM Grant | 9,183 |
AH Griffiths* | 15,792 |
JS Herriman | 22,141 |
U Krueger* | 38,263 |
DA Lawson | 9,183 |
SEA Lipscombe-Nott | 7,094 |
AE Randall | 6,198 |
NJC Thomas | 9,183 |
DJ Tonkin | 10,790 |
R Webster | 5,739 |
* 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 date |
One third | 13 August 2016 |
One third | 13 August 2017 |
One third | 13 August 2018 |
Rachel Hunter
Company Secretarial Assistant
14 August 2012
Telephone: +44 (0) 1372 752456
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