23rd Apr 2025 08:00
Ricardo PLC
Director / PDMR Shareholdings
23 April 2025
London
Award of Dividend Shares under the Ricardo PLC Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP")
Ricardo PLC (the "Company") announces that, on 15 April 2025, it received notification from the trustee (the "Trustee") of the Company's SIP that on 11 April 2025 it awarded an aggregate of 15 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company ("Shares") at a price of £2.279 per Share to the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"):
Name | No. of Shares awarded on 11 April 2025 |
Judith Cottrell | 4 |
Harpreet Sagoo | 1 |
Rachel Stringer | 6 |
Jason O'Donnell | 3 |
Diane Christensen | 1 |
These awards related to the "Dividend Share" element of the SIP and reflect the automatic reinvestment in further Shares of dividends received in respect of the relevant individuals' SIP shareholdings.
Purchase of Shares
The Company also announces that, on 11 April 2025, Graham Ritchie, a Director and PDMR, purchased 491 Shares in the market at a price of £2.29 per Share. This transaction was as a result of an automatic reinvestment of dividends.
Following the above transactions, the total beneficial holdings of Shares of the relevant PDMRs are set out below:
Name | Total holding following this notification | Approximate % of Company's issued share capital |
Judith Cottrell | 26,904 | 0.043% |
Harpreet Sagoo | 307 | 0.0001% |
Rachel Stringer | 2,390 | 0.004% |
Jason O'Donnell | 386 | 0.001% |
Diane Christensen | 307 | 0.0001% |
Graham Ritchie | 67,218 | 0.108% |
The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Judith Cottrell (the "Participant") | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR: Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Ricardo plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") | ||||
Identification code | GB0007370074 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Award to the Participant of dividend reinvestment Shares by Link Market Services Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2025-04-11 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Harpreet Sagoo (the "Participant") | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR: General Counsel and Company Secretary | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Ricardo plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") | ||||
Identification code | GB0007370074 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Award to the Participant of dividend reinvestment Shares by Link Market Services Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2025-04-11 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Rachel Stringer (the "Participant") | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR: Global President, Clean Energy and Environmental Solutions | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Ricardo plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") | ||||
Identification code | GB0007370074 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Award to the Participant of dividend reinvestment Shares by Link Market Services Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2025-04-11 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Jason O'Donnell (the "Participant") | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR: Managing Director, Automotive and Industrial | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Ricardo plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") | ||||
Identification code | GB0007370074 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Award to the Participant of dividend reinvestment Shares by Link Market Services Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2025-04-11 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Diane Christensen (the "Participant") | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR: Group People, Team and Organisation Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Ricardo plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") | ||||
Identification code | GB0007370074 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Award to the Participant of dividend reinvestment Shares by Link Market Services Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2025-04-11 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Graham Ritchie | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR: Chief Executive Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Ricardo plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") | ||||
Identification code | GB0007370074 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Shares as a result of automatic reinvestment of dividends. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - | Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2025-04-11 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
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