25th Jun 2013 17:48
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). This announcement replaces the announcement with RNS Number 8506H, released at 17:22 on 25 June 2013.
Atkins Deferred Share Plan
Awards pursuant to the terms of the Atkins Deferred Share Plan (the "DSP"), being rights to acquire ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), were granted on 24 June 2013 to the following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name
| Number of Shares | Vesting Date, subject to the rules of the plan |
HS Drewett* | 10,549 | 24 June 2016 |
MM Grant | 5,084 | 24 June 2016 |
AH Griffiths* | 7,675 | 24 June 2016 |
U Krueger* | 21,892 | 24 June 2016 |
DA Lawson | 4,664 | 24 June 2016 |
S Lipscombe-Nott | 4,232 | 24 June 2016 |
AE Randall | 2,282 | 24 June 2016 |
NJC Thomas | 5,369 | 24 June 2016 |
DJ Tonkin | 6,437 | 24 June 2016 |
R Webster | 2,833 | 24 June 2016 |
Awards under the DSP, being a right to receive a cash sum equal to the market value of a specified number of ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each at the time that the award vests, were also granted on 24 June 2013 to the following persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name
| Number of Shares | Vesting Date, subject to the rules of the plan |
LJ Boyer | 8,343 | 24 June 2014 |
LJ Boyer | 6,674 | 24 June 2016 |
CL Birdsong | 4,921 | 24 June 2016 |
JS Herriman | 6,151 | 24 June 2016 |
WS Atkins plc Long Term Incentive Plan
Awards pursuant to the terms of the WS Atkins plc Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"), being rights to acquire ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), were granted on 24 June 2013 to the following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name | Number of Shares | Vesting Date, subject to the rules of the plan and performance conditions being met |
HS Drewett* | 25,808 | 24 June 2016 |
MM Grant | 11,042 | 24 June 2016 |
AH Griffiths* | 18,104 | 24 June 2016 |
U Krueger* | 43,644 | 24 June 2016 |
DA Lawson | 10,785 | 24 June 2016 |
SEA Lipscombe-Nott | 8,217 | 24 June 2016 |
AE Randall | 7,318 | 24 June 2016 |
NJC Thomas | 10,272 | 24 June 2016 |
DJ Tonkin | 13,610 | 24 June 2016 |
R Webster | 6,420 | 24 June 2016 |
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 24 June 213 to the following persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name | Number of Shares | Vesting Date, subject to the rules of the plan and performance conditions being met |
CJ Birdsong | 10,011 | 24 June 2016 |
LJ Boyer | 15,017 | 24 June 2016 |
JS Herriman | 12,264 | 24 June 2016 |
WS Atkins plc Long-term Growth Unit plan
Awards pursuant to the terms of the WS Atkins plc Long-term Growth Unit plan (the "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 24 June 2013 to the following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility, as set out below:
Name | Number of Units |
CJ Birdsong | 13,215 |
LJ Boyer | 19,823 |
HS Drewett* | 18,980 |
MM Grant | 8,039 |
AH Griffiths* | 13,314 |
JS Herriman | 16,189 |
U Krueger* | 32,096 |
DA Lawson | 7,852 |
SEA Lipscombe-Nott | 5,983 |
AE Randall | 5,328 |
NJC Thomas | 7,478 |
DJ Tonkin | 9,909 |
R Webster | 4,674 |
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 | 24 June 2017 |
One third | 24 June 2018 |
One third | 24 June 2019 |
* Denotes director of the Company.
Rachel Doex
Company Secretarial Assistant
Telephone: +44 (0) 1372 752456
25 June 2013
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