Ascential PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (9135Y)
March 08 2017 - 11:23AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMASCL
RNS Number : 9135Y
Ascential PLC
08 March 2017
Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging
Managerial Responsibility and Connected Persons
Grant of Awards under the Company's Performance Share Plan and
Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.
On 7 March 2017 the Company's Executive Directors were granted
nil cost option awards over ordinary shares of 1p each under the
Ascential plc Executive Performance Share Plan (the "PSP") and the
Executive Deferred Annual Bonus Plan ("DABP") as noted below:
Executive Director Number of Number of shares
shares awarded awarded under
under PSP DABP
-------------------- ---------------- ----------------
Duncan Painter 307,219 19,201
-------------------- ---------------- ----------------
Mandy Gradden 184,081 13,099
-------------------- ---------------- ----------------
PSP awards
Subject to the terms of the PSP, the awards will ordinarily vest
and become exercisable from the third anniversary of the grant of
the awards subject to the grantee's continued service and to the
extent to which adjusted EPS and relative total shareholder return
performance criteria are met over the three financial years to 31
December 2019. The shares will also be subject to a further
two-year holding period whereby the Executive Directors will be
restricted from selling the shares which vest other than to settle
any associated tax.
DABP awards
Subject to the terms of the DABP, the awards will ordinarily
vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of the grant
of the awards subject to the grantee's continued service.
For further information please contact:
Louise Meads, Company Secretary
020 7516 5000
1 Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities / person closely associated
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a) Names Duncan Painter
Mandy Gradden
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Director
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b) Initial notification Initial notification
/Amendment
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market
participant, auction platform, auctioneer or
auction monitor
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a) Name Ascential plc
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b) LEI 213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21
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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
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a) Description of Ordinary shares of 1p
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
---
Identification BYM8GJ0
code
b) Nature of the Grant of nil cost options under
transaction the Company's Performance Share
Plan ("PSP") and the Executive
Deferred Annual Bonus Plan ("DABP")
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c) Price(s) and
volume(s)
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Duncan Painter:
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Price(s) Volume(s)
-------------------- -----------------
Nil cost 307,219 ("PSP)
-------------------- -----------------
Nil cost 19,201 ("DABP")
-------------------- -----------------
Mandy Gradden:
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Price(s) Volume(s)
-------------------- -----------------
Nil cost 184,081 ("PSP")
-------------------- -----------------
Nil cost 13,099 ("DABP")
-------------------- -----------------
d) Aggregated information
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- Aggregated Duncan Painter - 326,420
volume Mandy Gradden - 197,180
- Price Nil cost
e) Date of the transaction 7 March 2017
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f) Place of the London
transaction
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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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