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RNS Number : 0807Q

De La Rue PLC

13 October 2023

De La Rue plc

(the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

13 October 2023

De La Rue plc announces that on 12 October 2023 it granted awards under the De La Rue Performance Share Plan 2020 (the "PSP") and the De La Rue Investor Returns Plan (the "IRP") to Clive Vacher and Ruth Euling, each of whom is an Executive Director and a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") of the Company. The granting of the awards creates a change in the interests of each of them in the ordinary shares of 44(152) /(175) p of the Company ("Shares"). The awards were granted under the rules of the PSP and IRP as follows:

 
 Name of Director/PDMR        Role           Number of Shares       Number of Shares 
                                           subject to the PSP     subject to the IRP 
                                                       Option                 Option 
                                           (40% of the award)     (60% of the award) 
 Clive Vacher                  CEO                    309,602                640,878 
                         --------------  --------------------  --------------------- 
 Ruth Euling              MD, Currency                102,454                212,079 
                         --------------  --------------------  --------------------- 
 

The Options were granted on 12 October 2023 (the "Award Date"). The number of Shares contained in each Option was calculated by reference to a price of 62 pence, being the average of the closing middle market quotations for the Company's Shares for the five consecutive dealing days including and ending on 11 October 2023.

The awards are a blended mix of PSP and IRP Options offering higher leverage and potential returns to participants for associated share price growth.

The PSP Options are granted such that vesting is subject to two equally-weighted performance conditions, which will be assessed independently, as outlined below:

 
 Performance             Proportion    Threshold        Maximum 
  metric 
 Outcome                              25% vesting    100% vesting 
                        -----------  -------------  -------------- 
 Adjusted EPS               50%         3 pence         5 pence 
  (Average performance 
  over 3 years) 
                        -----------  -------------  -------------- 
 Free Cash Flow             50%       GBP10million   GBP15 million 
  (3 year average) 
                        -----------  -------------  -------------- 
 

Performance below Threshold will result in zero vesting. Performance between the Threshold and Maximum levels will result in a pro-rata increase in the number of Shares vesting, on a straight-line basis. Performance beyond the Maximum level will not result in any additional vesting.

The IRP Options are granted subject to the following performance condition:

 
  Relative Total Shareholder             Equivalent        100% will vest if 
   Return Underpin                        to 60% of award   underpin met 
   Outperformance of the FTSE             on a relative     However, as the exercise 
   250 (ex Investment Trusts)             face value        price is set at a 
   over the three years from              calculation       premium to the share 
   date of grant.                                           price at grant, participants 
   Calculated based on a net                                will only be able 
   return index with 30 day averaging                       to realise value if 
   at the start and end of the                              the share price exceeds 
   performance period.                                      80p. 
 

Options under the IRP will only have value if the share price exceeds the option price and vesting requires that the Company has delivered market competitive total returns to shareholders. The exercise price has been set at 80p (a premium of 29% to the share price of 62p at grant date).

The performance conditions are also subject to the discretion of the Remuneration Committee to adjust or over-ride the formulaic outcome and determine the number of Shares in respect of which the Option will v est, taking into account such factors it may in its discretion determine, potentially including the underlying performance of the Group and the Participant's individual performance .

The normal vesting date for each of the Options is 12 October 2026. To the extent that an Option vests, it is subject to a further holding period of two years, during which time it will not be capable of exercise. This means that, i n line with the UK Corporate Governance Code, each Option will be subject to an aggregate vesting and holding period of five years and no value can be realized by the option holder until 12 October 2028 at the earliest.

The number of Shares shown in the first table above represents the maximum that may be acquired if all performance conditions are achieved in full. The Company may also transfer additional Shares to reflect the value of dividends that would have been paid on the Shares in respect of which the Option vests over the period between the Award Date and the end of the post-vesting holding period.

The relevant information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation as retained in UK law.

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                           Clive Vacher 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                Executive Director/Chief Executive 
                                      Officer 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Initial notification           Initial Notification 
       /Amendment 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                           De La Rue plc 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   LEI                            213800DH741LZWIJXP78 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 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   Ordinary shares of 44(152) /(175) 
       instrument, type of            p 
       instrument 
 
       Identification code            GB00B3DGH821 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of the transaction      Grant of options under the rules 
                                      of the De La Rue Performance Share 
                                      Plan 2020 (PSP) and the De La Rue 
                                      Investor Returns Plan (IRP). 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)           Price(s)   Volume(s) 
 
                                         GBP0.00    PSP: 309,602 
                                                    IRP: 640,878 
                                                  -------------- 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 d)   Aggregated information                    N/A 
 
       - Aggregated volume 
 
       - Price 
 
       - Aggregated total 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the transaction        12 October 2023 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 f)   Place of the transaction       Outside a trading venue 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 
 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                           Ruth Euling 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                Executive Director/MD, Currency 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Initial notification           Initial Notification 
       /Amendment 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                           De La Rue plc 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   LEI                            213800DH741LZWIJXP78 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 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   Ordinary shares of 44(152) /(175) 
       instrument, type of            p 
       instrument 
 
       Identification code            GB00B3DGH821 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of the transaction      Grant of options under the rules 
                                      of the De La Rue Performance Share 
                                      Plan 2020 (PSP) and the De La Rue 
                                      Investor Returns Plan (IRP). 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)           Price(s)   Volume(s) 
 
                                         GBP0.00    PSP: 102,454 
                                                    IRP: 212,079 
                                                  -------------- 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 d)   Aggregated information                    N/A 
 
       - Aggregated volume 
 
       - Price 
 
       - Aggregated total 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the transaction        12 October 2023 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 f)   Place of the transaction       Outside a trading venue 
     -----------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 

Jon Messent, Company Secretary

Contact Number: 01256 605212

13 October 2023

De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78.

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