Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5117X

Avon Rubber PLC

24 November 2017

 

24 November 2017

Avon Rubber p.l.c. ('the Company')

Directors' and PDMRs' Interest in Shares

Release of 2015 deferred bonus shares

As previously announced to shareholders on 19 November 2015, a portion of the annual bonus payments due to PDMR and now Chief Executive Officer, Paul McDonald and PDMR, Miles Ingrey-Counter, in respect of the 2015 financial year were deferred into Company shares, to be held for two years.

On 23 November 2017, following expiry of the deferral period, 1,272 deferred bonus shares were released to Paul McDonald and 1,057 to Miles Ingrey-Counter. Paul McDonald sold these shares at a price of 1176 pence per share on 23 November 2017.  Deferred bonus shares are not subject to the Company's shareholding guidelines.

1	Details of person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Paul McDonald
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	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	Avon Rubber p.l.c.
b)	LEI	213800JM1AN62REBWA71
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 and ISIN Code	Ordinary £1 shares in Avon Rubber p.l.c. GB0000667013
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares. Following expiry of the deferral period, the 2015 deferred bonus shares purchased on 18 November 2015 were released to and were sold by Paul McDonald.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) 11.76 Volume(s) 1,272
d)	Aggregated Information -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price -  Aggregated total	1,272 GBP 11.76 GBP 14,958.72
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-11-23
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1	Details of person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
b)	Name	Miles Ingrey-Counter
2	Reason for the notification
c)	Position / status	Company Secretary
d)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
c)	Name	Avon Rubber p.l.c.
d)	LEI	213800JM1AN62REBWA71
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
g)	Description of the financial instrument and ISIN Code	Ordinary £1 shares in Avon Rubber p.l.c. GB0000667013
h)	Nature of the transaction	Following expiry of the deferral period, the 2015 deferred bonus shares purchased on 18 November 2015 were released to Miles Ingrey-Counter on 23 November 2017.
i)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) N/A Volume(s) 1,057
j)	Aggregated Information -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price -  Aggregated total	1,057 GBP N/A GBP N/A
k)	Date of the transaction	Date shares released to Miles Ingrey-Counter: 2017-11-23
l)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

2017 deferred bonus arrangements

A portion of the annual bonus payments due to the Executive Directors, Paul McDonald and Nick Keveth and certain PDMRs of the Company in respect of the 2017 financial year were deferred into Company shares on 23 November 2017. 25% of the annual bonus linked to financial targets, as distinct from personal performance targets, was subjected to tax and national insurance/social security and the net amount was used to purchase Company shares. The shares are to be held for two years and are not subject to the Company's shareholding guidelines.

The table below sets out the number of 2017 deferred bonus shares held by the Executive Directors and each PDMR following this transaction.

1	Details of person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
c)	Name	1)    Paul McDonald 2)    Nicholas Keveth 3)    Miles Ingrey-Counter 4)    Leon Klapwijk 5)    Craig Sage
2	Reason for the notification
e)	Position / status	1)    Chief Executive Officer 2)    Chief Financial Officer 3)    Company Secretary 4)    Divisional Head - Protection 5)    Divisional Head - Dairy
f)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
e)	Name	Avon Rubber p.l.c.
f)	LEI	213800JM1AN62REBWA71
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
m)	Description of the financial instrument and ISIN Code	Ordinary £1 shares in Avon Rubber p.l.c. GB0000667013
n)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares. A portion of the annual bonus payments in respect of the 2016/17 financial year were deferred into Company shares on 23 November 2017. 25% of the annual bonus linked to financial targets, as distinct from personal performance targets, was subjected to tax and national insurance/social security and the net amount was used to purchase Company shares. The shares are to be held for two years and are not subject to the Company's shareholding guidelines.
o)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1)    GBP 11.76 2)    GBP 11.76 3)    GBP 11.76 4)    GBP 11.76 5)    GBP 11.76 1)    1,443 2)    364 3)    1,063 4)    485 5)    367
p)	Aggregated Information 1) -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price -  Aggregated total 2) -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price -  Aggregated total 3) -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price -  Aggregated total 4) -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price -  Aggregated total 5) -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price -  Aggregated total	1,443 GBP 11.76 GBP 16,969.68 364 GBP 11.76 GBP 4,280.64 1,063 GBP 11.76 GBP 12,500.88 485 GBP 11.76 GBP 5,703.60 367 GBP 11.76 GBP 4,315.92
q)	Date of the transactions	All occurred on 2017-11-23
r)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

LEI: 213800JM1AN62REBWA71
Classification: Transactions by PDMRs under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation.

 

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