Notification of PDMR

DWF Group PLC

02 October 2023

 

DWF Group plc

("DWF" or "the Company")

LEI: 213800O9QREOHTOGQ266

2 October 2023

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities

The Company announces that on 29 September 2023 the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities (the "PDMRs") acquired the beneficial title to the following numbers of ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company ("Shares"). The beneficial title to the Shares was transferred to each of the PDMRs for nil consideration by Ocorian Limited (acting as trustee of the Company's share trusts) in settlement of the vesting of share awards granted to the PDMRs by the Company under the Company's share plans (as referred to below).

PDMR	Company Share Plan	Award Type	Number of Ordinary Shares Acquired
Nigel Knowles, Group CEO	Equity Incentive Plan Deferred Bonus Plan	Conditional share award granted on 23 September 2020 Conditional share award granted on 16 August 2021 Conditional share award granted on 16 August 2021 Conditional share award granted on 1 August 2022	183,727 46,431 130,300 116,720
Christopher Stefani, Chief Financial Officer	Equity Incentive Plan Deferred Bonus Plan	Conditional share award granted on 23 September 2020 Conditional share award granted on 16 August 2021 Conditional share award granted on 15 March 2019 Conditional share award granted on 16 August 2021 Conditional share award granted on 1 August 2022	79,235 20,024 222,809 130,300 116,720
Matthew Doughty, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer	Equity Incentive Plan Deferred Bonus Plan	Conditional share award granted on 23 September 2020 Conditional share award granted on 16 August 2021 Conditional share award granted on 16 August 2021 Conditional share award granted on 1 August 2022	74,283 18,773 130,299 116,720
Michele Cicchetti, Partner Director	Equity Incentive Plan Deferred Bonus Plan	Conditional share award granted on 14 January 2021 Conditional share award granted on 9 December 2022 Conditional share award granted on 16 August 2021	68,773 56,349 205,884

The Notification of Dealing Form can be found below. These notifications are made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation.

For further information please contact:

Darren Drabble, Company Secretary

[phone]

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Nigel Knowles
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status		CEO
b)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name		DWF Group plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Equity Incentive Plan on 23 September 2020
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		183,727
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	183,727 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Nigel Knowles
2	Reason for the notification
c)	Position/status		CEO
d)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
c)	Name		DWF Group plc
d)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Equity Incentive Plan on 16  August 2021
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		46,431
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	46,431 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Nigel Knowles
2	Reason for the notification
e)	Position/status		CEO
f)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
e)	Name		DWF Group plc
f)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Deferred Bonus Plan on 16 August 2021
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		130,300
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	130,300 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Nigel Knowles
2	Reason for the notification
g)	Position/status		CEO
h)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
g)	Name		DWF Group plc
h)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Deferred Bonus Plan on 1 August 2022
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		116,720
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	116,720 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Christopher Stefani
2	Reason for the notification
i)	Position/status		CFO
j)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
i)	Name		DWF Group plc
j)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Equity Incentive Plan on 23 September 2020
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		79,235
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	79,235 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Christopher Stefani
2	Reason for the notification
k)	Position/status		CFO
l)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
k)	Name		DWF Group plc
l)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Equity Incentive Plan on 16 August 2021
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		20,024
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	20,024 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Christopher Stefani
2	Reason for the notification
m)	Position/status		CFO
n)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
m)	Name		DWF Group plc
n)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Equity Incentive Plan on 15 March 2019
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		222,809
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	222,809 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Christopher Stefani
2	Reason for the notification
o)	Position/status		CFO
p)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
o)	Name		DWF Group plc
p)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Deferred Bonus Plan on 16 August 2021
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		130,300
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	130,000 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Christopher Stefani
2	Reason for the notification
q)	Position/status		CFO
r)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
q)	Name		DWF Group plc
r)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Deferred Bonus Plan on 1 August 2022
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		116,720
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	116,720 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Matthew Doughty
2	Reason for the notification
s)	Position/status		CSO
t)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
s)	Name		DWF Group plc
t)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Equity Incentive Plan on 23 September 2020
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		74,283
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	74,283 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Matthew Doughty
2	Reason for the notification
u)	Position/status		CSO
v)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
u)	Name		DWF Group plc
v)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Equity Incentive Plan on 16 August 2021
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		18,773
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	18,773 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Matthew Doughty
2	Reason for the notification
w)	Position/status		CSO
x)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
w)	Name		DWF Group plc
x)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Deferred Bonus Plan on 16 August 2021
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		130,299
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	130,299 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Matthew Doughty
2	Reason for the notification
y)	Position/status		CSO
z)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
y)	Name		DWF Group plc
z)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Deferred Bonus Plan on 1 August 2022
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		116,720
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	116,720 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Michele Cicchetti
2	Reason for the notification
aa)	Position/status		Partner Director
bb)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
aa)	Name		DWF Group plc
bb)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Equity Incentive Plan on 14 January 2021
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		68,773
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	68,773 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Michele Cicchetti
2	Reason for the notification
cc)	Position/status		Partner Director
dd)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
cc)	Name		DWF Group plc
dd)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Equity Incentive Plan on 9 December 2022
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		56,349
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	56,349 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Michele Cicchetti
2	Reason for the notification
ee)	Position/status		Partner Director
ff)	Initial notification /Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
ee)	Name		DWF Group plc
ff)	Legal Entity Identifier		213800O9QREOHTOGQ266
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BJMD6M39
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of beneficial title to ordinary shares on vesting of conditional share award granted under the Equity Incentive Plan on 16 August 2021
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		£Nil		205,884
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	205,884 £Nil
f)	Date of the transaction	2023-09-29
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

 

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