Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8894Y

ITV PLC

04 January 2011

 



ITV plc

4 January 2011

Awards vesting under the ITV plc Deferred Share Award Plan (the "Plan")

Awards are granted over ordinary shares of ITV plc under the Plan based on the achievement of performance targets.  On 31 December 2010 awards previously made in respect of the 2008 and 2009 financial years were released to a number of executives and directors as detailed below.

Directors of ITV plc

Name	Date of award	% of award  released	No. of shares  released	No. of shares still subject to the award	Shares sold for income tax, NICs & associated costs	Shares retained
Ian Griffiths	24 April 2009	50%	48,841	0	24,963	23,878
	26 March 2010	50%	191,862	191,862	0	191,862

The Trustee sold sufficient shares at 71.41 pence per share to satisfy income tax, national insurance costs and associated costs on the award made in April 2009.  

Tax was settled on grant for the awards made in March 2010 so the shares were released in full.

Following the event the directors' interests in ITV plc shares were as follows -

Name	Total holding after the event	Percentage of issued share capital
Ian Griffiths	449,098	0.012%

PDMRs of ITV plc

Name	Date Shares Awarded	Shares released
Andrew Doyle	26 March 2010	69,452
Andrew Garard	26 March 2010	140,678
Carolyn Fairbairn	26 March 2010	217,223
Peter Fincham	26 March 2010	340,316

Tax was settled on grant for the awards made in March 2010 so the shares were released in full.

For further enquiries please contact:

ITV plc

Tel: [phone]

Mike Large - Acting Group Director of Communications

Tulchan Communications

Tel: [phone]

Susanna Voyle

Matthieu Roussellier 

Website: www.itv.com; investor information: www.itvplc.com

 

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