Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8815Y
Persimmon PLC
08 March 2017
 

8 March 2017

Persimmon Plc

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

Persimmon plc (the "Company") announces that on 7 March 2017 the Executive Directors detailed below exercised options over shares awarded to them under the Company's Bonus Share Scheme.  Also on 7 March 2017 Jeff Fairburn, Mike Killoran and Dave Jenkinson sold Ordinary shares in the Company in order to settle tax liabilities arising on the exercise of their share options. Following these transactions Jeff Fairburn's, Mike Killoran's and Dave Jenkinson's total interests in the Company and those of their connected persons have increased to 182,615 shares, 663,259 shares and 39,129 shares respectively.

 

The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of article 19.3 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details:

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

 

1.     Jeff Fairburn

2.     Mike Killoran

3.     Dave Jenkinson

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

1.     Group Chief Executive

2.     Group Finance Director

3.     Group Managing Director

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

 

Initial notification

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

Persimmon Plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

213800XI72Y57UWN6F31

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

 

 


Transaction 1


a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 10p each



Identification code

GB0006825383



b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Acquisition of shares following exercise of Awards under the Persimmon Plc Annual Bonus Share Scheme

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)







Price(s)

Volume(s)




Nil

1.     31,900

2.     11,220

3.     7,896







d)

 

Aggregated information




- Aggregated volume

51,016



- Price

Nil



e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

07/03/2017

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

 

Outside of a main market


Transaction 2


a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 10p each



Identification code

GB0006825383



b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Sale of shares to meet tax and commission charges (balance shares retained) following exercise of Awards under the Persimmon Plc Annual Bonus Share Scheme

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)







Price(s)

Volume(s)




£21.2548

1.     15,950

2.     5,610

3.     3,948







d)

 

Aggregated information




- Aggregated volume

25,508



- Price

£21.2548



e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

07/03/2017

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

 

London Stock Exchange (XLON); Main Market

 

 

Tracy Davison

Company Secretary


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