Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3450F
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
16 May 2017
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC

 

REPLACEMENT RNS:

 

The following amendment has been made to the Director/PDMR Shareholdings announcement released on 8 May 2017 at 18.15 hrs under RNS No 5213E.

The announcement noted above incorrectly stated Mr Frederic Larmuseau's resultant shareholding in 3. following the transactions outlined in 1. and 2. as 185,557 Shares, comprising 0.0264% of the issued share capital. The correct amount was 183,216 Shares, comprising 0.0261%.

All other details remain unchanged.  

The correct version of the announcement is as below:

 

 

 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDINGS

 

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (the "Company" or "RB") announces the following changes in the interests of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") in ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the share capital of the Company ("Shares").

 

1. Vesting and Release of Restricted Share Awards

Following the assessment of the Compound Average Annual Growth in EPS performance condition over the three year period ended 31 December 2016 and confirmation of full vesting of awards at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 4 May 2017, the following awards made under the Reckitt Benckiser Group 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan vested and Shares were released on 5 May 2017:

 

Name

Director/PDMR

Date of Grant of Award

Number of Shares

Rakesh Kapoor*

Director

11 December 2013

123,386

Adrian Hennah

Director

11 December 2013

46,270

Rob de Groot

PDMR

11 December 2013

51,411

Amedeo Fasano

PDMR

11 December 2013

41,129

Roberto Funari

PDMR

11 December 2013

41,129

Frederic Larmuseau

PDMR

11 December 2013

41,129

Darrell Stein

PDMR

1 September 2014

23,135

Deborah Yates **

PDMR

5 December 2011

206

Deborah Yates

PDMR

3 December 2012

206

Deborah Yates

PDMR

11 December 2013

8,227

* Award made over 246,772 shares. The Remuneration Committee exercised discretion to reduce

  vesting to 50% of award.

** Award was granted prior to becoming a PDMR and eligible for retesting.

 

The Shares noted below were sold on 5 May 2017 at £71.4983 per share in order to realise sufficient funds to settle resultant tax and social security liabilities arising from such issue:

 

Name

Number of Shares sold

Rakesh Kapoor

58,094

Adrian Hennah

21,786

Rob de Groot

18,746

Amedeo Fasano

19,366

Roberto Funari

13,296

Frederic Larmuseau

2,341

Darrell Stein

10,894

Deborah Yates

4,192

 

A further 32,665 Shares were disposed of by Mr de Groot on 5 May 2017 at £71.4983 and a further 6,026 Shares by Mr Stein on 8 May 2017 at £71.80 per share.

 

2. Option Exercise and Sale of Shares

On 8 May 2017, Darrell Stein exercised a total of 46,254 share options granted on 1 September 2014 and disposed of all the resulting Shares at £71.7308. 45,681 options were granted at an option exercise price of £50.81 and 573 options were granted at an option exercise price of £52.25 per share.

 

3. Resulting Holdings

Following the transactions detailed above, total holdings for the Directors and PDMRs noted above are as shown below:

 

 

 

Name

 

 

Number of Shares

Percentage of Issued

Share Capital

(excl Treasury Shares)

Rakesh Kapoor

628,054

0.0895%

Adrian Hennah

89,881

0.0128%

Rob de Groot

313,675

0.0447%

Amedeo Fasano

222,280

0.0317%

Roberto Funari

139,406

0.0199%

Frederic Larmuseau

183,216

0.0261%

Darrell Stein

18,750

0.0027%

Deborah Yates

8,473

0.0012%

 

 

The following notifications are made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

 

 

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Rakesh Kapoor

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Director - 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

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

b)

LEI

5493003JFSMOJG48V108

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

Conditional share awards over ordinary shares of 10p each in Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

GB00B24CGK77 - ID code for ordinary shares

b)

Nature of the transaction

Vesting and release of share awards under the Reckitt Benckiser Group 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan

1. Shares released

2. Shares disposed to meet resultant tax and social securities liabilities

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1.   Nil

2.   GBP 71.4983.

1.   123,386   

2.   58,094

 

d)

Aggregated information

-       Aggregated volume

-       Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

2017-05-05

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market - XLON

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Adrian Hennah

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Director - Chief Financial Officer

b)

Initial notification/
Amendment

Initial notification

3

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

a)

Name

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

b)

LEI

5493003JFSMOJG48V108

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

Conditional share awards over ordinary shares of 10p each in Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

GB00B24CGK77 - ID code for ordinary shares

b)

Nature of the transaction

Vesting and release of share awards under the Reckitt Benckiser Group 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan

1. Shares released

2. Shares disposed to meet resultant tax and social securities liabilities

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1. Nil

2. GBP 71.4983.

1. 46,270

2. 21,786

 

d)

Aggregated information

-       Aggregated volume

-       Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

2017-05-05

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market - XLON

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Rob de Groot

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR - Area EVP, ENA

b)

Initial notification/
Amendment

Initial notification

3

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

a)

Name

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

b)

LEI

5493003JFSMOJG48V108

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

Conditional share awards over ordinary shares of 10p each in Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

GB00B24CGK77 - ID code for ordinary shares

b)

Nature of the transaction

Vesting and release of share awards under the Reckitt Benckiser Group 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan

1. Shares released

2. Shares disposed to meet resultant tax and social securities liabilities

3. Additional disposal of shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1. Nil

2. GBP 71.4983

3. GBP 71.4983

1. 51,411

2. 18,746

3. 32,665

 

d)

Aggregated information

-       Aggregated volume

-       Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

2017-05-05

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market - XLON

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Amedeo Fasano

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR - EVP, Supply

b)

Initial notification/
Amendment

Initial notification

3

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

a)

Name

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

b)

LEI

5493003JFSMOJG48V108

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

Conditional share awards over ordinary shares of 10p each in Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

GB00B24CGK77 - ID code for ordinary shares

b)

Nature of the transaction

Vesting and release of share awards under the Reckitt Benckiser Group 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan

1. Shares released

2. Shares disposed to meet resultant tax and social securities liabilities

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1. Nil

2. GBP 71.4983.

1. 41,129

2. 19,366

 

d)

Aggregated information

-       Aggregated volume

-       Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

2017-05-05

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market - XLON

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Roberto Funari

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR - EVP, Category Development Orghanisation

b)

Initial notification/
Amendment

Initial notification

3

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

a)

Name

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

b)

LEI

5493003JFSMOJG48V108

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

Conditional share awards over ordinary shares of 10p each in Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

GB00B24CGK77 - ID code for ordinary shares

b)

Nature of the transaction

Vesting and release of share awards under the Reckitt Benckiser Group 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan

1. Shares released

2. Shares disposed to meet resultant tax and social securities liabilities

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1. Nil

2. GBP 71.4983.

1.     41,129

2.     13,296

 

d)

Aggregated information

-       Aggregated volume

-       Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

2017-05-05

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market - XLON

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Frederic Larmuseau

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR - EVP, Developing  Markets

b)

Initial notification/
Amendment

Initial notification

3

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

a)

Name

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

b)

LEI

5493003JFSMOJG48V108

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

Conditional share awards over ordinary shares of 10p each in Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

GB00B24CGK77 - ID code for ordinary shares

b)

Nature of the transaction

Vesting and release of share awards under the Reckitt Benckiser Group 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan

1. Shares released

2. Shares disposed to meet resultant tax and social securities liabilities

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1. Nil

2. GBP 71.4983.

    1.   41,129

2.  2,341

 

d)

Aggregated information

-       Aggregated volume

-       Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

2017-05-05

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market - XLON

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Darrell Stein

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

SVP - Information Services

b)

Initial notification/
Amendment

Initial notification

3

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

a)

Name

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

b)

LEI

5493003JFSMOJG48V108

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

Conditional share awards over ordinary shares of 10p each in Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

GB00B24CGK77 - ID code for ordinary shares

b)

Nature of the transaction

Vesting and release of share awards under the Reckitt Benckiser Group 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan

1. Shares released

2. Shares disposed to meet resultant tax and social securities liabilities

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1. Nil

2. GBP 71.4983.

1.   23,135 

2.  10,894

 

d)

Aggregated information

-       Aggregated volume

-       Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

2017-05-05

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market - XLON

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Deborah Yates

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

SVP - Global Human Resources

b)

Initial notification/
Amendment

Initial notification

3

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

a)

Name

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

b)

LEI

5493003JFSMOJG48V108

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

Conditional share awards over ordinary shares of 10p each in Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

GB00B24CGK77 - ID code for ordinary shares

b)

Nature of the transaction

Vesting and release of share awards under the Reckitt Benckiser Group 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan

1. Shares released

2. Shares disposed to meet resultant tax and social securities liabilities

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1. Nil

2. GBP 71.4983.

1. 8,639

2. 4,192

 

d)

Aggregated information

-       Aggregated volume

-       Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

2017-05-05

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market - XLON

 

 

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

Name

Darrell Stein

Reason for the notification

Position/status

SVP - Information Services

Initial notification/
Amendment

Initial notification

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

Name

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

LEI

5493003JFSMOJG48V108

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

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Share Options and Ordinary shares of 10p each in Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

GB00B24CGK77 - ID code for ordinary shares

Nature of the transaction

1. Disposal of Shares

2. Acquisition of Shares pursuant to exercise of approved options under the 2007 LTIP.

3. Acquisition of Shares pursuant to exercise of unapproved options under the 2007 LTIP.

4.  Disposal of Shares following share option exercise.

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1. GBP 71.80

2. GBP 52.25

3. GBP 50.81

4. GBP 71.7308

1. 6,026

2. 573

3. 45,681

4. 46,254

 

Aggregated information

-       Aggregated volume

-       Price

N/A

Date of the transaction

2017-05-08

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market - XLON

 

 

 

For further Information:
Christine Logan

Deputy Company Secretary
Tel +44 (0) 1753 217 800

 

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc's LEI code is 5493003JFSMOJG48V108

About RB:

 

RB* is the world's leading consumer health and hygiene company. The company has operations in over 60 countries, with headquarters in London, Dubai and Amsterdam, and sales in most countries across the globe. The company employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide.

Inspired by a purpose to deliver innovative solutions for healthier lives and happier homes, RB is in the top 20 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. We are the global No 1 or No 2 in the majority of our fast-growing categories, driven by an exceptional focus on innovation. Our health, hygiene and home portfolio is led by our global Powerbrands including Nurofen, Strepsils, Gaviscon, Mucinex, Durex, Scholl, Clearasil, Lysol, Dettol, Veet, Harpic, Cillit Bang, Mortein, Finish, Vanish, Calgon, Air Wick, Woolite and French's. Our Powerbrands represent 80% of net revenue.

 

RB is redefining the world of consumer health and hygiene. Our people and unique culture are at the heart of our success. We have a drive for achievement and a passion to outperform wherever we focus, including sustainability where we are targeting a 1/3 reduction in water impact, 1/3 reduction in carbon and 1/3 of net revenue from more sustainable products. We are proud to be Save the Children's largest global partner, with a new vision to radically reduce one of the world's largest killers of under 5s, diarrhoea. 

 


For more information visit
www.rb.com 

 

*RB is the trading name of the Reckitt Benckiser group of companies

 

 

 

 


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