Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9115J

Ricardo PLC

10 April 2015

 



Ricardo PLC

Director / PDMR Shareholdings

10 April 2015

London

1.         Purchase of shares

Ricardo PLC (the "Company") announces that on 9 April 2015, it received notification of the following transactions by Ian Lee, a non-executive director of the Company, and his spouse, Ann Lee:

·      on 9 April 2015, Ian Lee purchased 40 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company ("Shares") into his ISA at a price of 764.9599 pence per Share; and

·      on 9 April 2015, Ann Lee purchased 40 Shares into her ISA at a price of 764.9599 pence per Share.

Both of these transactions reflect the automatic reinvestment in further Shares of dividends received into the respective ISAs referred to above pursuant to standing elections to do so.

2.         Purchase of Partnership Shares under the Ricardo PLC Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP")

The Company also announces that on 9 April 2015 it received notification from the trustee (the "Trustee") of the Company's SIP that on 9 April 2015 it purchased 16 Shares in the market at a price of 765 pence per Share on behalf of Mark Barge, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities. This purchase related to the "Partnership Share" element of the SIP and was made using deductions from Mr Barge's gross salary.

3.         Net current total holdings of Shares

Following the above transactions, the total beneficial holdings of Shares of Ian Lee and Mark Barge are as follows:

Name	Role	Total holding following this notification	Approximate % of Company's issued share capital
Ian Lee	Non-Executive Director	13,610	0.026%
Mark Barge	PDMR	650	0.001%

The above notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Disclosure and Transparency Rule ("DTR") 3.1.4R.

 

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