Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2703C

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

14 October 2015

 

JD Wetherspoon plc

("the Company")

Deferred Bonus Scheme

The Company announces that it was informed on 8 October 2015 that the trustee to the scheme purchased the following ordinary shares to satisfy awards to be made pursuant to the Company's Deferred Bonus Scheme to the under mentioned directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMRs) on Friday 26 September 2015 at a price of 719.4p:

2015 Scheme Award

Directors	Number of shares purchased
John Hutson*	45,762
Su Cacioppo*	25,700
Ben Whitley*	8,133
PDMRs
David Capstick*	22,142
Martin Geoghegan*	19,209
Nigel Connor*	7,110

*Please note these directors and PDMRs chose to take their first award as a cash bonus rather than shares and the above relates to the second and third tranches of the scheme which will vest over the next 2 years.

2014 Scheme - 12 Month Vest

The company was informed on 8 October 2015 that the following shares from the 2014 scheme vested on 29 September 2015 at a price of 722.2p:

	2014 Tranche 2 Vest
Directors	Shares  Vesting	No. sold
John Hutson	2,335	2,335
Su Cacioppo	1,298	1,298
Ben Whitley	258	258
PDMRs
David Capstick	1,191	502
Martin Geoghegan	1,029	1,029
Miles Slade	676	676
Nigel Connor	340	144

2013 Scheme - 24 Month Vest

The company was informed on 8 October 2015 that the following shares from the 2013 scheme vested on 29 September 2015 at a price of 722.2p:

	2013 Tranche 3 Vest
Directors	Shares  Vesting	No. sold
John Hutson	16,167	16,167
Su Cacioppo	8,400	8,400
Ben Whitley	870	870
PDMRs
David Capstick	8,214	8,214
Martin Geoghegan	7,094	7,094
Miles Slade	4,480	4,480
Nigel Connor	2,603	1,226

SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN AWARD

The Company was informed on 12 October 2015, that the following shares were awarded under the approved and unapproved Share Incentive Plan to the directors and PDMRs on 6 October 2015 at a price of £7.2917 per share:

	Approved SIP	Unapproved SIP
Director
John Hutson	493	8,105
Su Cacioppo	493	4,333
Ben Whitley	377	1,508
PDMR
David Capstick	493	3,625
Martin Geoghegan	493	3,082
Nigel Connor	411	1,234

Following the above transactions, the directors and PDMR's now hold the following:

Director	Total Approved SIPS held in Trust (less than 3 years)	Total Unapproved SIPS held in Trust	Total Deferred Bonus Scheme held in Trust	Shareholding including SIPS held in trust (over 3 years)
John Hutson	1,911	55,944	48,097	72,589
Su Cacioppo	1,911	29,330	26,998	52,812
Ben Whitley	1,772	6,186	8,392	-
PDMR
Martin Geoghegan	1,911	23,183	20,237	22,386
David Capstick	1,911	27,112	23,333	44,049
Miles Slade	1,419	12,383	676	2,426
Nigel Connor	1,824	9,312	7,450	2,833

14 October 2015

Enquiries

Sally Kenward, Tel.:  [phone]

Deputy Company Secretary, JD Wetherspoon plc

 

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