Ascential PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding
18 April 2024 - 7:14PM
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Ascential PLC
18 April 2024
18 April 2024
Ascential plc (the
"Company")
Notification of transactions
of persons discharging managerial responsibility
Grant of Awards under the
Company's Performance Share Plan and Deferred Annual Bonus
Plan.
On 18 April 2024 the Company's
Executive Directors were granted conditional awards over ordinary
shares under the Ascential plc Executive Performance Share Plan
(the "PSP"). Mandy Gradden was also granted a conditional award over ordinary shares under
the Executive Deferred Annual Bonus Plan ("DABP")
as noted below:
Executive Director
|
Number of shares awarded under
PSP
|
Number of shares awarded under
DABP
|
Philip Thomas
|
369,662
|
Nil[1]
|
Mandy Gradden
|
278,480
|
75,310
|
PSP awards
Subject to the terms of the PSP, the
awards will ordinarily vest on the third anniversary of the grant
of the awards subject to the grantee's continued service and to the
extent to which adjusted EPS, adjusted operating profit and revenue
performance criteria are met over the three financial years to 31
December 2026. The shares will also be subject to a further
two-year holding period whereby the Executive Directors will be
restricted from selling the shares which vest other than to settle
any associated tax.
DABP awards
Awards made under the DABP relate to
the deferral of 50% of the 2023 bonus payable to Executive
Directors into shares. Subject to the terms of the DABP, the awards
will ordinarily vest on the third anniversary of the grant of the
awards subject to the grantee's continued service.
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
|
|
a)
|
Names
|
Philip Thomas
Mandy Gradden
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Director
|
b)
|
Initial notification
/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction
monitor
|
a)
|
Name
|
Ascential plc
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21
|
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
|
Ordinary shares of
1p
|
|
|
Identification code
|
BYM8GJ0
|
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the
transaction
|
Grant of conditional awards under
the Company's Performance Share Plan ("PSP") and the Executive
Deferred Annual Bonus Plan ("DABP")
|
c)
|
Price(s) and
volume(s)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phil Thomas:
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
369,662
|
("PSP")
|
Mandy Gradden:
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
75,310
|
("DABP")
|
278,480
|
("PSP")
|
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated
information
|
|
|
|
- Aggregated volume
|
Philip Thomas - single
transaction
Mandy Gradden - 353,790
|
|
|
- Price
|
Nil
|
|
|
e)
|
Date of the
transaction
|
18 April 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the
transaction
|
London
|
Contacts
Naomi Howden, Company
Secretary
+44 (0) 207 516 5042
[1]
Philip Thomas was appointed as an executive
director of the Company on 2 January 2024 and was therefore not an
executive director subject to the DABP in 2023
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