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RNS Number : 9897T
Ricardo PLC
20 November 2023
Ricardo PLC
Director / PDMR Shareholdings
20 November 2023
London
1. 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan - grant of plan cycle 17 awards
Ricardo PLC (the "Company") announces that, on 16 November 2023
conditional awards over a total of 695,271 shares of 25 pence each
in the Company ("Shares") were granted to Executive Directors and
other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs") as
set out below under the terms of the Company's 2020 Long Term
Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"). These awards vest after three years
and are subject to TSR, EPS and ESG performance conditions and
continued employment. The awards granted to the Executive Directors
will also be subject to a two-year holding following the date of
vesting. These awards are also inclusive of the one-off
'Accelerator' LTIP award that will vest subject to the achievement
of stretching EPS targets in excess of that required to trigger
maximum vesting of the 'Core' LTIP award.
Name Role No. of Shares over
which awards granted
Graham Ritchie Executive Director 268,705
-------------------- ----------------------
Judith Cottrell Executive Director 186,389
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Mike Bell PDMR 43,516
-------------------- ----------------------
Chester Gryczan PDMR 39,220
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Mary Moore PDMR 21,199
-------------------- ----------------------
Natasha Perfect PDMR 24,034
-------------------- ----------------------
Harpreet Sagoo PDMR 25,532
-------------------- ----------------------
Rachel White PDMR 57,726
-------------------- ----------------------
Clive Wotton PDMR 28,950
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2. 2021 Deferred Bonus Plan - grant of deferred bonus awards
Ricardo PLC (the "Company") announces that, on 16 November 2023,
conditional awards over a total of 26,932 Shares were granted to
Executive Directors and other PDMRs as set out below under the
terms of the Company's 2021 Deferred Bonus Plan (the "DBP").
Subject to continuing employment, the awards granted to the
Executive Directors vest after three years and the awards granted
to other PDMRs (with the exception of Mike Bell, Chester Gryczan
and Rachel White, whose awards vest in equal tranches on the first,
second and first anniversaries of grant) vest on the first
anniversary of grant. These DBP awards (which include dividend
equivalent entitlements) are not subject to performance
conditions.
Name Role No. of Shares over which
awards granted
Graham Ritchie Executive Director 10,452
-------------------- -------------------------
Mike Bell PDMR 7,299
-------------------- -------------------------
Chester Gryczan PDMR 6,204
-------------------- -------------------------
Mary Moore PDMR 277
-------------------- -------------------------
Natasha Perfect PDMR 220
-------------------- -------------------------
Rachel White PDMR 1,829
-------------------- -------------------------
Clive Wotton PDMR 651
-------------------- -------------------------
3. Current total holdings of awards/options over shares
Following the above notification, the total number of Shares
over which the relevant Executive Directors and other PDMRs hold
outstanding awards / options is set out below:
Name Role Total holding Approximate
following this % of Company's
notification issued share
capital
Executive
Graham Ritchie Director 628,007 1.009%
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Executive
Judith Cottrell Director 186,389 0.300%
----------- ---------------- ----------------
Mike Bell PDMR 107,028 0.172%
----------- ---------------- ----------------
Chester Gryczan PDMR 124,439 0.200%
----------- ---------------- ----------------
Mary Moore PDMR 42,495 0.068%
----------- ---------------- ----------------
Natasha Perfect PDMR 44,105 0.071%
----------- ---------------- ----------------
Harpreet Sagoo PDMR 25,532 0.041%
----------- ---------------- ----------------
Rachel White PDMR 94,122 0.151%
----------- ---------------- ----------------
Clive Wotton PDMR 72,533 0.117%
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The following notifications are intended to satisfy the
Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No
596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
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a) Name Graham Ritchie
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2 Reason for the notification
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status PDMR: Chief Executive Officer
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Ricardo plc
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
----
Identification GB0007370074
code
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Conditional awards of shares pursuant to the
transaction rules of the Ricardo plc 2020 Long Term Incentive
Plan and the Ricardo plc 2021 Deferred Bonus
Plan
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
----------
Nil 268,705
---------- ----------
Nil 10,452
---------- ----------
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information
* Aggregated volume
279,157
Nil
* Price
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 2023-11-16
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f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Judith Cottrell
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status PDMR: Chief Finance Officer
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Ricardo plc
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
----
Identification GB0007370074
code
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Conditional award of shares pursuant to the
transaction rules of the Ricardo plc 2020 Long Term Incentive
Plan
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
----------
Nil 186,389
---------- ----------
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information
* Aggregated volume
N/A
* Price
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 2023-11-16
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Mike Bell
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status PDMR: Chief Strategy and Digital Officer
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Ricardo plc
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
----
Identification GB0007370074
code
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Conditional awards of shares pursuant to the
transaction rules of the Ricardo plc 2020 Long Term Incentive
Plan and the Ricardo plc 2021 Deferred Bonus
Plan
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
----------
Nil 43,516
---------- ----------
Nil 7,299
---------- ----------
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information
* Aggregated volume
50,815
Nil
* Price
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 2023-11-16
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Chester Gryczan
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status PDMR: President - Ricardo Defense Systems
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Ricardo plc
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
----
Identification GB0007370074
code
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Conditional awards of shares pursuant to the
transaction rules of the Ricardo plc 2020 Long Term Incentive
Plan and the Ricardo plc 2021 Deferred Bonus
Plan
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
----------
Nil 39,220
---------- ----------
Nil 6,204
---------- ----------
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information
* Aggregated volume
45,424
Nil
* Price
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 2023-11-16
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Mary Moore
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status PDMR: Group People, Team and Organisation Director
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Ricardo plc
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
----
Identification GB0007370074
code
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Conditional awards of shares pursuant to the
transaction rules of the Ricardo plc 2020 Long Term Incentive
Plan and the Ricardo plc 2021 Deferred Bonus
Plan
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
----------
Nil 21,199
---------- ----------
Nil 277
---------- ----------
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information
* Aggregated volume
21,476
Nil
* Price
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 2023-11-16
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Natasha Perfect
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status PDMR: Group Marketing and Communications Director
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Ricardo plc
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
----
Identification GB0007370074
code
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Conditional awards of shares pursuant to the
transaction rules of the Ricardo plc 2020 Long Term Incentive
Plan and the Ricardo plc 2021 Deferred Bonus
Plan
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
----------
Nil 24,034
---------- ----------
Nil 220
---------- ----------
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information
* Aggregated volume
24,254
Nil
* Price
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 2023-11-16
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
---- -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Harpreet Sagoo
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status PDMR: General Counsel and Company Secretary
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Ricardo plc
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
----
Identification GB0007370074
code
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Conditional awards of shares pursuant to the
transaction rules of the Ricardo plc 2020 Long Term Incentive
Plan
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
----------
Nil 25,532
---------- ----------
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information
* Aggregated volume
N/A
* Price
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 2023-11-16
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Rachel White
---- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
---- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status PDMR: Global President Clean Energy and Environmental
Solutions
---- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
---- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
---- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Ricardo plc
---- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
---- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
----
Identification GB0007370074
code
---- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Conditional awards of shares pursuant to the
transaction rules of the Ricardo plc 2020 Long Term Incentive
Plan and the Ricardo plc 2021 Deferred Bonus
Plan
---- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
----------
Nil 57,726
---------- ----------
Nil 1,829
---------- ----------
---- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information
* Aggregated volume
59,555
Nil
* Price
---- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 2023-11-16
---- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
---- -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Clive Wotton
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status PDMR: Group Director, Sustainability, Quality
and Risk
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Ricardo plc
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument
----
Identification GB0007370074
code
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Conditional awards of shares pursuant to the
transaction rules of the Ricardo plc 2020 Long Term Incentive
Plan and the Ricardo plc 2021 Deferred Bonus
Plan
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
----------
Nil 28,950
---------- ----------
Nil 651
---------- ----------
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information
* Aggregated volume
29,601
Nil
* Price
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 2023-11-16
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
---- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
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