22 March 2022
Persimmon Plc (the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Persimmon Plc announces that on 21 March 2022 Dean Finch, Group Chief Executive, acquired 15,109 shares in the Company in respect of the vesting of an award granted in March 2021, as compensation for a bonus share award forfeited on leaving his previous employer. The number of shares acquired includes shares awarded for dividend equivalents between the date of grant and date of vesting. Also on 21 March 2022, Dean Finch sold 7,102 shares in the Company to settle the tax liability arising on the vesting of the award and has retained the balance of the shares.
The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of article 19.3 of the Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details:
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name | Dean Finch | |||
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| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| Group Chief Executive | |||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| a)
| Name
| Persimmon Plc | |||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800XI72Y57UWN6F31 | |||
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| 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
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| | Transaction 1 | | |||
| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 10p each | |||
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| Identification code | GB0006825383 | ||||
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Acquisition of shares following the vesting of an award granted in March 2021, as compensation for a bonus share award forfeited by Dean Finch on leaving his previous employer. | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | Nil | 15,109 | | |
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| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
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| - Aggregated volume | N/A Single transaction | ||||
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| - Price | N/A Single transaction | ||||
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 21 March 2022 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
| | Transaction 2 | | |||
| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 10p each
GB0006825383
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of shares to settle tax liability on vesting of award. | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | £22.714788 | 7,102 | | |
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| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
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| - Aggregated volume | N/A Single transaction | ||||
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| - Price | N/A Single transaction | ||||
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 21 March 2022 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange (XLON); Main Market | |||
Tracy Davison
Company Secretary
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