27 March 2023
Persimmon Plc (the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Persimmon Plc announces that on 23 March 2023 and 27 March 2023 Jason Windsor, Chief Financial Officer, acquired 9,284 and 7,943 shares in the Company, respectively, in respect of the vesting of awards granted in July 2022 as compensation for share awards forfeited on leaving his previous employer. Also, on 23 March 2023 and 27 March 2023, Jason Windsor sold 4,371 and 3,740 shares in the Company, respectively, to settle the tax liability arising on the vesting of the awards and has retained the balance of the shares.
The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of article 19.3 of the UK 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 | Jason Windsor | |||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| Chief Financial Officer | |||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
| 3
| 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 | |||
| 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
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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 July 2022, as compensation for a 2020 deferred bonus share award forfeited by Jason Windsor on leaving his previous employer. | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | Nil | 9,284 | | |
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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
| 23 March 2023 | |||
| 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 in respect of the forfeited 2020 deferred bonus share award. | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | £12.26 | 4,371 | | |
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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
| 23 March 2023 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange (XLON); Main Market | |||
| | Transaction 3 | | |||
| 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 July 2022, as compensation for a 2021 deferred bonus share award forfeited by Jason Windsor on leaving his previous employer. | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | Nil | 7,943 | | |
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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
| 27 March 2023 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
| | Transaction 4 | | |||
| 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 in respect of the forfeited 2021 deferred bonus share award. | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | £12.13 | 3,740 | | |
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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
| 27 March 2023 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange (XLON); Main Market | |||
Tracy Davison
Company Secretary
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