De La Rue plc
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Notification of transactions by a person discharging managerial responsibilities
20 September 2023
De La Rue plc (the "Company") announces that on 19 September 2023 Ruth Euling, an Executive Director and a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") of the Company, exercised a nil-cost option (the "Option") granted under the Company's Performance Share Plan ("PSP") and sold ordinary shares of 44152/175p of the Company ("Shares") in the market to fund income tax and national insurance withholdings, plus associated dealing costs. The shares were sold in the market at a weighted average price of 61.00 pence per Share.
The Option was granted to her under the rules of the PSP on 4 December 2013 and vested in full on the third anniversary of the date of grant. The Option would otherwise have lapsed on 4 December 2023.
The exercise of the Option and the sale of Shares to fund withholdings creates a change in the interests of Ruth Euling in the Company's Shares as set out below:
| Name of Director/PDMR | Role | Number of Shares over which Option exercised | Number of Shares sold in the market | Number of Shares retained by the PDMR |
| Ruth Euling | MD, Currency | 11,023 | 5,222 | 5,801 |
Following these transactions, Ruth's total holding amounts to 85,402 Shares.
The relevant information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation as retained in UK law.
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name
| Ruth Euling | ||||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| Executive Director/MD, Currency | ||||
| 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
| De La Rue plc | ||||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800DH741LZWIJXP78 | ||||
| 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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| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of 44152/175p
GB00B3DGH821 | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| (a) Exercise of a nil-cost option over 11,023 Shares granted under the rules of the De La Rue Performance Share Plan (b) Sale of Shares to fund income tax and national insurance withholdings and the associated dealing costs | ||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
- Aggregated total | N/A
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| (a) 19 September 2023 (b) 19 September 2023 | ||||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| (a) Outside a trading venue (b) London Stock Exchange | ||||
Jon Messent, Company Secretary
Contact Number: 01256 605212
20 September 2023
De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78.
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