Dairy Crest Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (9620B)

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RNS Number : 9620B

Dairy Crest Group PLC

12 January 2015

Dairy Crest Group plc ("Dairy Crest")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

On 9 January 2015 the following nil-cost options over Dairy Crest Ordinary 25 pence Shares ("Shares") were granted to Dairy Crest's three Executive Directors, Mark Allen, Tom Atherton and Martyn Wilks under the 2012 tranche of the Dairy Crest Long Term, Incentive Share Plan ("LTISP") and the 2013 and 2014 tranches of the Dairy Crest Long Term Alignment Plan ("LTAP").

 
                                           LTISP 
                Period during which       Total amount   Description of           Exercise 
                 or date on which          paid for       shares or debentures     price 
                 exercisable               grant of       involved 
                                           the option 
               ------------------------  -------------  -----------------------  --------- 
 Mark Allen     03/07/2015 - 02/07/2022       Nil                2,808 Ordinary     Nil 
                                                                      Shares(1) 
               ------------------------  -------------  -----------------------  --------- 
 Tom Atherton   03/07/2015 - 02/07/2022       Nil        380 Ordinary Shares(1)     Nil 
               ------------------------  -------------  -----------------------  --------- 
 Martyn Wilks   03/07/2015 - 02/07/2022       Nil                1,879 Ordinary     Nil 
                                                                      Shares(1) 
               ------------------------  -------------  -----------------------  --------- 
 
 
                                            LTAP 
                Period during which        Total amount   Description of            Exercise 
                 or date on which           paid for       shares or debentures      price 
                 exercisable                grant of       involved 
                                            the option 
               -------------------------  -------------  ------------------------  --------- 
 Mark Allen     15/08/2017 - 14/08/2023        Nil         529 Ordinary Shares(1)     Nil 
                 15/08/2018 - 14/08/2023        Nil        529 Ordinary Shares(1)      Nil 
                 16/12/2018 - 15/12/2024        Nil        539 Ordinary Shares(1)      Nil 
                 16/12/2019 - 15/12/2024        Nil        539 Ordinary Shares(1)      Nil 
               -------------------------  -------------  ------------------------  --------- 
 Tom Atherton   15/08/2017 - 14/08/2023        Nil         204 Ordinary Shares(1)     Nil 
                 15/08/2018 - 14/08/2023        Nil        205 Ordinary Shares(1)      Nil 
                 16/12/2018 - 15/12/2024        Nil        271 Ordinary Shares(1)      Nil 
                 16/12/2019 - 15/12/2024        Nil        271 Ordinary Shares(1)      Nil 
               -------------------------  -------------  ------------------------  --------- 
 Martyn Wilks   15/08/2017 - 14/08/2023        Nil         354 Ordinary Shares(1)     Nil 
                 15/08/2018 - 14/08/2023        Nil        354 Ordinary Shares(1)      Nil 
                 16/12/2018 - 15/12/2024        Nil        360 Ordinary Shares(1)      Nil 
                 16/12/2019 - 15/12/2024        Nil        361 Ordinary Shares(1)      Nil 
               -------------------------  -------------  ------------------------  --------- 
 

(1) Share option awards relate to the value in Shares of the 2014/2015 Interim Dividend (calculated by reference to the 8 January 2015 closing mid market price) on share options granted to the named PDMRS under the LTISP & the LTAP

On 9 January 2015 the following nil-cost options over Shares were granted to Mark Allen under the 2014 Transformational Incentive Award ("TIA").

 
                                          TIA 
              Period during which       Total amount   Description of          Exercise 
               or date on which          paid for       shares or debentures    price 
               exercisable               grant of       involved 
                                         the option 
             ------------------------  -------------  ----------------------  --------- 
 Mark Allen   23/12/2017 - 22/12/2024       Nil               3,780 Ordinary     Nil 
                                                                   Shares(2) 
             ------------------------  -------------  ----------------------  --------- 
 

(2) Share option awards relate to the value in Shares of the 2014/2015 Interim Dividend (calculated by reference to the 8 January 2015 closing mid market price) on share options granted to the named PDMR under the TIA

Following the above mentioned grant of nil-cost options over Shares, Dairy Crest's Executive Directors retain the following interests in Shares.

 
                 Total holding             Total percentage holding   Total number of shares 
                  following notification    following notification     over which options 
                                                                       held following notification 
 Mark Allen                      167,663                      0.122                        630,724 
                ------------------------  -------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Tom Atherton                      6,097                      0.004                        117,904 
                ------------------------  -------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Martyn Wilks                     62,396                      0.046                        256,481 
                ------------------------  -------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 

Robin Miller - Company Secretary & General Counsel

01372 472252

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