Ludorum PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (0996A)

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RNS Number : 0996A

Ludorum PLC

17 December 2014

Ludorum Plc

17 December 2014

Director/PDMR shareholding

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R (1), Ludorum plc ("Company") announces that, on 16 December 2014, the following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility surrendered in full the interests in ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") that they had acquired pursuant to the Ludorum plc Share Ownership Arrangements ("SOA") in July 2009 as follows:

 
Director                Number of Shares 
                        subject to SOA in 
                         respect of which 
                    interests were surrendered 
-----------------  --------------------------- 
Robert Lawes                           365,040 
-----------------  --------------------------- 
Richard Rothkopf                       211,536 
-----------------  --------------------------- 
 

The Company also announces that this surrender triggered the vesting of rights to acquire shares granted to each of Robert Lawes and Richard Rothkopf pursuant to the Top Up Award Schedule to the SOA. As a result, on 16 December 2014 Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited, in its capacity as the trustee of the Ludorum plc Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT"), transferred the following numbers of Shares to Robert Lawes and Richard Rothkopf in satisfaction of such vesting:

 
Director            Number of Shares 
                    transferred by the 
                           EBT 
-----------------  ------------------- 
Robert Lawes                   365,040 
-----------------  ------------------- 
Richard Rothkopf               211,536 
-----------------  ------------------- 
 

The total number of Shares held by Robert Lawes and Richard Rothkopf following such transfer is as set out in the table below and their overall holdings remain unchanged.

 
Director           Number of Shares 
-----------------  ---------------- 
Robert Lawes              1,147,732 
-----------------  ---------------- 
Richard Rothkopf            728,736 
-----------------  ---------------- 
 

Enquiries

   Ludorum plc                                                    020 8939 6280 

Rob Lawes

   Investec Investment Banking (NOMAD)            020 7597 4000 

David Flin

Andrew Pinder

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