WILMINGTON PLC

Director's Dealing • Feb 24, 2022

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 6097C

Wilmington PLC

24 February 2022

24 February 2022

Wilmington plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

On 22 February 2022, nil cost awards over 34,577 ordinary shares in Wilmington plc (the "Company") and options with a per share exercise price of £2.42 over 10,905 ordinary shares in the Company were granted under the Wilmington Performance Share Plan 2017 (the "Plan") to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, of which the following nil cost awards were made to Directors of the Company and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"):

Name of Director/PDMR	Number of shares under the Award
Ruth Abdey (PDMR)	27,307

No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards. The vesting of the awards and options is subject to the satisfaction of performance conditions, which will be assessed over three years. The performance conditions applicable to the awards granted to the PDMR are outlined below:

Final Year EPS	Extent to which the EPS Performance Condition is satisfied
21.5 pence or more than 21.5 pence	100%
More than 18.0 pence but less than 21.5 pence	On a straight line basis between 25% and 100%
18.0 pence	25%
Less than 18.0 pence	0%

Organic Revenue Growth CAGR	Extent to which the Strategic Performance Condition is satisfied
9% or more than 9%	100%
More than 7% but less than 9%	On a straight line basis between 25% and 100%
7%	25%
Less than 7%	0%

Underpin Performance Condition

The performance condition will be satisfied if average Return on Capital Employed 'ROCE' over the performance period is at least 10%. 

The awards granted to the Executive Directors and other PDMRs are subject to an additional condition that ordinarily all of the shares acquired (after sales to cover tax) must be retained until the second anniversary of the vesting date.

The Notification of Dealing Forms set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

For further information, please contact:

Wilmington plc                                                                                                                020 490 0049

Guy Millward                                                                                    

Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary

Notes to Editors

Wilmington plc is the recognised knowledge leader and partner of choice for data, information, education and training in the global Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) markets. Wilmington employs close to 1,000 people and sells to around 120 countries. Wilmington is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.

1.

Details of the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

Ruth Abdey

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position /status

Chief People Officer

b)

Initial notification / amendment 

Initial Notification

3.

Details of the Issuer 

a)

Name

Wilmington plc

b)

LEI code

N/A

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

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary Shares in Wilmington plc

ISIN: GB0009692319

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of award over Ordinary Shares under the Company's Performance Share Plan 2017

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
Nil Cost	27,307

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

22 February 2022

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

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