RICARDO PLC

Director's Dealing • Apr 12, 2017

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RNS Number : 3228C

Ricardo PLC

12 April 2017

Ricardo PLC

Director / PDMR Shareholdings

11 April 2017

London

Award of Dividend Shares under the Ricardo PLC Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP")

Ricardo PLC (the "Company") announces that on 10 April 2017 it received notification from the trustee (the "Trustee") of the Company's SIP that on 6 April 2017 it awarded an aggregate of 8 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company ("Shares") at a price of £8.59 per Share to the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"):

Name	No. of Shares awarded on 6 April 2017
Chris Amsden	2
Mark Barge	6

These awards related to the "Dividend Share" element of the SIP and reflect the automatic reinvestment in further Shares of dividends received in respect of the relevant individuals' SIP shareholdings.

Following the above transactions, the total beneficial holdings of Shares of the relevant PDMRs are set out below:

Name	Total holding following this notification	Approximate % of Company's issued share capital
Chris Amsden	835	0.002%
Mark Barge	5,304	0.010%

The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Chris Amsden (the "Participant")

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR: Finance Director - Performance Products

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Ricardo plc

b)

LEI

213800ZNYAY35F4XB814

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

Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")

Identification code

GB0007370074

b)

Nature of the transaction

Award to the Participant of dividend reinvestment Shares by Capita IRG Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£8.59	2

d)

Aggregated information

-   Aggregated volume

-   Price

Not applicable

e)

Date of the transaction

2017-04-06

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Mark Barge (the "Participant")

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR: Managing Director - Performance Products

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Ricardo plc

b)

LEI

213800ZNYAY35F4XB814

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

Ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares")

Identification code

GB0007370074

b)

Nature of the transaction

Award to the Participant of dividend reinvestment Shares by Capita IRG Trustees Limited, the trustee of the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£8.59	6

d)

Aggregated information

-   Aggregated volume

-   Price

Not applicable

e)

Date of the transaction

2017-04-06

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

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