ROBERT WALTERS PLC — Director's Dealing 2017

Jun 19, 2017

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RNS Number : 5118I

Robert Walters PLC

19 June 2017

19 June 2017

ROBERT WALTERS PLC

(the "Company")

Directors' Shareholdings

2014 vesting

The Company was informed on 19 June 2017 of the following dealings by certain Directors in ordinary shares of 20p each of the Company ("Ordinary Shares").

These dealings were pursuant to the exercise of awards under the Robert Walters Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") on 13 June 2017.  Pursuant to instructions given by the relevant Directors, a fixed proportion of the awards were sold on 13 June 2017 to satisfy the associated tax obligations arising upon the vesting of the Ordinary Shares.

Director	Number of Awards exercised	Exercise price (p)	Number of shares sold	Sale price (p)	Net increase in shareholdings
Robert Walters	41,203	0	19,424	400	21,779
Giles Daubeney	22,239	0	10,484	400	11,755
Alan Bannatyne	25,156	0	11,859	400	13,297

There has therefore been an increase in the overall shareholdings of each of the Directors as a result of these dealings and individual shareholdings before and after are set out below:

Director	Shareholding prior to this announcement	% holding  in Company	Shareholding after this announcement	% holding in Company
Robert Walters	2,572,886	3.45	2,594,665	3.45
Giles Daubeney	1,852,522	2.49	1,864,277	2.50
Alan Bannatyne	459,225	0.62	472,522	0.63

Robert Walters plc's issued share capital consists of 78,573,819 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. Robert Walters plc holds 4,074,000 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Robert Walters plc is 74,499,819.

The above figure of 74,499,819 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Robert Walters plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

APPENDIX

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
(a)	Name	Robert Walters
2.	Reason for the notification
(a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
(b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer
(a)	Name	Robert Walters plc
(b)	LEI	213800LIE15BDEN3VW43
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	Ordinary Shares of 20p each
(b)	Identification code of the Financial Instrument	ISIN Code : GB0008475088
(c)	Nature of the transaction	Receipt of shares under exercise of Robert Walters plc Long Term Incentive Plan and disposal of shares.
(d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		0p	41,203
		400p	19,424
(e)	Aggregated information -            Aggregated volume -           Price	41,203 (exercised) , 19,424 (sold) 0p (LTIP exercise), 400p (sold)
(f)	Date of the transaction	13 June 2017
(g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
(a)	Name	Giles Daubeney
2.	Reason for the notification
(a)	Position/status	Deputy Chief Executive Officer
(b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer
(a)	Name	Robert Walters plc
(b)	LEI	213800LIE15BDEN3VW43
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	Ordinary Shares of 20p each
(b)	Identification code of the Financial Instrument	ISIN Code : GB0008475088
(c)	Nature of the transaction	Receipt of shares under exercise of Robert Walters plc Long Term Incentive Plan and disposal of shares.
(d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		0p	22,239
		400p	10,484
(e)	Aggregated information -            Aggregated volume -           Price	22,239 (exercised), 10,484 (sold) 0p (LTIP exercise), 400p (sold)
(f)	Date of the transaction	13 June 2017
(g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
(a)	Name	Alan Bannatyne
2.	Reason for the notification
(a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
(b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer
(a)	Name	Robert Walters plc
(b)	LEI	213800LIE15BDEN3VW43
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	Ordinary Shares of 20p each
(b)	Identification code of the Financial Instrument	ISIN Code : GB0008475088
(c)	Nature of the transaction	Receipt of shares under exercise of Robert Walters plc Long Term Incentive Plan and disposal of shares.
(d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		0p	25,156
		400p	11,859
(e)	Aggregated information -            Aggregated volume -           Price	25,156 (exercised), 11,859 (sold) 0p (LTIP exercise), 400p (sold)
(f)	Date of the transaction	13 June 2017
(g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Enquiries:

Robert Walters plc

Robert Walters, Chief Executive

Alan Bannatyne, Chief Financial Officer                 +44 20 7379 3333

Newgate Communications

Steffan Williams

Charlotte Coulson                                                  +44 20 7680 6550

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