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RNS Number : 3640Y
Ocado Group PLC
28 November 2014
OCADO GROUP PLC
DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING
28 November 2014
Ocado Group plc
Director/PDMR Notification
Ocado Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has received notification on 28 November 2014, pursuant to rule 3.1.2 R of the FCA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, of irrevocable instructions given by two directors in respect of options granted to them in 2005 under the Ocado 2001 Executive Share Option Scheme (the "2005 ESOS Awards"). Pursuant to these irrevocable instructions, the directors have each elected to exercise, on 13 May 2015, all options that then remain outstanding under their respective 2005 ESOS Awards, provided the share price is higher than the exercise price on that date, and then sell a sufficient number of shares to meet the cost of the exercise and any taxes and other related costs. The options are due to lapse on 16 May 2015. The instructions do not prevent the earlier exercise of the 2005 ESOS Awards.
Director/PDMR
Position
Number of options over shares
Date options are to be exercised
Exercise price (pence) per option over share
Tim Steiner
Director
200,000
13/05/2015
1.15
Neill Abrams
Director
100,000
13/05/2015
1.15
It is not possible to state the effect the exercise of the 2005 ESOS Awards and the subsequent sale of shares will have on the directors' respective aggregate interests in shares, as the number of shares each shall hold after the exercise and sale will be dependent on the share price on the day of the sale.
The Company has also received notification that four directors have each given irrevocable instructions to enter into a three year savings contract on 1 May 2015 under the 2015 Ocado Sharesave Scheme ("2015 SAYE"). Under the 2015 SAYE, the directors will be granted options over shares; the exercise price for that option will be set in March 2015 in accordance with the terms of the 2015 SAYE. The 2015 SAYE will be offered on the same terms to all employees of the Ocado Group.
Director/PDMR
Position
Date of grant
Monthly contribution
Period exercisable
Tim Steiner
Director
01/04/2015
250
01/05/2018 - 01/11/2018
Duncan Tatton-Brown
Director
01/04/2015
250
01/05/2018 - 01/11/2018
Neill Abrams
Director
01/04/2015
250
01/05/2018 - 01/11/2018
Mark Richardson
Director
01/04/2015
500
01/05/2018 - 01/11/2018
It is not possible to state the effect each directors' interest under the 2015 SAYE will have on their respective aggregate interests in shares because the exercise price has not yet been set.
Notes:
(1) references to "shares" are to ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the capital of the Company.
(2) the above transactions are to take place in the UK on the dates set out above.
Enquiries:
Company Secretary
Ocado Group plc
Titan Court
3 Bishops Square
Hatfield Business Park
Hatfield
Hertfordshire AL10 9NE
Fax: +44 (0)1707 227 997
email:company.secretary@ocado.com

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