RNS Number : 2046E

Clarkson PLC

04 May 2017

CLARKSON PLC

("the Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

The Restricted Share Awards granted to Directors in May 2013 in fulfilment of the share element of the 2012 bonus, as disclosed in the annual report, vested on 2 May 2017.  Consequently 13,103 shares were transferred to Mr A Case and 2,795 shares were transferred to Mr J Woyda.

In order to meet their tax liability which was incurred on the day of vesting, Mr A Case sold 6,174 shares and Mr J Woyda sold 1,317 shares at a price of £29.03 per share. Mr A Case retained 6,929 shares and Mr J Woyda retained 1,478 shares.

Following the above transactions, the Directors' interest in the Company's share capital is as follows:-

Director	Ordinary Shares	% of Issued Share Capital	Restricted Shares	% of Issued Share Capital	Performance Related Options	% of Issued Share Capital
Mr A Case	738,711	2.44%	51,281	0.17%	107,965	0.36%
Mr J Woyda	110,492	0.37%	10,995	0.04%	61,149	0.20%

The Company was informed of these transactions on 3 May 2017. This notification is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation. 

4 May 2017

For further details please contact:

Penny Watson

Company Secretary

Clarkson PLC           

Tel:  +44(0) 20 7334 0000

PDMR DEALING NOTIFICATION TEMPLATE
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Andrew Leigh Case
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Clarkson PLC
b)	Legal Entity Identifier	2138007G6BGTEHI3OT22
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 in Clarkson PLC
	Identification code	GB0002018363
b)	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of Restricted Shares under the Clarkson 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan. No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards.  Number of shares granted: 13,103      Sold to cover tax: 6,174     Retained: 6,929
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£29.03	6,174
		d)	Aggregated information	Not applicable - single transaction
- Aggregated volume
- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	3 May 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Jeffrey David Woyda
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Clarkson PLC
b)	Legal Entity Identifier	2138007G6BGTEHI3OT22
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 in Clarkson PLC
	Identification code	GB0002018363
b)	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of Restricted Shares under the Clarkson 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan.  No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards.  Number of shares granted: 2,795        Sold to cover tax: 1,317       Retained: 1,478
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£29.03	1,317
		d)	Aggregated information	Not applicable - single transaction
- Aggregated volume
- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	3 May 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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