RNS Number : 5573Q

Clarkson PLC

06 June 2018

CLARKSON PLC

("the Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

This notification is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation.

The Company announces that on 5 June 2018 the Deferred Share Awards granted on 5 June 2014 under the Clarkson PLC 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan vested, following the end of a four year deferral period. The following PDMRs acquired ordinary shares in the Company in connection with the vesting and sold part of their acquired shares to fund tax liabilities arising from the vesting:

Director	Ordinary shares acquired on vesting	Shares sold at £26.94 per ordinary share	Ordinary shares retained from vesting
Mr Andi Case	9,924	4,676	5,248
Mr Jeff Woyda	2,117	998	1,119

Following the above transactions, which are detailed in the attached PDMR Notification Dealing Forms, the Directors' interests 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 Andi Case	505,248	1.67%	51,285	0.17%	104,602	0.35%
Mr Jeff Woyda	76,119	0.25%	11,381	0.04%	64,526	0.21%

For further details please contact:

Rachel Spencer

Group Company Secretary

Clarkson PLC           

Tel:  +44(0) 20 7334 3476

6 June 2018

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 Deferred Share Award (granted as restricted shares) under the Clarkson PLC 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan. No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards.  Number of shares vested: 9,924      Sold to cover tax: 4,676  Retained:  5,248
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£26.94	4,676
		d)	Aggregated information	Not applicable - single transaction
- Aggregated volume
- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	5 June 2018
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 Deferred Share Award (granted as restricted shares) under the Clarkson PLC 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan.  No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards.  Number of shares vested: 2,117        Sold to cover tax: 998       Retained: 1,119
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£26.94	998
		d)	Aggregated information	Not applicable - single transaction
- Aggregated volume
- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	5 June 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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