Director/PDMR Shareholding

24 November 2020

Carr's (CARR.L), the Agriculture and Engineering Group, announces that the following awards of options ("Options") were made on 23 November 2020, pursuant to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan 2013 (the "LTIP"), to certain PDMRs over ordinary shares in the Company of 2.5p each ("Ordinary Shares"):

Name

Number of Ordinary Shares subject to this award               

Neil Austin

200,800

Matthew Ratcliffe

38,986


The Options were awarded for nil-cost subject to the rules of the LTIP and will be exercisable from the third anniversary of the Award Date to the tenth anniversary of the Award Date, subject to the following performance targets:

 

Threshold

Maximum

Target

Average annual growth in Adjusted EPS of 3%

Average annual growth in adjusted EPS of 10%

Vesting

25%

100%

  

Vesting is adjusted on a straight-line basis between threshold and maximum targets.

The following information is included in accordance with Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (No. 596/2014):

1.

Details of person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

1. Neil Austin

2. Matthew Ratcliffe

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

1. Chief Financial Officer

2. Company Secretary

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial Notification

3.

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

a)

Name

Carr's Group plc

b)

LEI

213800HTIKPQV98RA653

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 £0.025 each

b)

Identification Code

GB00BRK01058

c)

Nature of the transactions

Grant of award pursuant to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan 2013

d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1. £0.025 Ordinary Shares

2. £0.025 Ordinary Shares

200,800

38,986


e)

 

Aggregated information:

i. Aggregated volume

ii. price

 

 

N/A

f)

Date of the transaction

23 November 2020

g)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

Enquiries:

Carr's Group plc                                                     01228 554 600

Matthew Ratcliffe (Company Secretary)

Powerscourt

Nick Dibden

Lisa Kavanagh

020 7250 1446

[email protected]