FERGUSON PLC ("Company")
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ("PDMRs") IN ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH IN THE COMPANY ("Shares")
On 12 June 2019 the Company granted the following awards to Ian Graham, Group General Counsel and a PDMR, under the following plans:
Ferguson Group Performance Ordinary Share Plan 2019 ("POSP")
Two awards were made under the POSP as set out in the table below:
| PDMR | Award of conditional Shares | Vesting date |
| I Graham | 2,281 | 30 October 2020 |
| I Graham | 1,241 | 18 October 2021 |
The awards were granted as conditional share awards. No consideration is payable at allocation or on vesting of all or part of the awards. These awards will vest upon, normally, continued employment and the achievement of US trading profit growth performance conditions tested over the relevant three-year performance period. Subject to, normally, continued employment and the meeting of performance conditions the awards will vest on the dates detailed in the table above.
Ferguson Group Ordinary Share Plan 2019 ("OSP")
Two awards were made under the OSP as set out in the table below:
| PDMR | Award of conditional Shares | Vesting date |
| I Graham | 2,246 | 30 October 2020 |
| I Graham | 1,260 | 18 October 2021 |
The awards were granted as conditional share awards. No consideration is payable at allocation or on vesting of all or part of the awards. The awards have no performance conditions and will normally vest, only subject to continued employment with the Company, on the dates detailed in the table above.
The attached notifications, which have been made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulations, provide further detail.
POSP Awards
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Ian Graham | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Group General Counsel | ||||
| b) | Initial/Amendment notification | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Ferguson plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800DU1LGY3R2S2X42 | ||||
| 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
Identification code | Ordinary Shares of 10p each
ISIN: JE00BJVNSS43 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | The grant of conditional shares under the Ferguson Group Performance Ordinary Share Plan 2019 | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
GBP - British Pound | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
Not applicable
£0.00 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2019-06-12; UTC time | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Ian Graham | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Group General Counsel | ||||
| b) | Initial/Amendment notification | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Ferguson plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800DU1LGY3R2S2X42 | ||||
| 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
Identification code | Ordinary Shares of 10p each
ISIN: JE00BJVNSS43 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | The grant of conditional shares under the Ferguson Group Performance Ordinary Share Plan 2019 | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
GBP - British Pound | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
Not applicable
£0.00 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2019-06-12; UTC time | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
OSP Awards
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Ian Graham | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Group General Counsel | ||||
| b) | Initial/Amendment notification | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Ferguson plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800DU1LGY3R2S2X42 | ||||
| 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
Identification code | Ordinary Shares of 10p each
ISIN: JE00BJVNSS43 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | The grant of conditional shares under the Ferguson Group Ordinary Share Plan 2019 | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
GBP - British Pound | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
Not applicable
£0.00 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2019-06-12; UTC time | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Ian Graham | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Group General Counsel | ||||
| b) | Initial/Amendment notification | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Ferguson plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800DU1LGY3R2S2X42 | ||||
| 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
Identification code | Ordinary Shares of 10p each
ISIN: JE00BJVNSS43 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | The grant of conditional shares under the Ferguson Group Ordinary Share Plan 2019 | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
GBP - British Pound | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
Not applicable
£0.00 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2019-06-12; UTC time | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
Enquiries:
Graham Middlemiss, Group Company Secretary
(00 44 118 927 3800)
14 June 2019