Business Context and Reporting Period
This Form 6-K filing by GlaxoSmithKline plc covers the period ending January 2009. The report serves as a notification of transactions involving Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility, or Connected Persons regarding their interests in the company's Ordinary shares.
Key Financial Metrics
The filing text does not provide a clear value for revenue, profit, cash flow, margins, debt, or liquidity. This document is strictly a regulatory disclosure of share transactions and does not contain financial performance data.
Material Changes
The filing details the acquisition of Ordinary shares by eight individuals on January 12, 2009, at a price of £12.84 per share. These transactions occurred under the Company's Share Reward Plan, which was entered into on October 5, 2001. The acquisitions consisted of both personal contributions (partnership element) and company contributions (matching element).
- Mr A P Witty: Acquired 9 shares (personal) and 9 shares (company).
- Mr J S Heslop: Acquired 9 shares (personal) and 9 shares (company).
- Mr S M Bicknell: Acquired 9 shares (personal) and 9 shares (company).
- Mr E J Gray: Acquired 9 shares (personal) and 9 shares (company).
- Mr S A Hussain: Acquired 10 shares (personal) and 10 shares (company).
- Mr D Learmouth: Acquired 9 shares (personal) and 9 shares (company).
- Mr D S Redfern: Acquired 9 shares (personal) and 9 shares (company).
- Ms C Thomas: Acquired 9 shares (personal) and 9 shares (company).
Guidance, Outlook, and Risks
The filing text does not provide a clear value for guidance, outlook, management commentary, risks, contingencies, or unusual items. The document is limited to the notification of the specific share transactions described above in accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a).
Investor Verification Points
- Verify the share price of £12.84 per Ordinary share on January 12, 2009.
- Confirm the total number of shares acquired by each listed director under the Share Reward Plan.
- Review the terms of the Share Reward Plan entered on October 5, 2001, to understand the matching contribution structure.