Ocado Group plc has announced that several of its directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) have been granted free shares under The Ocado Share Incentive Plan (SIP). The SIP is a tax-advantaged all-employee share scheme approved by HMRC. The directors and PDMRs who have received the free shares are Mark Richardson, CEO of Ocado Intelligent Automation; Neill Abrams, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary; Stephen Daintith, Chief Financial Officer; and James Matthews, CEO of Ocado Technology. Each of them has been granted a different number of free shares, ranging from 132 to 241. The transactions took place on 27 October 2023 outside of a trading venue.