Dixons Carphone PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (5288L)

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RNS Number : 5288L

Dixons Carphone PLC

03 October 2016

3 October 2016

DIXONS CARPHONE PLC

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS

Exercise of Sharesave Options

In accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1 and Market Abuse Regulation Article 19, Dixons Carphone plc (the 'Company') announces that Katie Bickerstaffe and Humphrey Singer have both exercised a three-year option granted in 2013 under Dixons Retail plc's Sharesave Plan 2008 over 601 ordinary shares of the Company, at an option price of 209.35 pence per share. The shares have been retained and these directors' respective holdings in the Company's shares are below:

 
 Name of Director/     Number of shares   Total number of 
  PDMR                  exercised          shares held 
--------------------  -----------------  ---------------- 
 Humphrey Singer             601              619,748 
--------------------  -----------------  ---------------- 
 Katie Bickerstaffe          601              409,568 
--------------------  -----------------  ---------------- 
 

Further information:

   Nigel Paterson, Company Secretary & General Counsel        Tel: [phone] 
 
 PDMR DEALING NOTIFICATION 
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 Notification and public disclosure of transactions 
  by persons discharging managerial responsibilities 
  and persons closely associated with them 
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 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities / person closely associated 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                    Humphrey Singer 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position /              Group Finance Director 
        status 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification    Initial notification 
        / 
        Amendment 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of issuer 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                    Dixons Carphone plc 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                     2138001E12GWLLDQQF16 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 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             Ordinary shares in Dixons Carphone 
        of the financial        plc 
        instrument, 
        type of instrument 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
       Identification          GB00B4Y7R145 
        code 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of               Exercise of options granted 
        the transaction         in 2013 under the Dixons Retail 
                                plc's Sharesave Plan 2008 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and            Price(s)                    Volume(s) 
        volume(s) 
----  ----------------------  --------------------------  ------------------------- 
   GBP2.0935                                               601 
  ------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated              Aggregated price            Aggregated volume 
        information 
----  ----------------------  --------------------------  ------------------------- 
   N/A (single transaction)                                N/A (single transaction) 
  ------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the             2016-10-03 
        transaction 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the            Outside a trading venue 
        transaction 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 PDMR DEALING NOTIFICATION 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 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                    Katie Bickerstaffe 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position /              Chief Executive, UK & Ireland 
        status 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification    Initial notification 
        / 
        Amendment 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of issuer 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                    Dixons Carphone plc 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                     2138001E12GWLLDQQF16 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 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             Ordinary shares in Dixons Carphone 
        of the financial        plc 
        instrument, 
        type of instrument 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
       Identification          GB00B4Y7R145 
        code 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of               Exercise of options granted 
        the transaction         in 2013 under the Dixons Retail 
                                plc's Sharesave Plan 2008 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and            Price(s)                    Volume(s) 
        volume(s) 
----  ----------------------  --------------------------  ------------------------- 
   GBP2.0935                                               601 
  ------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated              Aggregated price            Aggregated volume 
        information 
----  ----------------------  --------------------------  ------------------------- 
   N/A (single transaction)                                N/A (single transaction) 
  ------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the             2016-10-03 
        transaction 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the            Outside a trading venue 
        transaction 
----  ----------------------  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 

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