ASOS PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (1452G)

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RNS Number : 1452G

ASOS PLC

19 July 2019

19 July 2019

ASOS Plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

ASOS Plc ('the Company') announces that Nick Beighton, CEO, purchased 2,369 ordinary shares of 3.5 pence each in the capital of the Company ('Share(s)') on 19 July 2019 at an average price of GBP21.05 per Share.

Following this transaction, Nick Beighton holds 169,903 Shares in the Company.

This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
 a)    Name                                       Nick Beighton 
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 2     Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                           Chief Executive Officer 
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 b)    Initial notification                       Initial notification 
        / Amendment 
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 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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 a)    Name                                       ASOS Plc 
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 b)    Legal Entity                               213800H8DBB8JSKDW630 
        Identifier 
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 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 
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 a)    Description of                            Ordinary Shares of 3.5 pence each 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
                                                  GB0030927254 
        Identification 
        code 
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 b)    Nature of the                             Purchase of Shares 
        transaction 
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 c)    Currency                                  GBP 
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 d)    Price(s) and                                  Price(s)           Volume(s) 
        volume(s) 
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                              GBP21.05                                    2,369 
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 e)    Aggregated information                     N/A single transaction 
        - Aggregated 
        volume 
        - Price 
        - Aggregated 
        total 
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 f)    Date of the transaction                    19 July 2019 
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 g)    Place of the                              London Stock Exchange, AIM 
        transaction 
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For further information:

 
 ASOS Plc                                   Tel: 020 
  Nick Beighton, Chief Executive Officer     7756 1000 
  Alison Lygo, Head of Investor Relations 
  Website: www.asosplc.com/investors 
 Instinctif Partners                        Tel: 020 
  Matthew Smallwood / Justine Warren         7457 2020 
  / Tom Berger 
 JPMorgan Cazenove                          Tel: 020 
  Michael Wentworth-Stanley / Caroline       7742 4000 
  Thomlinson/ Bill Hutchings 
 Numis Securities                           Tel: 020 
  Alex Ham / Luke Bordewich / Tom Ballard    7260 1000 
 

LEI number: 213800H8DBB8JSKDW630

Background note

ASOS is a global fashion destination for 20-somethings, selling all the freshest styles complemented by exclusive content, making ASOS.com the hub of a thriving fashion community and giving our audience the confidence to be whoever they want to be. ASOS sells over 85,000 branded and ASOS Brand products through localised app and mobile/desktop web experiences, delivering from fulfilment centres in the UK, US and Europe. ASOS curates a mix of our in-house designed labels, ASOS DESIGN, ASOS EDITION, ASOS WHITE, ASOS 4505 and Collusion with global and local brands sold through our own channels to deliver a locally relevant offer. Our ground-breaking propositions help bring our amazing products to almost every country in the world and we serve customers globally with increasingly tailored local experiences: relevant languages, payment methods and delivery and return options. You can currently shop ASOS in over 200 markets, in eight languages, using an ever greater number of different payment methods, with hundreds of local deliveries and returns options from pick up and drop off networks to Next-Day Delivery. We aim to give all our global customers a truly frictionless experience.

ASOS's websites attracted 200.9 million visits during June 2019 (June 2018(1) : 169.1 million) and as at 30 June 2019 it had 20.0 million active customers(2) (30 June 2018: 18.0 million), of which 6.3 million were located in the UK and 13.6 million were located in our international territories (30 June 2018: 5.8 million in the UK and 12.2 million internationally).

(1) Restated visits, previously reported number 180 million, (2) Defined as having shopped in the last twelve months as at 30 June

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