Card Factory PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding & Total Voting Rights (6577L)

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RNS Number : 6577L

Card Factory PLC

16 May 2022

16 May 2022

Card Factory plc

("Card Factory" or the "Company")

Notification of Transactions of Directors and Total Voting Rights

Card Factory, the UK's leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, gifts, wrap and bags today announces that, on 16 May 2022, it allotted 276,645 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") following the exercise of nil-cost Restricted Share options granted under the Card Factory plc Long Term Incentive Plan. The allotment includes the issue of shares to Kris Lee (Chief Financial Officer), as well as issue of Shares to other Group employees.

Kris Lee has exercised his right to acquire, in aggregate, 65,114 Shares and, on 16 May 2022, sold 31,530 Shares to meet income tax and National Insurance liabilities arising from the vesting. Under the terms of the Restricted Share award, the balance of the vesting shares are subject to a holding period which prohibits sale of such shares before 14 May 2024.

Following the dealings described above, Kris Lee's interests in the Company are set out below:

 
 Director/PDMR    Current      Restricted        No. of shares   No. shares        % of total 
                   holding      Shares vesting    sold to         held following    voting rights 
                   of Shares                      cover tax       Restricted 
                                                  liabilities     Share vesting 
                                                                  and sale 
 Kris Lee         35,046       65,114            31,530          68,630            0.02% 
                 -----------  ----------------  --------------  ----------------  --------------- 
 

Total Voting Rights

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rules 5.6.1R, the Company notifies the market that at the date of this announcement the Company's issued ordinary share capital comprises 342,366,344 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") with each share carrying one vote. No shares are held in treasury.

The number of 342,366,344 ordinary shares above may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the ordinary share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

This notification is made in accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

 
 Ciaran Stone                   Tel: [phone] 
  General Counsel and Company 
  Secretary 
  Card Factory plc 
 

CARD FACTORY PLC

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
      / person closely associated 
 a)  Name                             Kristian Lee 
 2   Reason for the notification 
 a)  Position/status                  Chief Financial Officer 
 b)  Initial notification /Amendment  Initial notification 
 3   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
      auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
 a)  Name                             Card Factory plc 
 b)  LEI                              213800TTSOPFVCKPFQ11 
 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     Ordinary shares of one pence each 
      instrument, type of instrument 
      Identification code 
                                       GB00BLY2F708 
 b)  Nature of the transaction        (a) Exercise of right to nil cost 
                                       Restricted Shares and (b) sale 
                                       of shares to satisfy tax liabilities 
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                             Price(s)      Volume 
                                                          per share 
                                         (a) Exercise    Nil           65,114 
                                                        ------------  ------- 
                                         (b) Sale        GBP0.6385     31,530 
                                                        ------------  ------- 
d)   Aggregated information                             Aggregated      Volume 
                                                          Price(s) 
                                         (a) Exercise    Nil             65,114 
                                                        --------------  ------- 
                                         (b) Sale        GBP20,131.91    31,530 
                                                        --------------  ------- 
e)   Date of the transaction          (a) 16 May 2022 
                                       (b) 16 May 2022 
f)   Place of the transaction         (a) Outside a trading venue 
                                       (b) London Stock Exchange 
 
 
Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: 
 Ciaran Stone 
 Date of notification: 16 May 2022 
 

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