Carpetright PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (7611O)

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RNS Number : 7611O

Carpetright PLC

21 May 2018

Carpetright plc

DIRECTORS'/PDMR INTERESTS IN SHARES

The Company today advises that Wilf Walsh and Neil Page have exercised their Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") nil-cost share options which vested in July 2017 as part of the July 2014 LTIP awards. The below sets out the number of shares acquired following the exercise of these options and the current shareholding and percentage of the Issued Share Capital of each of the Directors:

 
                        Number of          Total number         Percentage 
                         shares which       of shares            of Issued 
                         are exercisable    in which             Share Capital 
                         under the          the Director 
                         July 2014          is now interested 
                         LTIP scheme 
 
 Wilf 
 Walsh      Director    96,336             181,364              0.25% 
 
 Neil 
  Page      Director    49,952             88,734               0.12% 
 
 
 

The options will be satisified by the transfer of the requisite number of shares from the Carpetright plc Employee Benefit Trust (the "Trust"). Following delivery of the shares by the Trust, the shareholding of Equity Trust (Jersey) Limited in its capacity as trustee of the Trust will be 175,078 shares which represents approximately 0.25% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Formal notification of the dealings is set out below:

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities / person closely associated 
----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                          Wilf Walsh 
----  ----------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status               Chief Executive 
----  ----------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification          Initial notification 
        /Amendment 
----  ----------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                          Carpetright plc 
----  ----------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                           213800GO32BSNNHXID90 
----  ----------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 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                Ordinary Shares 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
---- 
 
       Identification                GB0001772945 
        code 
 
 b)    Nature of the                 Exercise of LTIP option granted 
        transaction                   in 2014 
----  ----------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
----                                 --------------------  ------------- 
                                      Price(s)              Volume(s) 
----                                 --------------------  ------------- 
    0 pence per 
     share                                                  96,336 
   ------------------------------------------------------  ------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
---- 
 
  - Aggregated volume           96,336 
 
  - Price                       0 pence per share 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction       21 May 2018 
----  ----------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction      Outside a trading venue 
----  ----------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities / person closely associated 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)    Name                        Neil Page 
----  --------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)    Position/status             Chief Financial Officer 
----  --------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification        Initial notification 
        /Amendment 
----  --------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)    Name                        Carpetright plc 
----  --------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                         213800GO32BSNNHXID90 
----  --------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 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              Ordinary Shares 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
---- 
 
       Identification              GB0001772945 
        code 
 
 b)    Nature of the               Exercise of LTIP option granted 
        transaction                 in 2014 
----  --------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
----                               ---------------------  ------------ 
                                    Option Price(s)        Volume(s) 
----                               ---------------------  ------------ 
    0 pence per 
     share                                                 49,952 
   -----------------------------------------------------  ------------ 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
---- 
 
  - Aggregated volume         49,952 
 
  - Price                     0 pence per share 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction     21 May 2018 
----  --------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction    Outside a trading venue 
----  --------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 

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