Next PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (9277F)

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RNS Number : 9277F

Next PLC

31 October 2018

 
 Next plc 
  Notification of Transactions by Person Discharging Managerial 
  Responsibility and Person Closely Associated With Them 
  The following notification is made under article 19 of the 
  Market Abuse Regulation. On 31 October 2018 the following 
  share options were granted to certain directors/ PDMRs under 
  the Next plc 2009 Sharesave Plan. The exercise price of GBP43.48 
  was set in accordance with HMRC rules for sharesave plans. 
  Each director to which this notification relates has elected 
  for a plan term of 5 years. The sharesave contracts will commence 
  on 1 December 2018 and, subject to the rules of the plan, 
  the options will be exercisable for the period of 6 months 
  following the maturity date of 1 December 2023. 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       ("PDMR") / person closely associated ("PCA") 
 a)   Name                          1. Amanda James 
                                     2. Jane Shields 
 
                                     3. Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status               1. PDMR - Finance Director 
                                     2. PDMR - Group Sales and Marketing 
                                     Director 
                                     3. PDMR - Chief Executive 
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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                     Next plc 
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 b)   LEI                      213800WQD8ECPZP9PH98 
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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 the       Sharesave options over ordinary shares 
       financial instrument,    of GBP0.10 each 
       type of instrument 
 
      Identification code      GB0032089863 
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 b)    Nature of the transaction         Grant of options under the Next plc 
                                          2009 Sharesave Plan over the following 
                                          number of Shares: 
                                          1. Amanda James - 249 
                                          2. Jane Shields - 282 
                                          3. Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise - 
                                          344 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
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                                     Price(s)                 Volume(s) 
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  Amanda James                   GBP43.48                     249 
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  Jane Shields                   GBP43.48                     282 
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  Lord Wolfson of Aspley 
   Guise                         GBP43.48                     344 
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 d)    Aggregated information 
 
  - Aggregated volume          n/a 
 
  - Price                      n/a 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction      31 October 2018 
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 f)    Place of the transaction     Outside a trading venue 
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Seonna Anderson

Company Secretary

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