Victoria PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (6799I)

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RNS Number : 6799I

Victoria PLC

27 November 2018

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon publication of this announcement, this information is now considered to be in the public domain.

 
   27 November 2018 
 

Victoria PLC

('Victoria' or the 'Company')

Director Dealing

Victoria plc (AIM: VCP) announces that on 27 November 2018, Alexander Anton, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, purchased 25,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company at a price of 482.00 pence per share.

In addition, the CGF Anton Discretionary Trust, of which Alexander Anton is both a trustee and beneficiary, has on 27 November 2018 bought 25,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company at a price of 490.98 pence per share.

Mr Anton's interest in the Company is 544,025 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.43% of the issued share capital of the Company.

 
 Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation 
  (EU) No. 596/2014 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
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 a.    Name                                 Alexander Anton 
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 2     Reason for notification 
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 a.    Position/Status                      Non-Executive Director 
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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                                 Victoria PLC 
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 b.    LEI                                  2138002K6ECECHVCQN25 
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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                   Ordinary Shares of 5 pence 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument 
 
        Identification Code                  ISIN: GB00BZC0LC10 
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 b.    Nature of the transaction            Purchase of Ordinary Shares 
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 c.    Price(s) and volume(s)                Price(s)      Volume(s) 
        1. Alexander Anton                    1. 482.00      25,000 
        2. CGF Anton Discretionary             2. 490.98      25,000 
        Trust                                              ---------- 
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 d.    Aggregated information                Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                              486.49     50,000 
                                                        ---------- 
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 e.    Date of the transaction              27 November 2018 
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 f.    Place of the transaction             London Stock Exchange 
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                        For more information contact: 
                                Victoria PLC 
                      Geoff Wilding, Executive Chairman 
                    Philippe Hamers, Group Chief Executive 
   Michael Scott, Group Finance Director              [phone] 
                 Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser 
                              and Joint Broker) 
                    Rick Thompson, Phil Davies, Will Goode 
                             (Corporate Finance) 
                   Caspar Shand Kydd, Andrew Keith (Equity 
   Sales)                                             [phone] 
                          Berenberg (Joint Broker) 
               Ben Wright, Mark Whitmore, Laure Fine (Corporate 
                                   Broking) 
                    Buchanan Communications (Financial PR) 
   Charles Ryland, Maddie Seacombe, Tilly             [phone] 
   Abraham                                             [phone] 
 

About Victoria

Established in 1895 and listed since 1963 and on AIM since 2013 (VCP.L), Victoria PLC, is an international manufacturer and distributor of innovative flooring products. The Group, which is headquartered in Kidderminster, UK, designs, manufactures and distributes a range of carpet, flooring underlay, ceramic tiles, LVT (luxury vinyl tile), artificial grass and flooring accessories. Victoria has operations in the UK, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Australia and employs approximately 3,000 people across more than 20 sites. Victoria is the UK's largest carpet manufacturer and the second largest in Australia, as well as the largest manufacturer of underlay in both regions.

The Group's strategy is designed to create value for its shareholders and is focused on consistently increasing earnings per share via acquisitions and sustainable organic growth.

The Group's trading subsidiaries, as set out segmentally, include:

 
 UK & Europe:              A. & A. Carpets Ltd, Abingdon Flooring Ltd, Alliance 
                            Distribution Ltd, Avalon B.V, Ceramica Saloni, S.A.U, 
                            Ceramiche Serra S.p.A., Distinctive Flooring Ltd, 
                            Ezi Floor Ltd, Grass Inc. B.V, Interfloor Ltd, Keraben 
                            Grupo S.A., Millennium Weavers N.V, Sanicova, S.L.U, 
                            Victoria Carpets Ltd, View Logistics Ltd, Westex 
                            (Carpets) Ltd, 
 Australia:                Primary Flooring Pty Ltd, Quest Flooring Pty Ltd, 
                            The Victoria Carpet Co. Pty Ltd 
 

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