PCA Notification

B&M European Value Retail S.A.

19 December 2023

 

19 December 2023

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (the "Company")

PCA Notification

We refer to the Company's announcements made on 13 and 15 December 2023.

In accordance with its regulatory obligations, the Company is publishing below the contents of a "person closely associated with" ("PCA") notification received in relation to the sale of shares in the Company by SSA Investments S.ar.l. ("SSA") last week.

The PCA notification was a regulatory requirement of SSA as it is a PCA connected with Bobby Arora (who is a "person discharging management responsibilities" in relation to the Company) notwithstanding that Bobby Arora's beneficial shareholding in the Company remains unchanged.

As set out in the notification below, the sale of shares by SSA Investments solely relates to the shares in the Company held for the benefit of its indirect shareholders Simon Arora and Robin Arora. Bobby Arora has not reduced his beneficial shareholding in the Company.

Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and persons closely associated with them notification
1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
Legal person	SSA Investments S.àr.l. with registered address at 5, Heienhaff, Sennigerberg, L-1736 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number RCS Luxembourg B 187251
2.	Reason for the notification
Position/status	This notification concerns SSA Investments S.àr.l. ("SSA Investments"), a shareholder of B&M European Value Retail S.A. (the "Issuer"), as a person closely associated ("PCA") with the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"): Bobby Arora, Group Trading Director, PDMR in relation to the Issuer's Group. SSA Investments is an investment vehicle for certain members of the Arora family through which they beneficially own 4.194% of the shares in the Issuer. As Simon Arora and Bobby Arora each hold approximately 38.6% of the shares in SSA Investments with the remainder held by Robin Arora and Praxis Nominees Limited, SSA Investments qualifies as a PCA of Bobby Arora in the sense of article 3(1)(26)(d) of MAR. This sale of shares by SSA Investments solely relates to the shares in the Issuer held for the benefit of Simon Arora and Robin Arora. Bobby Arora has not reduced his beneficial shareholding in the Issuer.
Initial notification/ amendment	Initial
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
Issuer	B&M European Value Retail S.A.
LEI	213800UK7ZRLY2K1X530
4.	Details of the transaction(s)
Description of the financial instrument, type of Instrument	Shares
Identification Code	ISIN LU1072616219
Nature of the transaction	Disposal
Currency	GBP
Price(s) and volume(s)	Price	Volume	Total
	GBP 5.809568399	27,821,400	GBP 161,630,326
Aggregated Information	Price	Volume	Total
	GBP 5.809568399	27,821,400	GBP 161,630,326
Date of Transaction	13 December 2023
Place of transaction	Outside a trading venue

Date and signature                                                                                                                                                            Shane Califf                                                                                                                                                            Marija Prechtlein                                                                                                                                                            13/12/2023

1 For natural persons: the first name and the last name(s). For legal persons: full name including legal form as provided for in the register where it is incorporated, if applicable.

2 For persons discharging managerial responsibilities: the position occupied within the issuer, emission allowances market participant/auction platform/auctioneer/auction monitor should be indicated, e.g. CEO, CFO. For persons closely associated: -  an indication that the notification concerns a person closely associated with a person discharging managerial responsibilities, -  the name and position of the relevant person discharging managerial responsibilities.

3 Indication that this is an initial notification or an amendment to prior notifications. In case of amendment, explain the error that this notification is amending.

4Full name of the entity.

5 Legal Entity Identifier code in accordance with ISO 17442 LEI code.

6 Indication as to the nature of the instrument: -  a share, a debt instrument, a derivative or a financial instrument linked to a share or a debt instrument; -  an emission allowance, an auction product based on an emission allowance or a derivative relating to an emission allowance.

7Instrument identification code as defined under Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) N° 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the reporting of transactions to competent authorities adopted under Article 26 of Regulation (EU) N° 600/2014.

8 Description of the transaction type using, where applicable, the type of transaction identified in Article 10 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/522 adopted under Article 19(14) of Regulation (EU) N° 596/2014 or a specific example set out in Article 19(7) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014. Pursuant to Article 19(6)(e) of Regulation (EU) N° 596/2014, it shall be indicated whether the transaction is linked to the exercise of a share option programme.

9 Where more than one transaction of the same nature (purchases, sales, lendings, borrows, …) on the same financial instrument or emission allowance are executed on the same day and on the same place of transaction, prices and volumes of these transactions shall be reported in this field, in a two columns form as presented above, inserting as many lines as needed. Using the data standards for price and quantity, including where applicable the price currency and the quantity currency, as defined under Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) N° 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the reporting of transactions to competent authorities adopted under Article 26 of Regulation (EU) N° 600/2014.

10 The volumes of multiple transactions are aggregated when these transactions: - relate to the same financial instrument or emission allowance; - are of the same nature; - are executed on the same day; and - are executed on the same place of transaction. Using the data standard for quantity, including where applicable the quantity currency, as defined under Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) N° 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the reporting of transactions to competent authorities adopted under Article 26 of Regulation (EU) N° 600/2014.

11 Price information: - In case of a single transaction, the price of the single transaction; - In case the volumes of multiple transactions are aggregated: the weighted average price of the aggregated transactions. Using the data standard for price, including where applicable the price currency, as defined under Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the reporting of transactions to competent authorities adopted under Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014.

12 Date of the particular day of execution of the notified transaction. Using the ISO 8601 date format: YYYY-MM-DD; UTC time.

13Name and code to identify the MiFID trading venue, the systematic internaliser or the organised trading platform outside of the Union where the transaction was executed as defined under Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) N° 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the reporting of transactions to competent authorities adopted under Article 26 of Regulation (EU) N° 600/2014, or if the transaction was not executed on any of the above mentioned venues, please mention 'outside a trading venue'.

 

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