Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8507U

Dixons Carphone PLC

08 April 2021

 

8 April 2021

DIXONS CARPHONE PLC

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTION OF DIRECTOR

Dixons Carphone plc Buyout Award.

In accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1 and Market Abuse Regulation Article 19, Dixons Carphone plc (the 'Company') announces the following share transaction undertaken by Alex Baldock, Group Chief Executive (a PDMR).

Alex exercised nil cost options over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence in the Company granted Buyout Award (the "Award") which was granted under Listing Rule 9.4.2(2) on 3 April 2018, and that vested on 6 April 2021 .The exercise will be settled using market purchase shares.

Alex exercised a total of 367,288 options, made up of 329,692 options and 37,596 accrued dividend equivalents, and sold 173,233 shares to cover the tax liability arising on the transaction.  The remaining 194,055 shares were retained.

PMDR DEALING NOTIFICATION
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Alex Baldock
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	Dixons Carphone plc
b)	LEI	2138001E12GWLLDQQF16
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 instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of £0.1p each in Dixons Carphone plc
	Identification code	GB00B4Y7R145
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of a share option under the Dixons Carphone Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") and sale of shares to cover the tax and NIC arising from the exercise.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil cost 367,288 £1.42 173,233
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	1.  Exercise Price(s) Volume(s) Total Nil cost 367,288  0.00 2.  Sale Price(s) Volume(s) Total £1.42 173,233  245,991
e)	Date of the transaction (DD-MM-YYYY)	07-04-2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Enquiries:

Sarah Thomas  Deputy Company Secretary  [phone]

Dan Homan   Head of Investor Relations  [phone]

 

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