Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2022J

Dixons Carphone PLC

19 August 2021

 

19 August 2021

DIXONS CARPHONE PLC

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTION OF DIRECTOR

Award under the 2018/19 Deferred Share Bonus Plan ("DSBP")

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 Baldock exercised nil cost options over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence in the Company in respect of the 2018/19 DSBP Award (the "Award") which was granted on the 26 July 2019 under the 2018/19 Deferred Share Bonus Plan.  The Award vested on 26 July 2021, and Alex subsequently exercised a total of 533,390 options, made up of 506,490 options and 26,900 accrued dividend equivalents on 18 August 2021.  Alex sold 251,575 shares to cover the tax liability arising on the transaction.  The remaining 281,815 shares were retained. The exercise has been satisfied using market purchase shares.

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 2018/19 Deferred Share Bonus Plan ("DSBP") 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 533,390 £1.398 251,575
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	1.  Exercise Price(s) Volume(s) Total Nil cost 533,390  0.00 2.  Sale Price(s) Volume(s) Total £1.398 251,575  351,702.85
e)	Date of the transaction (DD-MM-YYYY)	18-08-2021
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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