Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0343G
Dixons Carphone PLC
21 July 2021
 

21 July 2021

DIXONS CARPHONE PLC

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTION OF DIRECTOR

Award under The Dixons Carphone plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2016

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 LTIP Award (the "Award") which was granted on the 22 June 2018 under The Dixons Carphone plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2016.  The Award vested on 19 July 2021, in accordance with the achievement of the applicable performance conditions.  Further details of the achievement of the performance conditions are disclosed in the 2020/21 Directors' Remuneration Report, which will be available at www.dixonscarphone.com from 28 July 2021.

In total, Alex Baldock exercised 666,849 options, made up of 598,591 options and 68,258 accrued dividend equivalents, and sold 314,521 shares to cover the tax liability arising on the transaction.  The remaining 352,328 shares were retained. The exercise has been satisfied using market purchase shares and the shares are subject to a 2-year post vest holding requirement.

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

666,849

£1.174368

314,521

 

 

d)

Aggregated information

-

Aggregated volume

-

Price

1.  Exercise

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Total

Nil cost

666,849

 0.00

2.  Sale

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Total

£1.174368

314,521

 369,363

e)

Date of the transaction

(DD-MM-YYYY)

19-07-2021

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

Enquiries:

 

Sarah Thomas  Deputy Company Secretary  +44 (0)7401 373 188

 

Dan Homan   Head of Investor Relations  +44 (0)7401 400 442

 

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