Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6728N

Howden Joinery Group PLC

10 May 2018

HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities

The Company has today been notified that Andrew Witts, a director of Howden Joinery Ltd and a person discharging managerial responsibility within the Company, sold a total of 200,000 ordinary shares in the Company on 9 May 2018 through the London Stock Exchange. Mr Witts' shares were sold at a price of 510.25p per share.

Following the transaction, Mr Witts' total holding of shares in the Company (including shares in his wife's name) is 845,665 ordinary shares (c. 0.14% of the issued share capital, exclusive of treasury shares).

The Notification of Dealing Form for Mr Witts may be found below.

Notification of dealing form

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Andrew Witts
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR within Howden Joinery Group Plc
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Howden Joinery Group plc
b)	LEI	213800KC1LJOJTY3JP45
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 10 pence each
	Identification code	GB0005576813
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of ordinary 10 pence shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
		GBP 5.1025		200,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Price(s)	Volume(s)		Aggregate Total
		GBP 5.1025	200,000		GBP 1,020,500
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-05-09
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)