Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6894J

Kingfisher PLC

06 December 2018

 

KINGFISHER PLC

(the 'Company')

Notification of Transactions by Director/Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMR')

Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') today announces the following share transactions made by Karen Witts, Chief Financial Officer (PDMR) and Claudia Arney, Non-Executive Director (PDMR).

On Tuesday 4 December, Karen Witts exercised options over ordinary shares of 15 5/7p in the Company granted under the Kingfisher Incentive Share Plan 2015 (the 'KISP'). Karen exercised a total of 32,194 options and sold 15,192 shares to cover the tax liability arising on the exercise of these options. 17,002 shares were retained following the above transactions.

Karen also exercised options over ordinary shares of 15 5/7p in the Company granted under the Kingfisher Incentive Share Scheme (the 'KISS'). Karen exercised a total of 1,333 options and sold 635 shares to cover the tax liability arising on the exercise of these options. 698 shares were retained following the above transactions.

Claudia Arney purchased 27,460 ordinary shares in Kingfisher plc on Wednesday 5 December 2018.

The PDMR notifications below, which were made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulations, provide further detail of the notifiable transactions.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) b)	Natural person:                 Legal person	Karen Witts
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the Issuer
a)	Name	Kingfisher plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier:	213800KBMEV7I92FY281
4	Details of the transaction(s): Parts a-d of this section are 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 (Identification code)	Kingfisher Ordinary Shares of 15 5/7 pence each (ISIN: GB0033195214)
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of share options under the Kingfisher Incentive Share Plan (the 'KISP') and the Kingfisher Incentive Share Scheme (the 'KISS'). Sufficient shares were sold to cover income tax and national insurance liabilities.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£0.00	32,194
		£2.395	15,192
		£0.00	1,333
		£2.396	635
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated volume - Price	32,194 (exercise KISP) £0.00 (exercise KISP) 15,192 (sale KISP) £2.395 (sale KISP) 1,333 (exercise KISS) £0.00 (exercise KISS) 635 (sale KISS) £2.396 (sale KISS)
e)	Date of the transaction (YYYY - MM - DD)	2018-12-04
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON (London Stock Exchange)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) b)	Natural person:                 Legal person	Claudia Arney
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the Issuer
a)	Name	Kingfisher plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier:	213800KBMEV7I92FY281
4	Details of the transaction(s): Parts a-d of this section are 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 (Identification code)	Kingfisher Ordinary Shares of 15 5/7 pence each (ISIN: GB0033195214)
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£2.380	27,460
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction (YYYY - MM - DD)	2018-12-05
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON (London Stock Exchange)

Date the Company received notification of the above dealings: 2018-12-05

For further information, please contact:

Paul Moore, Group Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

Kingfisher plc

3 Sheldon Square, London W2 6PX

 

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