Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8590F

Kingfisher PLC

17 July 2019

 

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 John Colley, Chief Trading Officer, (a PDMR), John Mewett, CEO Screwfix (a PDMR) and Sebastien Krysiak, CEO of All Other Markets (a PDMR).

John exercised options over ordinary shares of 15 5/7p in the Company granted under the Kingfisher Alignment Shares and Transformation Incentive Plan. John exercised a total of 17,613 options and sold 8,309 shares to cover the tax liability arising on the exercise of these options. The remaining 9,304 shares were then sold.

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	John Colley
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Chief Trading 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 Alignment Shares and Transformation Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Nil (nil-cost options)	17,613
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction (YYYY - MM - DD)	2019-07-15
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON (London Stock Exchange)
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	Sale of shares to cover the tax arising from the exercise of shares under the Kingfisher Alignment Shares and Transformation Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) 219.4 pence per share		Volume(s) 8,309
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction (YYYY - MM - DD)	2019-07-15
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON (London Stock Exchange)

Date the Company received notification of the above dealings: 2019-07-16.

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	Sale of shares.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) 222.4 pence per share	Volume(s) 9,304
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction (YYYY - MM - DD)	2019-07-16
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON (London Stock Exchange)

Date the Company received notification of the above dealings: 2019-07-17.

Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') today also announces the following acquisition of shares pursuant to the rules of the Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan by John Mewett, CEO Screwfix, (a PDMR), which occurred on Monday, 15 July 2019.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) b)	Natural person:                 Legal person	John Mewett
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	CEO Screwfix
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 pursuant to the rules of the Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) 219.721 pence per share	Volume(s) 69
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction (YYYY - MM - DD)	2019-07-15
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON (London Stock Exchange)

Date the Company received notification of the above dealings: 2019-07-16.

Kingfisher plc (the 'Company') also today announces the following share transactions made by Sebastien Krysiak, CEO of All Other Markets (a PDMR).

Sebastien exercised options over ordinary shares of 15 5/7p in the Company granted under the Kingfisher Incentive Share Plan. Sebastien exercised a total of 9,417. All shares were retained.

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	Sebastien Krysiak
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	CEO of All Other Markets
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.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Nil (nil-cost options)	9,417
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction (YYYY - MM - DD)	2019-07-16
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON (London Stock Exchange)

Date the Company received notification of the above dealings: 2019-07-17.

For further information, please contact:

Paul Moore, Group Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

Kingfisher plc

3 Sheldon Square, London W2 6PX

 

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