Mothercare Plc : Director/PDMR Shareholding

To The London Stock Exchange

9 August 2016

Mothercare plc 

Director/PDMR shareholdings

Mothercare 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan - 2016 grant

Mothercare plc announces that awards under the Mothercare 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan were made to the following directors/persons discharging managerial responsibilities on 8 August 2016 in the form of nil cost options:

Director/PDMR	Number of shares
Mark Newton-Jones	906,666
Richard Smothers	460,185

The awards will vest in whole or part subject to the achievement of stretching corporate performance conditions. The performance measures are 50% total shareholder return (TSR) measured against a comparator group and 50% earnings per share (EPS).  50% of the awards will vest after the third anniversary of the award date and 50% of the awards will vest after the fourth anniversary of the award date subject to meeting performance criteria.

No consideration is payable for the grant of these awards.

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Source: Mothercare Plc via Globenewswire

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