Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1452G

ASOS PLC

19 July 2019

 

19 July 2019

ASOS Plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

ASOS Plc ('the Company') announces that Nick Beighton, CEO, purchased 2,369 ordinary shares of 3.5 pence each in the capital of the Company ('Share(s)') on 19 July 2019 at an average price of £21.05 per Share.

Following this transaction, Nick Beighton holds 169,903 Shares in the Company.

This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014. 

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Nick Beighton
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	ASOS Plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier	213800H8DBB8JSKDW630
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 Identification code	Ordinary Shares of 3.5 pence each GB0030927254
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Shares
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£21.05	2,369
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total	N/A single transaction
f)	Date of the transaction	19 July 2019
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

For further information:

ASOS Plc  Nick Beighton, Chief Executive Officer Alison Lygo, Head of Investor Relations Website: www.asosplc.com/investors	Tel: [phone]
Instinctif Partners Matthew Smallwood / Justine Warren / Tom Berger	Tel: [phone]
JPMorgan Cazenove  Michael Wentworth-Stanley / Caroline Thomlinson/ Bill Hutchings	Tel: [phone]
Numis Securities Alex Ham / Luke Bordewich / Tom Ballard	Tel: [phone]

LEI number: 213800H8DBB8JSKDW630

Background note

ASOS is a global fashion destination for 20-somethings, selling all the freshest styles complemented by exclusive content, making ASOS.com the hub of a thriving fashion community and giving our audience the confidence to be whoever they want to be. ASOS sells over 85,000 branded and ASOS Brand products through localised app and mobile/desktop web experiences, delivering from fulfilment centres in the UK, US and Europe. ASOS curates a mix of our in-house designed labels, ASOS DESIGN, ASOS EDITION, ASOS WHITE, ASOS 4505 and Collusion with global and local brands sold through our own channels to deliver a locally relevant offer. Our ground-breaking propositions help bring our amazing products to almost every country in the world and we serve customers globally with increasingly tailored local experiences: relevant languages, payment methods and delivery and return options. You can currently shop ASOS in over 200 markets, in eight languages, using an ever greater number of different payment methods, with hundreds of local deliveries and returns options from pick up and drop off networks to Next-Day Delivery. We aim to give all our global customers a truly frictionless experience.

ASOS's websites attracted 200.9 million visits during June 2019 (June 2018¹: 169.1 million) and as at 30 June 2019 it had 20.0 million active customers² (30 June 2018: 18.0 million), of which 6.3 million were located in the UK and 13.6 million were located in our international territories (30 June 2018: 5.8 million in the UK and 12.2 million internationally).

¹Restated visits, previously reported number 180 million, ²Defined as having shopped in the last twelve months as at 30 June

 

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