Performance Share Plan

RNS Number : 6567I

ASOS PLC

21 November 2008

 



21 November 2008

ASOS plc ('ASOS' or the 'Company')

Performance Share Plan

Following the announcement on 18 November 2008, the trustee of the ASOS Performance Share Plan 2006 (the 'PSP') has purchased 33,094 Ordinary Shares of 3.5 pence each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') in the market (at a price of 289.85 pence per share). Following these transactions, the trustee of the PSP holds a total of 1,152,835 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 1.59% of the Company's issued Ordinary Share capital.

For further information:

ASOS plc                                                                Tel: [phone]

Nick Robertson, Chief Executive

Jon Kamaluddin, Finance Director

Cubitt Consulting                                                                 Tel: [phone]

Simon Brocklebank-Fowler / James Verstringhe    

JPMorgan Cazenove                        

Luke Bordewich / Gina Gibson                                      Tel: [phone]

Singer Capital Markets 

Nicholas How / Brad Cheng                                         Tel: [phone]

Note to Editors

ASOS is rapidly becoming the market leader in the UK online fashion world. The business continues to generate profitable growth despite continued investment in operational resources and enjoys strong and increasing barriers to entry.

Established in June 2000 and admitted to AIM in October 2001, ASOS.com is the UK's largest independent online fashion and beauty retailer and offers over 19,400 branded and own label product lines across womenswear, menswear, footwear, accessories, jewellery and beauty with approximately 1,150 new product lines being introduced each week.

Aimed primarily at fashion forward 16-34 year olds, ASOS.com attracts over 4.5 million unique visitors a month and as at 31 October 2008 had 1.88 million registered users and 0.95 million active customers (defined as having shopped in the last 6 months).

 

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