Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hostmore PLC

12 May 2023

 

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12 May 2023

Hostmore plc

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities

Grant of one-off award of Shares

Hostmore plc (the "Company") announces that the following award of ordinary shares of 20 pence each in the Company was granted to Julie McEwan, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"), to reflect the additional responsibilities of her acting as the Company's interim Chief Executive Officer from 9 January 2023 to 1 May 2023.  It was agreed that an award of shares in the Company would be made to Julie McEwan at the time she was appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer.  Julie McEwan was subsequently appointed as the Company's permanent Chief Executive Officer with effect from 2 May 2023.  These shares are being transferred to Julie McEwan by Intertrust Employee Benefit Trustee Limited, the trustee of the Hostmore plc 2021 Employee Benefit Trust, from shares currently held by the Trust.

Participant	Position	No. of Shares awarded
Julie McEwan	Chief Executive Officer	185,000

The shares were awarded as a one-off award on 12 May 2023 and are not subject to any vesting conditions. A two-year holding period applies to the shares.

The award of shares has been made as outlined and in accordance with the Directors' Remuneration Report published in the Company's annual report and financial statements for the 52-week period ended 1 January 2023.

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Full Name	Julie McEwan
2.	Reasons 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)	Full name of the entity	Hostmore plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier code	2138008IAVFFCVTG1L66
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 Identification Code	Ordinary shares of £0.20 each in Hostmore plc GB00BMV9MD66
b)	Nature of the transaction	Award of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 185,000
d)	Aggregated information -       Aggregated volume -       Price	Not Applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	12 May 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

ENQUIRIES

Hostmore plc

Alan Clark, Chief Financial Officer

[e-mail]

[phone]

Dentons Global Advisors

Jonathon Brill / James Styles

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Tel: [phone]

 

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