Director/PDMR Shareholding

The London Stock Exchange

7 September 2011

Mothercare plc - Director PDMR Shareholding

Mothercare plc announces that the Chairman and some of the non-executive
directors of the Company have purchased Mothercare ordinary 50p shares as noted
below:

+----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|                |Number of shares|Price paid per|Total number  |Total voting  |
|                |acquired        |share         |of shares held|rights        |
|                |                |              |              |              |
|                |                |              |              |              |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|Alan Parker     |60,000          |346p          |60,000        |0.068%        |
|                |                |              |              |              |
|                |                |              |              |              |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|Amanda Mackenzie|6,000           |346p          |6,000         |0.0068%       |
|                |                |              |              |              |
|                |                |              |              |              |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|Richard Rivers  |10,000          |347.9p        |18,000        |0.0203%       |
|                |                |              |              |              |
|                |                |              |              |              |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|David Williams  |3,000           |347.4p        |41,300        |0.0466%       |
|                |                |              |              |              |
|                |                |              |              |              |
+----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+

Total voting rights are calculated on the issued share capital of 88,628,372 as
announced on 1(st) September 2011.

Further information: Lynne Medini, Assistant Group Company Secretary,
01923 206186







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