Director/PDMR Shareholding

27 July 2018

Mothercare plc 

Director/PDMR shareholdings

Further to the announcement on 17 May 2018 in relation to the Placing and Open Offer, the following directors/PDMRs have subscribed for New Ordinary Shares in the Placing and Open Offer as set out in the table:

		Number of shares held at the Reference Date	Number of shares subscribed for	Number of shares held after the Placing and Open Offer	Percentage of issued share capital now held
Clive Whiley1	Interim Executive Chairman	50,000	200,000	250,000	0.07%
Mark Newton-Jones	CEO	1,029,276	1,029,276	2,058,552	0.60%
David Wood	Group Managing Director	500,000	500,000	1,000,000	0.29%
Glyn Hughes	CFO	220,573	52,631	273,204	0.08%
Nick Wharton2	Non-executive director	7,296	7,296	14,592	0.004%

¹ Interest held via Zodiac Executive Pension Scheme of which Mr Whiley is the sole beneficiary

² Interest held by Mr Wharton’s spouse, a person closely associated

Further details of the notifications as required under Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation are set out below:

Mothercare plc (the “Company”)
Transaction notification

1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/persons closely associated

a) Name:Clive Whiley

2.Reason for notification

a) Position/Status: Interim Executive Chairman

b) Initial notification/amendment: Initial notification

3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a) Name: Mothercare PLC

b) LEI: 213800ZL6RPV9Z9GFO74

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 and identification code: Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in the capital of Mothercare plc
ISIN: GB0009067447

b) Nature of transaction: Subscription of Open Offer shares

c) Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
19p per share	200,000

d) Aggregated Information: n/a

e) Date of transaction: 27 July 2018

f) Place of transaction: London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/persons closely associated

a) Name: Mark Newton-Jones

2. Reason for notification

a) Position/Status: CEO

b) Initial notification/amendment: Initial notification

3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a) Name: Mothercare PLC

b) LEI: 213800ZL6RPV9Z9GFO74

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 and identification code: Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in the capital of Mothercare plc
ISIN: GB0009067447

b) Nature of transaction: Subscription of Open Offer shares

c) Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
19p per share	1,029,276

d) Aggregated Information:n/a

e) Date of transaction: 27 July 2018

f) Place of transaction: London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1.Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/persons closely associated

a) Name: David Wood

2.Reason for notification

a) Position/Status: Group Managing Director

b) Initial notification/amendment: Initial notification

3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a) Name: Mothercare PLC

b) LEI: 213800ZL6RPV9Z9GFO74

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 and identification code: Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in the capital of Mothercare plc
ISIN: GB0009067447

b) Nature of transaction: Subscription of Open Offer shares

c) Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
19p per share	1,000,000

d) Aggregated Information: n/a

e) Date of transaction: 27 July 2018

f) Place of transaction: London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/persons closely associated

a) Name: Glyn Hughes

2. Reason for notification

a) Position/Status: CFO

b) Initial notification/amendment: Initial notification

3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a) Name: Mothercare PLC

b) LEI: 213800ZL6RPV9Z9GFO74

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 and identification code: Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in the capital of Mothercare plc
ISIN: GB0009067447

b) Nature of transaction: Subscription of Open Offer shares

c) Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
19p per share	52,631

d) Aggregated Information: n/a

e) Date of transaction: 27 July 2018

f) Place of transaction: London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/persons closely associated

a) Name: Donna Wharton, PCA of Nick Wharton

2. Reason for notification

a) Position/Status: PCA of Non-executive director

b) Initial notification/amendment: Initial notification

3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a) Name: Mothercare PLC

b) LEI: 213800ZL6RPV9Z9GFO74

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 and identification code: Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in the capital of Mothercare plc
ISIN: GB0009067447

b) Nature of transaction: Subscription of Open Offer shares

c) Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
19p per share	7,296

d) Aggregated Information: n/a

e) Date of transaction: 27 July 2018

f) Place of transaction: London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Lynne Medini
Company Secretary

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