Director Shareholding

RNS Number : 6199G

Sanderson Design Group PLC

27 July 2021

 

For immediate release

27 July 2021

SANDERSON DESIGN GROUP PLC

("Sanderson Design Group", the "Company" or the "Group")

Director Shareholding

Sanderson Design Group PLC (AIM: SDG), the luxury interior design and furnishings group, announces that, following completion of the appropriate vesting criteria, 49,780 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") have been awarded to Lisa Montague, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, in respect of her annual performance bonus for the year ended 31 January 2020. These Ordinary Shares have been transferred from the Company's Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT").

The Remuneration Committee determined in 2020 that any bonus payable in respect of the year ended 31 January 2020 was to be awarded in Ordinary Shares rather than cash owing to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Further details of this annual bonus are set out in the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2020.

Following this award, Lisa Montague has an interest in 108,097 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 0.15% of the Company's total issued share capital.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Lisa Montague
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	Sanderson Design Group PLC
b)	LEI	213800A8K2WOUZJIQL93
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 1 pence each GB0003061511
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) n/a 49780
d)	Aggregated information	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	27 July 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	n/a

For further information:

Sanderson Design Group PLC	c/o Buchanan [phone]
Lisa Montague, Chief Executive Officer
Michael Williamson, Chief Financial Officer
Caroline Geary, Company Secretary
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker)	[phone]
David Anderson / Alex Wright / Ben Farrow
Buchanan	[phone]
Mark Court / Sophie Wills / Toto Berger

[e-mail]

Notes for editors:

About Sanderson Design Group

Sanderson Design Group PLC is a luxury interior furnishings company that designs, manufactures and markets wallpapers, fabrics and paints. In addition, the Company derives licensing income from the use of its designs on a wide range of products such as bed and bath collections, rugs, blinds and tableware.

Sanderson Design Group's brands include Zoffany, Sanderson, Morris & Co., Harlequin, Scion, Anthology and Clarke & Clarke.

The Company has a strong UK manufacturing base comprising Anstey wallpaper factory in Loughborough and Standfast & Barracks a fabric printing factory, in Lancaster. Both sites manufacture for the Company and for other wallpaper and fabric brands.

Sanderson Design Group employs approximately 600 people and its products are sold worldwide. It has showrooms in London, New York, Chicago, Paris, Amsterdam and Dubai.

Sanderson Design Group trades on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SDG.

For further information please visit: www.sandersondesigngroup.com

 

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