Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6799I

Victoria PLC

27 November 2018

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon publication of this announcement, this information is now considered to be in the public domain. 

27 November 2018

Victoria PLC

('Victoria' or the 'Company')

Director Dealing

Victoria plc (AIM: VCP) announces that on 27 November 2018, Alexander Anton, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, purchased 25,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company at a price of 482.00 pence per share.

In addition, the CGF Anton Discretionary Trust, of which Alexander Anton is both a trustee and beneficiary, has on 27 November 2018 bought 25,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company at a price of 490.98 pence per share.

Mr Anton's interest in the Company is 544,025 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.43% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a.	Name	Alexander Anton
2	Reason for notification
a.	Position/Status	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	Victoria PLC
b.	LEI	2138002K6ECECHVCQN25
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 5 pence ISIN: GB00BZC0LC10
b.	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c.	Price(s) and volume(s) 1. Alexander Anton 2. CGF Anton Discretionary Trust	Price(s) Volume(s) 1.                482.00 2.                490.98          25,000          25,000
d.	Aggregated information	Price(s) Volume(s) 486.49 50,000
e.	Date of the transaction -	27 November 2018
f.	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

- Ends - For more information contact: Victoria PLC Geoff Wilding, Executive Chairman Philippe Hamers, Group Chief Executive Michael Scott, Group Finance Director [phone] Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Rick Thompson, Phil Davies, Will Goode (Corporate Finance) Caspar Shand Kydd, Andrew Keith (Equity Sales) [phone] Berenberg (Joint Broker) Ben Wright, Mark Whitmore, Laure Fine (Corporate Broking) Buchanan Communications (Financial PR) Charles Ryland, Maddie Seacombe, Tilly Abraham [phone] [phone]

About Victoria

Established in 1895 and listed since 1963 and on AIM since 2013 (VCP.L), Victoria PLC, is an international manufacturer and distributor of innovative flooring products. The Group, which is headquartered in Kidderminster, UK, designs, manufactures and distributes a range of carpet, flooring underlay, ceramic tiles, LVT (luxury vinyl tile), artificial grass and flooring accessories. Victoria has operations in the UK, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Australia and employs approximately 3,000 people across more than 20 sites. Victoria is the UK's largest carpet manufacturer and the second largest in Australia, as well as the largest manufacturer of underlay in both regions.

The Group's strategy is designed to create value for its shareholders and is focused on consistently increasing earnings per share via acquisitions and sustainable organic growth.

The Group's trading subsidiaries, as set out segmentally, include:

UK & Europe:	A. & A. Carpets Ltd, Abingdon Flooring Ltd, Alliance Distribution Ltd, Avalon B.V, Ceramica Saloni, S.A.U, Ceramiche Serra S.p.A., Distinctive Flooring Ltd, Ezi Floor Ltd, Grass Inc. B.V, Interfloor Ltd, Keraben Grupo S.A., Millennium Weavers N.V, Sanicova, S.L.U, Victoria Carpets Ltd, View Logistics Ltd, Westex (Carpets) Ltd,
Australia:	Primary Flooring Pty Ltd, Quest Flooring Pty Ltd, The Victoria Carpet Co. Pty Ltd

 

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