17 June
2024
Card Factory plc
("cardfactory" or the
"Company")
Notification of Transactions of
Directors and Total Voting Rights
cardfactory, the UK's
leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, gifts and
celebration essentials, announces that, on 14 June 2024, it
allotted 858,680 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital
of the Company ("Shares")
following the exercise of nil-cost Restricted Share options granted
under the Card Factory plc Long Term Incentive Plan. The
allotment includes the issue of shares to Darcy Willson-Rymer
(Chief Executive Officer), as well as issue of Shares to other
Group employees.
Darcy Willson-Rymer
has exercised his right to acquire, in aggregate, 257,218 Shares
and, on 14 June 2024, sold 121,319 Shares to meet income tax and
National Insurance liabilities arising from the vesting.
Under the terms of the Restricted Share award, the balance of the
vesting shares are subject to a holding period which prohibits sale
of such shares before 14 June 2026.
Following the dealings
described above, Darcy Willson-Rymer's interests in the Company are
set out below:
Director/PDMR
|
Shares held prior to
award vesting
|
Restricted Shares
vesting
|
No. of shares sold to
cover tax liabilities
|
No. shares held
following Restricted Share vesting and sale
|
% of total voting
rights
|
Darcy
Willson-Rymer
|
358,124
|
257,218
|
121,319
|
494,023
|
0.14%
|
Total Voting Rights
In accordance with
Disclosure and Transparency Rules 5.6.1R, the Company notifies the
market that at the date of this announcement the Company's issued
ordinary share capital comprises 346,859,600 ordinary shares with a
nominal value of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") with each share
carrying one vote. No shares are held in treasury.
The number of
346,859,600 ordinary shares above may be used by shareholders in
the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they
will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or
a change in their interest in, the ordinary share capital of the
Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules.
This notification is made in
accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules.
Enquiries:
Ciaran
Stone
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Card Factory plc
|
Tel: 01924 839150
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CARD FACTORY PLC
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS
DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1
|
Details of the
person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
|
a)
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Name
|
Darcy Willson-Rymer
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2
|
Reason for the
notification
|
a)
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Position/status
|
Chief Executive Officer
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b)
|
Initial notification /Amendment
|
Initial notification
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3
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Details of the
issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
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Name
|
Card Factory plc
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b)
|
LEI
|
213800TTSOPFVCKPFQ11
|
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 one pence each
GB00BLY2F708
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
(a) Exercise of right to nil cost Restricted
Shares and (b) sale of shares to satisfy tax liabilities
|
c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price(s) per share
|
Volume
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(a) Exercise
|
Nil
|
257,218
|
(b) Sale
|
£0.898556
|
121,319
|
|
d)
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Aggregated information
|
|
Aggregated Price(s)
|
Volume
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(a) Exercise
|
Nil
|
257,218
|
(b) Sale
|
£0.898556
|
121,319
|
|
e)
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Date of the transaction
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(a) 14 June 2024
(b) 14 June 2024
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f)
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Place of the transaction
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(a) Outside a trading venue
(b) London Stock Exchange
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Name of officer of issuer responsible for making
notification: Ciaran Stone
Date of notification: 14 June
2024
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