RNS Number : 5968S
Card Factory PLC
17 June 2024
 

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

 

 

 

CARD FACTORY PLC

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

 a)

Name

Darcy Willson-Rymer

 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

Card Factory plc

 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)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 


Price(s) per share

Volume

(a) Exercise

Nil

257,218

(b) Sale

£0.898556

121,319

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 


Aggregated Price(s)

Volume

(a) Exercise

Nil

257,218

(b) Sale

£0.898556

121,319

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

(a) 14 June 2024

(b) 14 June 2024

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

(a) Outside a trading venue

(b) London Stock Exchange

 

 

 

Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Ciaran Stone

Date of notification:  14 June 2024

 

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