AO World PLC (the "Company")
Director / PDMR & PCA Shareholding
On 29 August 2025, the Company received notification that on 27 August 2025, Chris Hopkinson, a non-executive director of the Company, sold 500,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 88.4p per share. The purchaser of the shares was a pension fund of which Chris Hopkinson is a trustee and a beneficiary. As a result of the transaction: Chris Hopkinson holds 21,780,429* ordinary shares representing 3.75% of the current issued share capital of the Company; and the Hopkinson Consultants Pension Scheme holds 2,499,999 ordinary shares representing 0.43% of the current issued share capital of the Company.
*Holding for Chris Hopkinson excludes 350,877 ordinary shares held by Gayle Halstead, a person with whom Chris Hopkinson is closely associated.
The Notification of Dealing Forms provided in accordance with the requirements of UK MAR in relation to the transactions are set out below:
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Chris Hopkinson | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the 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 | AO World PLC | ||||
| b) | LEI | 2138005FFOAJIUZY4375 | ||||
| 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 | Ordinary shares of 0.25p each GB00BJTNFH41 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | As above
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 27 August 2025 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Chris Hopkinson, as one of the trustees and beneficiaries of the Hopkinson Consultants Pension Scheme | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Person closely associated with Chris Hopkinson, 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 | AO World PLC | ||||
| b) | LEI | 2138005FFOAJIUZY4375 | ||||
| 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 | Ordinary shares of 0.25p each GB00BJTNFH41 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | As above
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 27 August 2025 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
Enquiries:
AO World PLC
Company Secretary
cosec@ao.com
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