Director/PDMR Shareholding

AO World

29/08/2025 15:23

RNS Number : 3042X

AO World plc

29 August 2025

 

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)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
88.4p
500,000
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
As above
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)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
88.4p
500,000
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
As above
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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