REG - AO World plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding

AO WorldAnnouncement

29/08/2025 15:30

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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                                       As above

     - Aggregated volume

     - Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                                      27 August 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange

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                                       As above

     - Aggregated volume

     - Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                                      27 August 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange

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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