Director/PDMR Shareholding and Total Voting Rights

Card Factory

14/05/2025 07:00

RNS Number : 5400I

Card Factory PLC

14 May 2025

 

14 May 2025

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 12 May 2025, it allotted 1,604,977 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, 390,098 Shares and, on 13 May 2025, 183,992 Shares were sold 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 12 May 2027.

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
557,078
390,098
183,992
763,184
0.218%

 

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 349,632,471 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 349,632,471 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
390,098
(b) Sale
£0.929077
183,992
d)
Aggregated information
Aggregated Price(s)
Volume
(a) Exercise
Nil
390,098
(b) Sale
£0.929077
183,992
e)
Date of the transaction
(a) 12 May 2025
(b) 13 May 2025
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 May 2025

 

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