REG - Card Factory PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding and Total Voting Rights

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14/05/2025 07:00

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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                            Tel: 01924 839150

General Counsel and Company Secretary

Card Factory plc

 

 

 

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  Ordinary shares of one pence each

       Identification code                                          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

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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