REG - Victoria PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

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11/03/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 2463G  Victoria PLC  11 March 2024

Victoria PLC

("Victoria", the "Company", or the "Group")

 

Director/PDMR Dealing

 

Victoria PLC, (LSE: VCP) advises that it received notification on 8 March 2024
that on that date, Camden Holdings Limited ("Camden"), a company owned by The
Camden Trust ("Trust") of which Geoffrey Wilding, the Chairman of Victoria, is
the settlor, distributed 2.5 million Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each to his
wife, who is a beneficiary of the Trust, for estate and tax-planning purposes.

 

Following the distribution, Geoffrey Wilding remains beneficially interested
in 22,438,650 Ordinary Shares, which represents 19.45 per cent of the issued
share capital of the Company.

 

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                                                         Geoffrey Wilding
   2     Reason for the notification
   a)    Position/status                                              Director (PDMR)
   b)    Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial notification
   3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
         platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
   a)    Name                                                         Victoria plc
   b)    LEI                                                          2138002K6ECECHVCQN25
   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 5p each

         Identification code

                                                                      GB00BZC0LC10
   b)    Nature of the transaction                                    Transfer of Ordinary shares with no change of beneficial ownership

   c)    Price(s) and volume(s)                                        Price(s)   Volume(s)
                                                                      nil         2,500,000
   d)    Aggregated information

          - Aggregated volume                                         N/A - single transaction

          - Price
   e)    Date of the transaction                                      8 March 2024
   f)    Place of the transaction                                     Outside of a trading venue

d)

Aggregated information

 - Aggregated volume

 - Price

 

N/A - single transaction

 

e)

Date of the transaction

8 March 2024

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside of a trading venue

 

 

For more information contact:

 

 Victoria PLC                                                                   www.victoriaplc.com/investors-welcome

                                                                              (http://www.victoriaplc.com/investors-welcome)
 Geoff Wilding, Executive Chairman

                                                                              Via Walbrook PR
 Philippe Hamers, Group Chief Executive

 Brian Morgan, Chief Financial Officer

 Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)                    +44 (0)20 7496 3095

 Rick Thompson, Phil Davies, James Fischer

 Berenberg (Joint Broker)                                                       +44 (0)20 3207 7800

 Ben Wright, Richard Bootle

 Peel Hunt (Joint Broker)                                                       +44 (0)20 7418 8900

 Adrian Trimmings, Andrew Clark

 Walbrook PR (Media & Investor Relations)      +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or victoria@walbrookpr.com

 Paul McManus, Alice Woodings                  +44 (0)7980 541 893 / +44 (0)7407 804 654

 

About Victoria PLC (www.victoriaplc.com (http://www.victoriaplc.com) )

 

Established in 1895 and listed since 1963 and on AIM since 2013 (VCP.L),
Victoria PLC, is an international manufacturer and distributor of innovative
flooring products. The Company, which is headquartered in Worcester, UK,
designs, manufactures and distributes a range of carpet, flooring underlay,
ceramic tiles, LVT (luxury vinyl tile), artificial grass and flooring
accessories.

 

Victoria has operations in the UK, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, the USA, and Australia and employs
approximately 6,750 people across 30 sites. Victoria is Europe's largest
carpet manufacturer and the second largest in Australia, as well as the
largest manufacturer of underlay in both regions.

 

The Company's strategy is designed to create value for its shareholders and is
focused on consistently increasing earnings and cash flow per share via
acquisitions and sustainable organic growth. (Further information about
Victoria can be found on its website, www.victoriaplc.com.)

 

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