Director/PDMR Shareholding

Released : 12/07/2023 16:24

RNS Number : 8405FAO World plc12 July 2023

AO World plc

Conditional Share Awards & Options / PDMR Notification

AO World plc ("the Company") has, in accordance with the Company's remuneration policy, granted conditional share awards and options over a total of 3,910,081* ordinary shares to PDMRs and members of its senior management population under the terms of the AO Incentive Plan which was approved by shareholders of the Company on 19 July 2018  as amended ("Plan") ("the 2023 AOIP Share Award").   

The 2023 AOIP Share Awards were granted on 12 July 2023 and will be released in July 2026, subject to the participants remaining in employment with the Company and the Remuneration Committee being satisfied with the underlying performance of the Company's business over the deferral period (with the Executive Directors required to hold them for a further year).

The following awards were granted to PDMRs:

Name

Position

Maximum Number of shares under option granted under the 2023 AOIP Share Award under the Plan

John Roberts

Chief Executive Officer

918,900

Mark Higgins

Chief Financial Officer

696,273

*The price used to calculate the maximum number of ordinary shares under the 2023 AOIP Share Award was £0.85, being the average closing price of the Company's shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on the five days following the release of the Company's preliminary announcement of its result for the year ended 31 March 2023.

In relation to John Roberts and Mark Higgins, both Executive Directors of the Company, the value of the grants detailed above are disclosed in the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023, expected to be published on 25 July 2023.

Enquiries:

AO World plc

[email protected]

The following notifications made under article 19.1 of the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") relate to awards granted to PDMRs under the AO Incentive Plan.  This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19.3 of MAR.

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

John Roberts

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR - 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

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

Options over Ordinary shares of 0.25p each

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of share awards under the AO Incentive Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

NIL

918,900

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

N/A Single Transaction

NIL

e)

Date of the transaction

12 July 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Mark Higgins

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR - Chief Financial Officer

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

Options over Ordinary shares of 0.25p each

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of share awards under the AO Incentive Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

NIL

693,273

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

N/A Single Transaction

NIL

e)

Date of the transaction

12 July 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

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