17 June 2024
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 14 June 2024, it allotted 858,680 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, 257,218 Shares and, on 14 June 2024, sold 121,319 Shares 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 14 June 2026.
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 | 358,124 | 257,218 | 121,319 | 494,023 | 0.14% |
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 346,859,600 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 346,859,600 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 |
CARD FACTORY PLC
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| Aggregated information
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| (a) 14 June 2024 (b) 14 June 2024 | |||||||||
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| 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 June 2024 |
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