Last checked at 16 Feb 2021 16:36
16 February 2021
ASOS Plc
Director/PDMR Shareholding
ASOS Plc ('the Company') announces that it was notified on 15 February 2021 that Nick Beighton, Chief Executive Officer, has entered a security arrangement as detailed below. The security arrangement came into effect on 15 February 2021.
This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | Nick Beighton | |
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 | ASOS Plc | |
b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 213800H8DBB8JSKDW630 | |
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 3.5 pence each
GB0030927254 | |
b) | Nature of the transaction | The pledge of 10,150 Ordinary shares as security against a personal bank loan. Following the pledge, Nick Beighton's beneficial interest in the Company remains unchanged and he continues to be the beneficial owner of 183,659 Ordinary Shares, comprising 0.18% of the Company's issued share capital. | |
c) | Currency | GBP | |
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
£nil | 10,150 | ||
e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total | N/A single transaction
| |
f) | Date of the transaction | 15 February 2021 | |
g) | Place of the transaction | Outside trading venue | |
For further information:
ASOS plc Tel: 020 7756 1000
Nick Beighton, Chief Executive Officer
Mat Dunn, Chief Financial Officer
Alison Lygo, Investor Relations
Website: www.asosplc.com/investors
Headland Consultancy Tel: 020 3805 4822
Susanna Voyle/Stephen Malthouse/ Fay Rajaratnam
JPMorgan Cazenove (Nominated Advisor) Tel: 020 7742 4000
Bill Hutchings/Christopher Wood
Numis Securities Tel: 020 7260 1000
Alex Ham/ Jonathan Wilcox / Tom Jacob
Background note
ASOS is an online retailer for fashion-loving 20-somethings around the world, with a purpose to give its customers the confidence to be whoever they want to be. Through its market-leading app and mobile/desktop web experience, available in ten languages and in over 200 markets, ASOS customers can shop a curated edit of 85,000 products, sourced from 850 of the best global and local third-party brands and its mix of fashion-led in-house labels - ASOS Design, ASOS Edition, ASOS 4505 and Collusion. ASOS aims to give all of its customers a truly frictionless experience, with an ever-greater number of different payment methods and hundreds of local deliveries and returns options, including Next-Day and Same-Day Delivery, dispatched from state-of-the-art fulfilment centres in the UK, US and Germany.
ASOS' websites attracted 280.4 million visits during December 2020 (December 20191: 233.8 million) and as at 31 December 2020 it had 24.5 million active customers2 (31 December 2019: 21.7 million), of which 7.6 million were located in the UK and 16.9 million were located in our international territories (31 December 2019: 6.7 million in the UK and 15.0 million internationally).
1Restated visits, previously reported number 239.0 million, 2Defined as having shopped in the last twelve months as at 31 December