23 Mar 2009 17:54
RNS Number : 3367P
Carpetright PLC
23 March 2009
CARPETRIGHT PLC
DIRECTORS’/PDMR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. On 20 March 2009 Lord Harris and Mr M Harris purchased 340,000 shares and 600,000 shares, respectively, at respective average prices of £4.37 and £4.28 per share, from a company within the Harris Ventures Group. Additionally, on the same day the same Harris Ventures Group member sold 60,000 shares at a price of £3.80 to the Sheergold Grantor Settlement, whose trustees include Lady Harris and whose beneficiaries include the children of Mr M Harris. Accordingly, this shareholding now forms part of Lord Harris’s non-beneficial interests and Mr M Harris’s beneficial interests.
2. On 23 March 2009, the same Harris Ventures Group member sold 39,000 shares at £4.10 to another Harris family member.
3. The beneficial shareholdings for Lord Harris and Mr M Harris are now 12,774,299 shares (19.0%) and 3,914,786 shares (5.82%), respectively. Lord Harris’s non-beneficial holding is now 209,514 shares (0.31%). Overall, the Harris family interests remain unchanged.
4. The Company has also received notice from Lord Harris and from Mr M Harris that the number of shares over which security has been granted by the Harris Ventures Group has reduced to 10,874,970.
5. On 23 March 2009 Mr Tim Lovegrove, a person discharging managerial responsibility, sold 445 shares @ £4.07 per share.
Patricia Dregent
Company Secretary
Date of notification: 23 March 2009
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