Last checked at 1 Dec 2021 07:00
1 December 2021
DFS Furniture plc
Vesting of Awards pursuant to the Company's Restricted Share Plan ("RSP")
DFS Furniture plc (the "Company"), announces that on 30 November 2021, awards over 20,401 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in the Company ( "Ordinary Shares") comprising of options over 18,309 shares granted on 30 November 2018 and 2,092 dividend equivalent shares pursuant to the Company's RSP to Mike Schmidt, in the form of a conditional share award ("Award") vested in full.
On 30 November 2021, Mr Schmidt sold 9,589 shares at an average price of £2.46 per share for the purpose of meeting his tax liability on the shares acquired on vesting.
Director / PDMR | Position | Number of Ordinary Shares vested under the Award | Number of Ordinary Shares received after settlement of tax |
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Mike Schmidt | Chief Financial Officer | 20,401 | 10,812 |
Enquiries:
DFS: (enquiries via Tulchan) | TULCHAN | ||
Liz McDonald (Group Company Secretary) | James Macey-White | ||
Phil Hutchinson (Investor Relations) | Jessica Reid | ||
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investor.relations@dfs.co.uk | dfs@tulchangroup.com | ||
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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 | Mike Schmidt
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2 | Reason for the notification | |
a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer
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b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
a) | Name | DFS Furniture plc |
b) | LEI | 213800GDSOBNKS1U1P93
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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
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Vesting of options to acquire DFS Furniture plc £0.10 ordinary shares
ISIN: GB00BTC0LB89
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b) | Nature of the transaction
| Vesting of conditional share award to acquire DFS Furniture ordinary shares under the DFS Furniture plc Restricted Share Plan |
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
| Price - NilVolume - 10,812
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 30 November 2021 |
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
About DFS Furniture plc
The Group is the clear market-leading retailer of living room furniture in the United Kingdom. Our Group purpose is to bring great design and comfort into every living room, in an affordable, responsible and sustainable manner. We operate an integrated physical and digital retail network of living room furniture showrooms and web sites in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands and Spain, trading through our leading brands, DFS, Sofology and Dwell. We attract customers through our targeted and national marketing activities and our reputation for high quality products and service, breadth of product offer and favourable consumer financing options. We fulfil orders for our exclusive product ranges through our own three UK finished goods factories, and through manufacturing partners located in the UK, Europe and Far East, and delivered with care through our expert final-mile delivery service "The Sofa Delivery Company".