Director/PDMR Shareholding

Dunelm Group plc

(the 'Company')

RETURN OF CAPITAL UNDER B/C SHARE SCHEME 

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS/PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONNECTED PERSONS

11 March 2015

Dunelm Group plc has been notified by its directors that on 10 March 2015 they and their connected persons acquired interests in B Shares (which were subsequently converted into Deferred Shares) and C Shares under the Return of Capital as follows:

*W A Capital Limited is a private company established by Will Adderley to act as a long term holding company for his beneficial shareholding in the Company and certain other investments. Will Adderley is the sole director and he and his wife, Nadine Adderley, are the sole shareholders of W A Capital Limited.

Will Adderley is deemed to hold a legal interest in 1,167,250 Ordinary Shares held by The Stoneygate Trust (formerly named the Leicester Foundation), and 172,750 Ordinary Shares held by the Paddocks Trust. Will Adderley and his wife Nadine Adderley are the trustees, but not beneficiaries, of The Stoneygate Trust and the Paddocks Trust.

All Directors disposed of their interests in C Shares and Deferred Shares to UBS Limited following the purchase by UBS Limited of the C Shares for 70 pence per share and the Deferred Shares for a total consideration of one penny on 11 March 2015.

Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the circular published by the Company on 12 February 2015 in relation to the B/C Share Scheme (the 'Circular'). The Circular is available in the investor section of the Company's website at www.dunelm.com.

For further information please contact: 

Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:

Dawn Durrant, Company Secretary