Director/PDMR Shareholding

Mothercare PLC
25 January 2006




lsm/se/pdmr/ca                                              25 January 2006

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Dear Sirs

Re: Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

Mr Colin Astbury: Exercise of Executive Share Options

Mothercare plc advises that Mr Astbury has exercised 275,863 Executive Share
Options originally granted in January 2003 at a price of 87p per share,
transferring 26,174 shares to his spouse Mrs G Astbury. The remaining 249,689
shares have subsequently been sold. The sale price was 362.0026p.

Yours faithfully



Lynne S Medini
Assistant Company Secretary






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