Director/PDMR Shareholding

Mothercare PLC
25 July 2006



To The London Stock Exchange

Via RNS

Tuesday 25 July 2006


Dear Sirs

Re: Mothercare plc - Vesting of Long-Term Incentive Plan and Share matching
Scheme Shares. 2003 Cycle

Mothercare plc announces that the under-mentioned director and persons
discharging management responsibilities have received vesting shares under the
terms of the Mothercare plc Long Term Incentive Plan and Share Matching Scheme.
The shares vested on 21 July 2006 pursuant to conditional awards originally made
on 21 July 2003. The disposals referred to below were made on 21 July 2006 . The
Mothercare Employee Trust subsequently re-acquired the shares disposed of by the
participants. The price in both transactions was 342p per share. The shares
acquired by the Mothercare Employee Trust will be used in fulfilling future
incentive share scheme awards made by Mothercare plc. The Trust holds 3,297,110
shares following this transaction equivalent to 4.53% of the issued share
capital. Mothercare plc's issued share capital is 72, 711,195 ordinary 50p
shares.

                    Total                                                 Total
Director/          vested     Shares     Shares         shares held after event.
PDMR               shares       sold   retained        Number/% of share capital

Ben Gordon        452,788    365,643     87,145                  356,507or 0.49%
Clive Revett       38,826     15,919     22,907                  24,441 or 0.03%
C. Jerry Cull      25,830     23,830      2,000                  2,000 or 0.002%
Anna James         34,658     14,210     20,448                  26,448 or 0.03%
Kevin O'Brien      27,864     11,425     16,439                  16,439 or 0.02%



Further Details:

Anna Jones, Brunswick 0207 404 5959

Clive Revett, Mothercare plc 01923 241000


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