Mothercare Plc : Director/PDMR Shareholding

To The London Stock Exchange

Wednesday 12 June 2013

Mothercare plc

Director/ PDMR shareholdings

Deferred Bonus under the Mothercare plc Short Term Incentive Plan 2012

Mothercare plc announces that, under the terms of its annual bonus plan (the Short Term Incentive Plan 2012) operated for the financial year ended 30 March 2013, 30% of any bonus awarded to the executive committee will be deferred into shares for a period of three years.  Such conditional share awards will vest after three years subject to the participant remaining in employment with the Mothercare group and clawback provisions. The current intention is that these awards will be satisfied by shares purchased in the market.  Accordingly, awards under the plan were made to the following directors/persons discharging managerial responsibilities on 11 June 2013: 

Director / PDMR	No of Shares
Simon Calver	6,564
Tim Ashby	1,995
Jude Bridge	700
Philippe Dayraud	1,225
Jerry Cull	2,416
Louise Palmer	2,626
Matt Stringer	210

In addition, the Company had agreed to compensate Matt Smith during FY2013/14, for an amount equal to the value of the bonus he would have received from his former employer in his final year of employment. It was agreed that 30% of the amount would be deferred into nil cost share options which vest after three years subject to the terms of the STIP as above.  Accordingly, 24,346 nil cost share options were awarded to Matt Smith on 11 June 2013.

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