Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6794I
Victoria PLC
27 November 2018
 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon publication of this announcement, this information is now considered to be in the public domain. 

 

 

27 November 2018

Victoria PLC

 

('Victoria' or the 'Company')

 

Director Dealing

 

Victoria plc (AIM: VCP) announces that on 27 November 2018, Camden Holdings Limited ("Camden") purchased 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 0.80 per cent. of Victoria's issued share capital, at a price of 490.98 pence per share.

Camden is a company owned by The Camden Trust of which Geoff Wilding, the Executive Chairman of Victoria, is the settlor and a discretionary beneficiary. Following the purchase, Geoff Wilding's remains beneficially interested in 22,438,650 Ordinary Shares, which represents 17.89 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.

 

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a.

Name

Geoff Wilding (via Camden Holdings Limited)

2

Reason for notification

 

a.

Position/Status

Executive Chairman

b.

Initial notification/

Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a.

Name

Victoria PLC

b.

LEI

2138002K6ECECHVCQN25

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

a.

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification Code

Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each

 

 

 

ISIN: GB00BZC0LC10

b.

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of Ordinary Shares

 

c.

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

490.98

 

1,000,000

 

d.

Aggregated information

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

490.98

 

1,000,000

 

e.

Date of the transaction

-   

27 November 2018

 

 

f.

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

 

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For more information contact:

 

Victoria PLC

Geoff Wilding, Executive Chairman

Philippe Hamers, Group Chief Executive

Michael Scott, Group Finance Director

+44 (0) 1562 749 610

 

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Rick Thompson, Phil Davies, Will Goode (Corporate Finance)

Caspar Shand Kydd, Andrew Keith (Equity Sales)

 

+44 (0) 20 7894 7000

Berenberg (Joint Broker)

Ben Wright, Mark Whitmore, Laure Fine (Corporate Broking)

 

Buchanan Communications (Financial PR)

Charles Ryland, Maddie Seacombe, Tilly Abraham

+44 (0) 203 207 7800

 

 

+44 (0) 20 7466 5000

 

 

 

About Victoria

 

Established in 1895 and listed since 1963 and on AIM since 2013 (VCP.L), Victoria PLC, is an international manufacturer and distributor of innovative flooring products. The Group, which is headquartered in Kidderminster, UK, designs, manufactures and distributes a range of carpet, flooring underlay, ceramic tiles, LVT (luxury vinyl tile), artificial grass and flooring accessories. Victoria has operations in the UK, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Australia and employs approximately 3,000 people across more than 20 sites. Victoria is the UK's largest carpet manufacturer and the second largest in Australia, as well as the largest manufacturer of underlay in both regions.

 

The Group's strategy is designed to create value for its shareholders and is focused on consistently increasing earnings per share via acquisitions and sustainable organic growth.

 

The Group's trading subsidiaries, as set out segmentally, include:

 

UK & Europe:

A. & A. Carpets Ltd, Abingdon Flooring Ltd, Alliance Distribution Ltd, Avalon B.V, Ceramica Saloni, S.A.U, Ceramiche Serra S.p.A., Distinctive Flooring Ltd, Ezi Floor Ltd, Grass Inc. B.V, Interfloor Ltd, Keraben Grupo S.A., Millennium Weavers N.V, Sanicova, S.L.U, Victoria Carpets Ltd, View Logistics Ltd, Westex (Carpets) Ltd,

 

Australia:

Primary Flooring Pty Ltd, Quest Flooring Pty Ltd, The Victoria Carpet Co. Pty Ltd

 


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