Director/PDMR Shareholding

Next PLC

27 April 2026

 

27 April 2026

NEXT plc ("the Company")

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and Persons Closely Associated with Them

The following notification is made under article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation and relates to the conditional awards granted to executive directors on 24 April 2026 under the Company's Deferred Share Bonus Plan.

For the year ended January 2026, the executive directors earned an annual bonus of 150% of base salary.  The element of bonus in excess of 100% is payable in deferred shares as outlined below.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") / person closely associated ("PCA")
a)	Name	1.   Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise 2.   Jonathan Blanchard 3.   Richard Papp 4.   Jane Shields 5.   Jeremy Stakol
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1.   Chief Executive (PDMR) 2.   Chief Financial Officer (PDMR) 3.   Group Merchandise and Operations Director (PDMR) 4.   Group Sales, Marketing and HR Director (PDMR) 5.   Group Investments, Acquisitions and Third Party Brands Director (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	NEXT plc
b)	LEI	213800WQD8ECPZP9PH98
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	Ordinary shares of £0.10 each
	Identification code	GB0032089863
b)	Nature of the transaction	Conditional Award of shares under the NEXT plc Deferred Share Bonus Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise	Nil	3,647
		Jonathan Blanchard	Nil	2,317
		Richard Papp	Nil	2,703
		Jane Shields	Nil	2,703
		Jeremy Stakol	Nil	2,317
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A single transactions
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	24 April 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

H Woodall-Pagan

Company Secretary

 

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