Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

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Victoria PLC announced the issuance of 384,016 ordinary shares at 5 pence each, stemming from the exercise of options under its share incentive plans. This includes 137,141 shares issued to Chief Operating Officer Roberto Moreno, a PDMR, and 246,875 shares issued to other employees. Following this, the Company's total issued ordinary shares, excluding treasury shares, stand at 115,737,846, with 9,726,821 shares held in treasury. This updated figure is crucial for shareholders calculating their notification obligations under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

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Victoria PLC
05 August 2026
 

Victoria PLC

                                                                    ("Victoria", the "Company", or the "Group")

 

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

 

Victoria PLC, (LSE: VCP), the international designer, manufacturer and distributor of innovative flooring, announces that 384,016 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") have been issued pursuant to the exercise of options under the Company's share incentive plans.

 

Of these, 137,141 Ordinary Shares have been issued to Roberto Moreno, Victoria's Chief Operating Officer and a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") in the Company, pursuant to the exercise of options under a par value option long-term incentive plan at an exercise price of 5 pence per Ordinary Share.

 

The remaining 246,875 Ordinary Shares have been issued pursuant to the exercise of options under the Victoria Plc 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan by certain employees of the Company at an exercise price of 5 pence per Ordinary Share. None of these recipients are directors of the Company or PDMRs.

 

Accordingly, the Company has transferred 384,016 Ordinary Shares previously held in treasury to satisfy the exercise of the options. As a result, the Company holds 9,726,821 of its Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 115,737,846 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

 


1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated


a)

Name

Roberto Moreno


2

Reason for the notification


a)

Position/status

PDMR


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

Options over Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each

 

 

GB00BZC0LC10


b) 

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of options to acquire Ordinary Shares of 5p each in Victoria Plc under a par value option long-term incentive plan.

 


c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 Price(s)

Volume(s)

5p

137,141




d)

Aggregated information

 - Aggregated volume

 - Price

 

N/A - single transaction

 


e) 

Date of the transaction

4 August 2026


f) 

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

For more information contact:

 

Victoria PLC

Geoff Wilding, Executive Chairman

Alec Pratt, Chief Financial Officer

 

www.victoriaplc.com/investors-welcome

Via Edelman Smithfield PR

Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Shaun Dobson, James Fischer

 

+44 (0)20 7496 3095 

 

Berenberg (Joint Broker)

Ben Wright, Harry Nicholas, Tom Ballard

 

+44 (0)20 3207 7800

 

 

 

Edelman Smithfield (Investor Relations)

Alex Simmons

 

+44 (0)7970 174 353 or

alex.simmons@edelmansmithfield.com 

 

 

About Victoria PLC (www.victoriaplc.com)

 

 

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 Company, which is headquartered in Worcester, 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, Germany, Turkey, the USA, and Australia and employs approximately 5,000 people across more than 30 sites. Victoria is Europe's largest carpet manufacturer and the second largest in Australia, as well as the largest manufacturer of underlay in both regions.

 

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

 

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