Notification of Director's interests

Vertu Motors PLC

14 May 2026

 

14 May 2026

Vertu Motors plc

(the "Company")

Notification of Director's interests

The Company announces that it was notified on 13 May 2026 that Robert Forrester, a director of the Company, had exercised nil-cost options over ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 13 May 2026, that were issued under the Vertu Long Term Incentive Plan. The option exercise was satisfied via a transfer of Ordinary Shares from the Company's Employee Benefit Trust.

Director	Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares prior to the dealings above*	% of issued share capital prior to the dealings above*	Ordinary Shares acquired by Director	Resultant Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares after the dealings above*	Resultant % of issued share capital after the dealings above*
Robert Forrester	5,937,960	1.90%	518,438	6,456,398	2.07%

* includes shares held by persons closely associated with the Director.

The Company's issued share capital consists of 312,310,046 Ordinary Shares with voting rights.  The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	ROBERT FORRESTER
2.	Reason for the notification	ACQUISITION OF SHARES
b)	Position/status	CEO
c)	Initial notification/Amendment	INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
d)	Name	VERTU MOTORS PLC
e)	LEI	213800GIKJEIUIGMI575
4.	Details of transactions(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (vi) each place where transactions have been conducted
f)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument identification code Identification code	ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH IN VERTU MOTORS PLC GB00B1GK4645
g)	Nature of the transaction	EXERCISE OF OPTION OVER ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH IN VERTU MOTORS PLC, PURSUANT TO THE COMPANY'S LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN, RESULTING IN THE TRANSFER OF SHARES FROM THE COMPANY'S EBT
h)	Price(s) and volume(s) Price Volume(s) NIL 518,438
i)	Aggregated information -Aggregated volume - Price	NOT APPLICABLE - SINGLE TRANSACTION
j)	Date of the transaction	13 MAY 2026
k)	Place of transaction	OFF MARKET

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Vertu Motors plc	Tel: [phone]
Robert Forrester, CEO
Karen Anderson, CFO
Phil Clark, Investor Relations
Stifel (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)		Tel: [phone]
Matthew Blawat
Callum Stewart
Shore Capital (Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Mark Percy / Sophie Collins (Corporate Advisory)
Isobel Jones (Corporate Broking)
Camarco	Tel: [phone]
Billy Clegg
Tom Huddart
Notes to Editors
Vertu Motors is the fourth largest automotive retailer in the UK with a network of 191 sales outlets across the UK.
Vertu Motors was established in November 2006 with the strategy to consolidate the UK motor retail sector.  It is intended that the Group will continue to acquire motor retail operations to grow a scaled dealership group.  The Group's acquisition strategy is supplemented by a focused organic growth strategy to drive operational efficiencies through its national dealership network.
Vertu's Mission Statement is to "deliver an outstanding customer motoring experience through honesty and trust".
Vertu Motors Group websites - https://investors.vertumotors.com / www.vertucareers.com Vertu brand websites - www.vertumotors.com

 

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