AO WORLD PLC

Director's Dealing • Aug 18, 2020

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 4813W

AO World plc

18 August 2020

For immediate release

AO World plc (the "Company")

Director / PDMR Shareholding

The Company received notification today of the following change in the interests of Ordinary Shares in the Company in respect of the undermentioned Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") arising from the transfer of shares to charity: 

PDMR/PCA	Date of transfer	Number of shares transferred	Consideration per share (pence)	Resultant interest in shares*	Resultant % interest in shares*
Chris Hopkinson Non-Executive Director	13 August  2020	75,000	Nil	22,530,429	4.71%

*Excludes 350,877 ordinary shares held by Gayle Halstead, defined under MAR as a person closely associated with Chris Hopkinson  

The Notification of Dealing Forms provided in accordance with the requirements of MAR in relation to the transactions listed above are set out below:

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

Chris Hopkinson

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Notification

3

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

a)

Name

AO World PLC

b)

LEI

2138005FFOAJIUZY4375

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 0.25p each

b)

Nature of the transaction

Gift to charity

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
NIL	75,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

As above

e)

Date of the transaction

13 August 2020

f)

Place of the transaction

London, England

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