HEADLAM GROUP PLC

Director's Dealing • Apr 1, 2022

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RNS Number : 9810G

Headlam Group PLC

01 April 2022

1 April 2022

Headlam Group plc

(the 'Company')

Director/PDMR shareholding

Exercise of option under the Headlam Group plc Performance Share Plan and sale of shares

Headlam Group plc (LSE: HEAD), Europe's leading floorcoverings distributor, announces that on 31 March 2022, Chris Payne exercised his 2017 nil cost option to purchase 2,817 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ('Shares') under the Company's Performance Share Plan. The number of Shares under option reflects the addition of dividend equivalents in Shares, calculated on a reinvestment basis. Chris Payne subsequently sold 1,328 Shares to cover exercise costs (including tax and NI) arising on exercise and has retained 1,489 Shares.

Enquiries:

Headlam Group plc Chris Payne, Chief Executive Catherine Miles, Director of IR and ESG	Tel: 01675 433 000 Email: headlamgroup@headlam.com
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Corporate Broker) Erik Anderson / Edward Walsh	Tel: 020 7886 2500
Peel Hunt LLP (Corporate Broker) George Sellar / John Welch / Andrew Clark	Tel: 020 7418 8900
Alma PR (Financial PR) Susie Hudson / Rebecca Sanders-Hewett / Lily Soares Smith	Tel: 020 3405 0205 Email: headlam@almapr.co.uk

Notes for Editors:

Headlam is Europe's leading floorcoverings distributor, providing the channel between suppliers and trade customers of floorcoverings.

Headlam works with suppliers across the globe manufacturing a diverse range of floorcovering products, and provides them with a cost efficient and effective route to market for their products into the highly fragmented customer base. Alongside long-established processing and distribution expertise, suppliers benefit from Headlam's marketing and customer servicing into the most extensive customer base.

To maximise customer reach, Headlam operates 66 businesses across the UK and Continental Europe (France and the Netherlands). Each business operates under its own trade brand and utilises individual sales teams while being supported by the Company's network and centralised resources.

The Company's customer base covers both the residential and commercial sectors, with the principal customer groups being independent retailers and smaller flooring contractors alongside other groups such as larger retailers, housebuilders, specifiers, and local authorities.

Headlam is focused on providing customers with a market leading service through:

·    the broadest product offering;

·    unrivalled product knowledge and tailored solutions;

·    sales team and marketing support;

·    ecommerce support; and

·    nationwide delivery and collection service.

www.headlam.com

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by PDMRs and persons closely associated with them

1.

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

Chris Payne

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Chief Executive

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer

a)

Name

Headlam Group plc

b)

LEI

213800I4AZZUJEYX9O90

4.1

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 £0.05 each. 

b)

Identification code

ISIN: GB0004170089

c)

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of a nil-cost option under the Company's Performance Share Plan

d)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
nil	2,817

e)

Aggregated information

-     Volume

-     Price

N/A

f)

Date of the transaction

31 March 2022

g)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

4.2

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 £0.05 each. 

b)

Identification code

ISIN: GB0004170089

c)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of shares to cover costs of the exercise of a nil-cost option outlined in 4.1 (including tax and NI liability)

d)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£3.80	1,328

e)

Aggregated information

-     Volume

-     Price

N/A

N/A - Single Transaction

N/A - Single Transaction

f)

Date of the transaction

31 March 2022

g)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange - XLON

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