Director/PDMR Shareholding
On October 21, 2025, AO World plc announced that CEO John Roberts sold 414,851 ordinary shares at a price of £0.966212 per share. This transaction occurred following the exercise of options that were announced on October 14, 2025. Following the sale, John Roberts now holds 93,051,926 ordinary shares in the company, representing 16.04% of the issued share capital. This total excludes 6,348 shares held by Crystalcraft Limited and 3,547,115 shares held by the Jolly Foundation, entities with which he is associated. The sale was executed on the London Stock Exchange.
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AO World plc announces that on 21 October 2025 it received notification that on 21 October 2025 John Roberts, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, sold 414,851 ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of £0.966212 per share. The shares sold were acquired following the exercise of options announced on 14 October 2025. As a result of the transaction, Mr Roberts holds a total of 93,051,926* Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 16.04% of the current issued share capital.
*The beneficial holding for John Roberts excludes 6,348 Ordinary Shares held by Crystalcraft Limited, a company of which he is a director and shareholder, and 3,547,115 Ordinary Shares held by the Jolly Foundation, of which he is a director and trustee.
The Notification of Dealing Form provided in accordance with the requirements of MAR in relation to the transaction listed above is set out below.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | John Roberts | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
| a) | Name | AO World PLC | ||||
| b) | LEI | 2138005FFOAJIUZY4375 | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument, identification code | Ordinary shares of 0.25p each GB00BJTNFH41 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale of ordinary shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 21 October 2025 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange |
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