Director/PDMR Shareholding
AO World plc announced that on March 2, 2026, CEO John Roberts and CFO/COO Mark Higgins exercised options to acquire 33,962 ordinary shares each at 53p per share under the 2023 Sharesave Scheme. Following this, John Roberts' beneficial holding increased to 88,585,888 shares (15.495% of issued capital), and Mark Higgins' holding is now 160,138 shares (0.028%). Additionally, John Roberts was granted options for 20,222 ordinary shares at 90p under the 2026 Sharesave Scheme, exercisable between March 2029 and August 2029.
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AO World plc announces that on 2 March 2026, John Roberts (Chief Executive Officer of the Company) and Mark Higgins (Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company), each exercised options over 33,962 ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 53p per share pursuant to the Company's Sharesave Scheme (2023 grant). As a result of this transaction, John Roberts' beneficial holding is 88,585,888* Ordinary Shares, representing 15.495% of the current issued share capital of the Company, and Mark Higgins' beneficial holding is 160,138 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.028% of the current issued share capital of the Company.
The Company further announces that John Roberts was granted options over 20,222 Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Company's Sharesave Scheme (2026 grant). These options have a contract start date of 1 March 2026 and are exercisable between 1 March 2029 and 31 August 2029. The exercise price, which was set in accordance with HMRC rules for Sharesave plans, is 90p.
The Notification of Dealing Forms provided in accordance with the requirements of UK MAR in relation to the transactions listed above are 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 | Options over ordinary shares of 0.25p each GB00BJTNFH41 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options over ordinary shares of 0.25p each granted under the Company's Sharesave Scheme (2023 grant) | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | As above | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2 March 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
| 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 | Options over ordinary shares of 0.25p each GB00BJTNFH41 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares of 0.25p each granted under the Company's Sharesave Scheme (2026 grant) | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | As above | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 28 January 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Mark Higgins | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating 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 | Options over ordinary shares of 0.25p each GB00BJTNFH41 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options over ordinary shares of 0.25p each granted under the Company's Sharesave Scheme (2023 grant) | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | As above | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2 March 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
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