Director/PDMR Shareholding
Vertu Motors plc announced that Stephen Gould, Operations Director, exercised nil-cost options over 236,220 ordinary shares on November 17, 2025, which were then sold on November 18, 2025, at 63.00 pence per share. Following these transactions, Mr. Gould's beneficial holding of ordinary shares remains at 27,634, representing 0.01% of the company's issued share capital of 315,822,508 ordinary shares.
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The Company announces that it was notified on 17 November 2025 that Stephen Gould, a person discharging managerial responsibility in the Company, had exercised nil-cost options over 236,220 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 17 November 2025, that were issued in March 2021 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.
The Company has also been notified that Stephen Gould sold all of the 236,220 Ordinary Shares acquired. The sale took place on 18 November 2025 at a price of 63.00 pence per Ordinary Share.
| PDMR | Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares prior to the dealings above* | % of issued share capital prior to the dealings above* | Ordinary Shares acquired by PDMR | Resultant Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares after the dealings above* | Resultant % of issued share capital after the dealings above* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Gould | 27,634 | 0.01 % | 0 | 27,634 | 0.01 % |
* includes shares held by persons closely associated with the PDMR.
The Company's issued share capital consists of 315,822,508 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 | STEPHEN GOULD |
| 2. | Reason for the notification | ACQUISITION OF SHARES |
| b) | Position/status | OPERATIONS DIRECTOR |
| c) | Initial notification/Amendment | INITIAL NOTIFICATION |
| d) | Name | VERTU MOTORS PLC |
| e) | LEI | 213800GIKJEIUIGMI575 |
| 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 236,220 | |
| i) | Aggregated information -Aggregated volume - Price | NOT APPLICABLE - SINGLE TRANSACTION |
| j) | Date of the transaction | 17 NOVEMBER 2025 |
| k) | Place of transaction | OFF MARKET |
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | STEPHEN GOULD |
| 2. | Reason for the notification | SALE OF SHARES |
| b) | Position/status | OPERATIONS DIRECTOR |
| c) | Initial notification/Amendment | INITIAL NOTIFICATION |
| d) | Name | VERTU MOTORS PLC |
| e) | LEI | 213800GIKJEIUIGMI575 |
| 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 | SALE OF ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH IN VERTU MOTORS PLC, RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE COMPANY'S LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN |
| h) | Price(s) and volume(s) Price Volume(s) 0.6 300 2 36,220 | |
| i) | Aggregated information -Aggregated volume - Price | NOT APPLICABLE - SINGLE TRANSACTION |
| j) | Date of the transaction | 18 NOVEMBER 2025 |
| k) | Place of transaction | LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AIM |
| Vertu Motors plc | Tel: +44 (0) 191 491 2121 | |
| Robert Forrester, CEO | ||
| Karen Anderson, CFO Phil Clark, Investor Relations | ||
| Stifel (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 207 710 7688 | |
| Matthew Blawat | ||
| Callum Stewart | ||
| Shore Capital (Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090 | |
| Mark Percy / Sophie Collins (Corporate Advisory) | ||
| Isobel Jones (Corporate Broking) | ||
| Camarco | Tel: +44 (0) 203 757 4980 | |
Billy Clegg
Tom Huddart
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