EBT Share Purchase
Vertu Motors plc announced that Ocorian Limited, acting as trustee for the company's employee benefit trust, acquired 14,100 ordinary shares at 58.6293 pence per share on March 25, 2026. This transaction increased the trustee's beneficial holding to 4,136,825 shares, representing 1.32% of the issued share capital, which remains unchanged. These shares are intended for use within the employee benefit trust, including the Long Term Incentive Plan for executive directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities.
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Vertu Motors announces that it was notified on 25 March 2026 of the following acquisition ("Dealing") of the Company's ordinary shares of 10p each ("Ordinary Shares") by Ocorian Limited ("Trustee"), the trustee of the Company's employee benefit trust. The Dealing took place on 25 March 2026 at a price of 58.6293 pence per Ordinary Share.
| Trustee | 4,122,725 | 1.32% | 14,100 | 4,136,825 | 1.32% |
The Company's issued share capital consists of 312,310,046 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 | OCORIAN LIMITED |
| 2. | Reason for the notification | ACQUISITION OF SHARES |
| a) | Position/status | EBT TRUSTEE |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | INITIAL NOTIFICATION |
| a) | Name | VERTU MOTORS PLC |
| b) | LEI | 213800GIKJEIUIGMI575 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument identification code Identification code | ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH IN VERTU MOTORS PLC GB00B1GK4645 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | PURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH IN VERTU MOTORS PLC |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) Price Volume(s) 0.586293 14,100 | |
| d) | Aggregated information -Aggregated volume - Price | n/a n/a |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 25 MARCH 2026 |
| f) | 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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