21st Oct 2025 07:00
21 October 2025
DFS Furniture PLC
Grant of share under the Deferred Bonus Plan
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS
DFS Furniture Plc announces the following transaction by persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") in ordinary shares of the Company with a nominal value of £0.10 ("Shares")
Mr Stacey of DFS Furniture Plc has today been granted conditional share awards in the Company, under the DFS Furniture Plc Deferred Bonus Plan ("the Plan") equal to 25 per cent of the 2025 short-term incentive award.
The awards granted under the Plan are structured as options with a nil exercise price over a number of shares (the "Deferred Awards").No consideration was paid for the grant of the Deferred Awards. The Deferred Awards will become exercisable on or around the second anniversary of the date of grant and under the rules of the Plan the award will accrue Dividend Equivalents between the award date and the vesting date.
Executive Director
| Number of Conditional Shares Awarded
|
Tim Stacey
| 93,942 |
The Notification of Dealing Form for each PDMR can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with the UK Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
a) | Name | Tim Stacey
|
2 | Reason for the notification | |
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer |
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
a) | Name | DFS Furniture PLC |
b) | LEI | 213800GDSOBNKS1U1P93
|
4 | 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 Identification code | Ordinary Shares 0.10p ISIN: GB00BTC0LB89
|
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Grant of Shares under the Deferred Share Bonus Plan |
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
| Price - £0.00 Volume - 93,942 |
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
93,942 £0.00 |
e) | Date of the transaction | 21 October 2025 |
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
Enquiries:
DFS
Liz McDonald (Group Company Secretary)
Phil Hutchinson Investor Relations
About DFS Furniture plc
The Group is the clear market-leading retailer of living room furniture in the United Kingdom. Our Group purpose is to bring great design and comfort into every living room, in an affordable, responsible and sustainable manner. We operate an integrated physical and digital retail network of living room furniture showrooms and web sites in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, trading through our leading brands, DFS and Sofology. We attract customers through our targeted and national marketing activities and our reputation for high quality products and service, breadth of product offer and favourable consumer financing options. We fulfil orders for our exclusive product ranges through our own UK finished goods factories, and through manufacturing partners located in the UK, Europe and Far East, and delivered with care through our expert final-mile delivery service "The Sofa Delivery Company Limited".
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