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RNS Number : 5943T

Frasers Group PLC

21 March 2023

FRASERS GROUP PLC

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

Frasers Group plc ("the Company") announces that MASH Holdings Limited ("MASH"), a company through which Mike Ashley holds shares in the Company, has notified the Company that MASH has granted a pledge in favour of HSBC Private Bank over 26,492,540 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing approximately 5.61% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding shares held in treasury), as security for any amounts which may be due from time to time under a derivatives trading facility. Mike Ashley remains the beneficial owner of the Ordinary Shares subject to the pledge and retains full voting rights over these shares.

As described in the disclosures below, MASH has also notified the Company that MASH has on 17 March 2023 sold share settled put options over 500,000 Ordinary Shares equivalent with a strike price of 800p and expiry of September 2023 and also on 20 March 2023 sold share settled put options over an additional 500,000 Ordinary Shares equivalent with a strike price of 800p and an expiry of September 2023.

 
       Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
  1     / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                           MASH Holdings Limited 
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       Reason for the notification 
  2 
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 a)    Position/status                PCA with Michael Ashley, a PDMR 
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 b)    Initial notification           Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
      -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
       Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
  3     auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                           Frasers Group PLC 
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 b)    LEI                            213800JEGHHEAXIJDX34 
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       Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
  4     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 (Put Options) 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code            GB00B1QH8P22 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction      Sale of share settled put options 
                                       over 500,000 Ordinary Shares equivalent 
                                       with an expiry of September 2023 
                                       and a strike price of 800p 
      -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                           ----------------------  ---------------- 
                                            Price(s)                Volume(s) 
                                           ----------------------  ---------------- 
    GBP8.00                                                         500,000 
   ----------------------                                          ---------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information         Aggregated Volume 500,000 
 
                                       Price GBP4,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction        17 March 2023 
      -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction       Outside a trading venue 
      -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
       Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
  4     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             Ordinary Shares 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code            GB00B1QH8P22 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction      Pledge in favour of HSBC Private 
                                       Bank over 26,492,540 Ordinary Shares 
                                       in the Company, representing approximately 
                                       5.61% of the Company's issued share 
                                       capital (excluding shares held in 
                                       treasury) as security for any amounts 
                                       which may be due from time to time 
                                       under a derivatives trading facility. 
      -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                           ----------------------  ---------------- 
                                            Price(s)                Volume(s) 
                                           ----------------------  ---------------- 
    GBP0.00                                                         26,492,540 
   ----------------------                                          ---------------- 
 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
                                      Aggregated Volume 26,492,540 
 
                                       Price GBP0.00 
 
 
 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction        17 March 2023 
      -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction       Outside a trading venue 
      -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
       Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
  4     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 (Put Options) 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code            GB00B1QH8P22 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction      Sale of share settled put options 
                                       over 500,000 Ordinary Shares equivalent 
                                       with an expiry of September 2023 
                                       and a strike price of 800p 
      -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                           ----------------------  ---------------- 
                                            Price(s)                Volume(s) 
                                           ----------------------  ---------------- 
    GBP8.00                                                         500,000 
   ----------------------                                          ---------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information         Aggregated Volume 500,000 
 
                                       Price GBP4,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction        20 March 2023 
      -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction       Outside a trading venue 
      -----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 

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