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Ocado Group PLC

28 July 2021

DIRECTOR/PDMR NOTIFICATION

OCADO GROUP PLC

28 July 2021

Ocado Group plc (the "Company")

Director/PDMR Notification

Following the approval of the Company's 2019 Value Creation Plan (the "VCP") by the Company's shareholders at the 2019 Annual General Meeting (the "2019 AGM"), the Company hereby announces a further grant of "Participation Rights" under the VCP.

"Participation Rights" under the VCP entitle the participant to receive, subject to the rules of the VCP, a proportion (the "Participant Percentage") of the Company's total shareholder return above a threshold annual compound growth rate of 10%.

This value can either be delivered through (i) the grant of nil-cost options over ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") following the announcement of the Company's annual results for the 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 financial years or (ii) the participant's acquisition of Shares (at the time the related "Participation Right" is granted) which are held jointly with the Company's employee benefit trust (the "EBT") in accordance with the rules of the VCP and which will vest on the same timetable as nil-cost option awards.

Stephen Daintith shall receive his Participant Percentage in the form of a nil cost option. He has no rights in respect of the Plan relating to the 2019 and 2020 Financial Years. The details of the grant are set out below.

 
        Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
         closely associated 
    1 
 a)     Name                            Stephen Daintith 
       ------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 2      Reason for the notification 
       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)     Position/status                 Chief Financial Officer 
       ------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 b)     Initial notification/           Initial notification 
         Amendment 
       ------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 3      Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
         auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)     Name                            Ocado Group plc 
       ------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 b)     LEI                             213800LO8F61YB8MBC74 
       ------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 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              Ordinary shares of 2 pence each in Ocado 
         financial instrument,           Group plc ("Shares") 
         type of instrument 
 
         Identification code             ISIN GB00B3MBS747 
       ------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 b)     Nature of the transaction       Grant of a conditional right, subject to 
                                         the rules of the VCP, to receive the value 
                                         by which the Company's total shareholder 
                                         return exceeds a compound annual growth 
                                         rate of 10%, multiplied by a Participation 
                                         Percentage of 0.25% (the "Award Value"). 
                                         The Award Value will be delivered following 
                                         the assessment of the Company's total shareholder 
                                         return after the end of each of the 2021, 
                                         2022 and 2023 financial years of the Company 
                                         by the grant of a nil-cost option over 
                                         Shares. 
       ------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 c)     Price(s) and volume(s)          Price(s)                      Volume(s) 
       ------------------------------  ----------------------------  ------------------------------ 
                                        GBP0                          GBP0 
       ------------------------------  ----------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 d)          Aggregated information     Price            Aggregated volume     Aggregate total 
 
               *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
 
               *    Price 
       ------------------------------  ---------------  --------------------  --------------------- 
                                        GBP0              0                    GBP0 
       ------------------------------  ---------------  --------------------  --------------------- 
 e)     Date of the transaction         27 July 2021 
       ------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 f)     Place of the transaction        Outside a regulated market 
       ------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
 

This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement:

Robert Cooper

Deputy Company Secretary

Ocado Group plc

Buildings One & Two Trident Place

Mosquito Way

Hatfield

Hertfordshire

AL10 9UL

Fax: +44 (0)1707 227997

email: robert.cooper@ocado.com

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