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Vertu Motors PLC

22 February 2021

22 February 2021

Vertu Motors plc ("Vertu Motors" or "Company")

EBT Share Purchase

Vertu Motors announces that it was notified on 19 February 2021, of the following acquisitions ("Dealings") in the Company's ordinary shares of 10p each ("Ordinary Shares") by Ocorian Limited ("Trustee"), the trustee of the Company's employee benefit trust. The Dealings took place on 12-19 February 2021 at an average price of 37.65p per Ordinary Share:

The shares were purchased by the Trustee to be held for the purposes of the employee benefit trust, and may be used to transfer shares to individuals when options are exercised. This could include the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan, under which each of the executive directors of the Company is a potential participant, and other share options and share schemes, under which other potential PDMRs are potential participants. They are therefore regarded as having a notional interest in these shares.

 
                                                                Resultant 
                  Beneficial                                   Beneficial        Resultant 
                     holding      % of issued                     holding      % of issued 
                 of Ordinary    share capital    Ordinary     of Ordinary    share capital 
                Shares prior         prior to      Shares    Shares after        after the 
             to the Dealings     the Dealings    acquired    the Dealings         Dealings 
 Trustee           2,013,484             0.55   4,683,673       6,697,157             1.81 
           -----------------  ---------------  ----------  --------------  --------------- 
 

The Company's issued share capital consists of 369,173,981 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. The Company does not hold any Ordinary shares in treasury.

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

 
   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 
        ---------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
   3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
          auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
        ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  a)     Name                               VERTU MOTORS PLC 
        ---------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
   b)    LEI                                213800GIKJEIUIGMI575 
        ---------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
   4.    Details of transactions(s): section to be repeated for 
          (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
          (iii) each date; and (vi) each place where transactions 
          have been conducted 
        ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  a)     Description of the financial       ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH IN 
          instrument, type of instrument     VERTU MOTORS PLC 
          identification code                IDENTIFICATION CODE FOR VERTU 
          Identification code                MOTORS PLC ORDINARY SHARES 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) 
           0.375835   3,843,662 
                     ---------- 
           0.379762   840,011 
                     ---------- 
        ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  d)     Aggregated information              4,683,673 
   -Aggregated volume                         0.3765393 
   - Price 
 ----------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
  e)     Date of the transaction            FEBRUARY 2021 
        ---------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
  f)     Place of transaction               AIM 
        ---------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 

- Ends -

For further information please contact:

 
 Vertu Motors plc         Tel: 0191 491 2121 
  Robert Forrester, CEO 
  Karen Anderson, CFO 
 Zeus Capital Limited     Tel: 020 3829 5000 
  Jamie Peel 
  Andrew Jones 
  Dominic King 
 Camarco                  Tel: 020 3757 4983 
  Billy Clegg 
  Tom Huddart 
 

Notes to Editors

Vertu Motors is the fifth largest automotive retailer in the UK with a network of 146 sales outlets across the UK. Its dealerships operate predominantly under the Bristol Street Motors, Vertu, Farnell and Macklin Motors brand names.

Vertu Motors was established in November 2006 with the strategy to consolidate the UK motor retail sector. It is intended that the Group will continue to acquire motor retail operations to grow a scaled dealership group. The Group's acquisition strategy is supplemented by a focused organic growth strategy to drive operational efficiencies through its national dealership network. The Group currently operates 143 franchised sales outlets and 3 non-franchised sales operations from 116 locations across the UK.

Vertu's Mission Statement is to "deliver an outstanding customer motoring experience through honesty and trust".

Vertu Motors Group websites - www.investors.vertumotors.com / www.vertucareers.com

Vertu brand websites - www.vertumotors.com / www.bristolstreet.co.uk / www.vertuhonda.com / www.vertutoyota.com / www.macklinmotors.co.uk / www.farnelllandrover.com / www.farnelljaguar.com / www.vertuvolkswagen.com / www.vertumercedes-benz.com

Vertu brand websites - www.bristolstreet.co.uk / www.vertuhonda.com / www.vertutoyota.com / www.macklinmotors.co.uk / www.farnelllandrover.com / www.farnelljaguar.com / www.vertuvolkswagen.com / www.vertumercedes-benz.com

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