--- title: "REG - Card Factory PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/289812915.md" description: "Card Factory PLC announced on June 15, 2026, that CEO Darcy Willson-Rymer exercised nil-cost Restricted Share options for 128,609 shares. He sold 60,661 shares at £0.67 each to cover tax liabilities. Following these transactions, his holding stands at 1,242,816 shares, representing 0.36% of total voting rights." datetime: "2026-06-15T16:59:04.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/289812915.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289812915.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/289812915.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # REG - Card Factory PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding RNS Number : 3785I Card Factory PLC 15 June 2026 15 June 2026 Card Factory plc ("cardfactory" or the "Company") Notification of Transactions of Directors and Total Voting Rights cardfactory, the UK's leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, gifts and celebration essentials, announces that, on 15 June 2026, it transferred 302,116 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") out of treasury, following the exercise of nil-cost Restricted Share options under the Card Factory plc Long Term Incentive Plan. This transaction includes the transfer of shares to Darcy Willson-Rymer (Chief Executive Officer), as well as to other Group employees. Darcy Willson-Rymer has exercised his right granted in 2021, to acquire, in aggregate, 128,609 Shares and, on 15 June 2026, 60,661 Shares were sold to meet income tax and National Insurance liabilities arising from the vesting. Following the dealings described above, Darcy Willson-Rymer's interests in the Company are set out below: Director/PDMR Darcy Willson-Rymer Shares held prior to award vesting 1,174,868 Restricted Shares vesting 128,609 No. of shares sold to cover tax liabilities 60,661 No. shares held following Restricted Share vesting and sale 1,242,816 % of total voting rights 0.36% Total Voting Rights In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rules 5.6.1R, the Company notifies the market that at the close of business on the date of this announcement the Company's issued ordinary share capital comprises 347,693,472 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") with each share carrying one vote. In aggregate, 3,867,640 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. The number of 343,825,832 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the ordinary share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. This notification is made in accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. Enquiries: - Ciaran StoneGeneral Counsel and Company SecretaryCard Factory plc - Tel: 01924 839150 CARD FACTORY PLC NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated a) Name Darcy Willson-Rymer 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 Card Factory plc b) LEI 213800TTSOPFVCKPFQ11 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 of one pence each GB00BLY2F708 b) Nature of the transaction (a) Exercise of right to nil cost Restricted Shares and (b) sale of shares to satisfy tax liabilities c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) per share Volume (a) Exercise Nil 128,609 (b) Sale £0.671 60,661 d) Aggregated information Aggregated Price(s) Volume (a) Exercise Nil 128,609 (b) Sale £40,703.53 60,661 e) Date of the transaction (a) 15 June 2026 (b) 15 June 2026 f) Place of the transaction (a) Outside a trading venue (b) London Stock Exchange Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Ciaran Stone Date of notification: 15 June 2026 This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. 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