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RNS Number : 1707F

Ocado Group PLC

17 February 2015

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

OCADO GROUP PLC

17 February 2015

Ocado Group plc

Director/PDMR Notification

Ocado Group plc ("the Company") announces that it has received notification, pursuant to the FCA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules 3.1.2R, on 17 February 2015, in connection with its directors' participation in the Ocado Share Incentive Plan ("SIP").

The SIP is a HMRC tax-advantaged all-employee share scheme, under which employees are able to purchase ordinary shares in the Company of 2 pence each at market value ("Partnership Shares"), using deductions from salary each month, and receive allocations of matching ordinary shares of 2 pence each ("Matching Shares").

The Ocado directors listed below (the "Directors") purchased the number of Partnership Shares set out in the table below, at a price of GBP3.85 per Partnership Share, and were allocated (for no consideration) the number of Matching Shares set out in the table below. These shares are held by the employee benefit trust for the SIP.

 
 Name                   Position             Number of    Number of  Total shares     Total SIP 
                                             Partnership   Matching                 holding to-date 
                                               Shares       Shares 
---------------------  -------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------------- 
                        Chief Executive 
 Tim Steiner             Officer                 39           6           45            1,425 
---------------------  -------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------------- 
                        Chief Financial 
 Duncan Tatton-Brown     Officer                 39           6           45            1,418 
---------------------  -------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------------- 
                        Operations 
 Mark Richardson         Director                39           6           45            1,468 
---------------------  -------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------------- 
                        Legal & Business 
 Neill Abrams            Affairs Director        39           6           45            1,290 
---------------------  -------------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ---------------- 
 

As a result of the above transaction, the interests of the Directors (and their connected persons) in the Company's ordinary shares (excluding any interests, options and awards under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan, Sharesave, 2001 Executive Share Option Scheme, 2014 Executive Share Option Scheme, Joint Share Ownership Scheme and Growth Incentive Plan) are:

 
 Name                   Number of Ordinary       Percentage of 
                            Shares held       issued share capital 
---------------------  -------------------  ---------------------- 
 Tim Steiner                28,696,770               4.62% 
---------------------  -------------------  ---------------------- 
 Duncan Tatton-Brown         159,283                0.026% 
---------------------  -------------------  ---------------------- 
 Mark Richardson              1,468                 0.0002% 
---------------------  -------------------  ---------------------- 
 Neill Abrams               1,874,989               0.302% 
---------------------  -------------------  ---------------------- 
 

The SIP was approved by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 11 May 2011.

For the purposes of DTR 3.1.3, the above transactions took place in the United Kingdom, with an issue date of 16February 2015 and the Company/the Directors being notified on 17 February 2015.

Further information concerning each Director's other interests in shares and share schemes are set out in the Company's annual report and accounts for the 52 weeks ended 30 November 2014, except as otherwise amended by a subsequent announcement.

Enquiries:

Company Secretary

Neill Abrams

Ocado Group plc

Titan Court

3 Bishops Square

Hatfield Business Park

Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9NE

Fax: +44 (0)1707 227 997

email: company.secretary@ocado.com

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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