Countrywide : Grant of SAYE options and PDMRs Transactions

15 May 2019

Countrywide plc

Grant of Options under Countrywide plc SAYE Option Scheme

Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

Countrywide plc (the 'Company') announces that as part of its all employee Save As You Earn share scheme (the 'SAYE' Scheme'), the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (each a 'PDMR') elected to participate in the SAYE scheme:

Name of PDMR	Number of SAYE options granted
Paul Creffield	57,504
Peter Curran	57,504
Paul Wareham	57,504
Dan Thompson	57,504

Eligible employees were invited to subscribe for options over ordinary shares of 1 pence each ('Ordinary Shares') with an option price of 6.01pence per share, representing a 20% discount to the share price which was calculated using the average closing share price 3 days prior to 17^th April 2019, being the invite date.

Pursuant to this, a total of 39,959,290 options over Ordinary Shares were granted on 15^th May 2019, equating to 2.439% of the current issued ordinary share capital.

The attached notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, give further detail of the number of options granted on 15^th May 2019 under the SAYE Scheme.

Enquiries:

Liz Hutton

Assistant Company Secretary

Countrywide plc

01245 294022

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

1.	Details of the PDMR / person closely associated
a)	Name	Paul Creffield
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Group Managing Director (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Countrywide plc
b)	LEI	213800N1OX24ENZUIK30
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 £0.01 each in Countrywide plc GB00B9NWP991
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options to acquire Countrywide plc Ordinary Shares under the Company's SAYE Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Option Price 6.01 pence 57,504
d)	Aggregated information	N/A
	- Aggregated volume
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-05-15
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

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

1.	Details of the PDMR / person closely associated
a)	Name	Peter Curran
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Managing Director, Financial Services (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Countrywide plc
b)	LEI	213800N1OX24ENZUIK30
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 £0.01 each in Countrywide plc GB00B9NWP991
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options to acquire Countrywide plc Ordinary Shares under the Company's SAYE Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Option Price 6.01 pence 57,504
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-05-15
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

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

1.	Details of the PDMR / person closely associated
a)	Name	Paul Wareham
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Managing Director, B2B (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Countrywide plc
b)	LEI	213800N1OX24ENZUIK30
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 £0.01 each in Countrywide plc GB00B9NWP991
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options to acquire Countrywide plc Ordinary Shares under the Company's SAYE Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Option Price 6.01 pence 57,504
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-05-15
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

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

1.	Details of the PDMR / person closely associated
a)	Name	Dan Thompson
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Group People Director (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Countrywide plc
b)	LEI	213800N1OX24ENZUIK30
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 £0.01 each in Countrywide plc GB00B9NWP991
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options to acquire Countrywide plc Ordinary Shares under the Company's SAYE Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Option Price 6.01 pence 57,504
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-05-15
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)