Softcat : Additional Listing of Shares and PDMR Shareholding

For Immediate Release

16 January 2019

SOFTCAT plc

('Softcat', the 'Company')

Notification of Transactions by

Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and Persons Closely Associated with them

The following notification made under article 19.1 of the Market Abuse Regulation ('MAR') relates to exercising of nil-cost options to persons discharging managerial responsibilities ('PDMR') on 10 January 2019 under the Softcat plc Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP'). This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19.3 of MAR.

Softcat Long Term Incentive Plan

The Company announces that on 10 January 2019, the LTIP awards made on 21 December 2015 under the Softcat Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) to Martin Hellawell (when he was Chief Executive) have been exercised following full achievement of the performance criteria, with 100% of the LTIP awards vesting for nil consideration. Details of the number of ordinary shares of £0.0005 each in the share capital of the Company ('Shares') received by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility are set out below.

An application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange for an additional listing of 158,125 ordinary shares of £0.0005 each to trade on the London Stock Exchange. It is expected that the shares will be admitted to trade on the Official List on 21 January 2019. The shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company.

Following these transactions, Mr Hellawell and the persons closely associated with him (namely Mandy Hellawell and The Highgate Family Trust) will hold in aggregate 9,926,280 ordinary shares, which represent approximately 5.01% of the Company's issued share capital.

Total Voting Rights

Following Admission, the Company will have 198,108,820 ordinary shares in issue. The Company has no Ordinary Shares held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company following Admission will therefore be 198,108,820.

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Martin Hellawell
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chairman
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name		Softcat plc
b)	LEI		213800N42YZLR9GLVC42
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 Identification Code	Ordinary Shares of £0.0005 each ISIN: GB00BYZDVK82
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options under the Softcat plc Long Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) nil 158,125
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-01-10
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a Trading Venue

For further information in relation to the LTIP please review the 2018 Annual Report and Accounts or contact:

Softcat plc Luke Thomas, Company Secretary

Tel: + 44(0) 20 7167 4961

Media Enquiries - FTI Consulting LLPTel: + 44(0) 203 727 1000

Ed Bridges

Dwight Burden