Phoenix Group Holdings plc (the "Company")
Exercise of nil-cost options under the Phoenix Group Holdings plc Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") and the Deferred Bonus Share Scheme (the "DBSS")
The Company has today been informed that on 2 April 2024, the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities "PDMRs" exercised their nil-cost options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the LTIP and DBSS granted on 11 March 2019 and 12 March 2021 respectively.
LTIP
Vesting of these options was subject to criteria relating to the Company's performance over a three-year performance period to 31 December 2022 and the options were then subject to a two-year holding period following the end of the performance period. The number of options acquired includes the dividend equivalent Shares which participants receive upon exercise. The options become exercisable for up to five-years with effect from 11 March 2024.
| Name | Title | Number of ordinary shares acquired of 10 pence each on exercise of options |
| Rakesh Thakrar | Group Chief Financial Officer | 43,141 |
In order to meet the Income Tax and Employee National Insurance liabilities arising on the exercise of the options, the below number of shares were sold on 2 April 2024:
| Name | Title | Number of ordinary shares of 10 pence each sold for Tax/NIC purposes | Sale price per share |
| Rakesh Thakrar | Group Chief Financial Officer | 20,439 | 5.530667 |
DBSS
Vesting of these options was subject to a three-year holding period in respect of the deferred bonus for the 2020 financial year to 31 December 2022. The number of options acquired includes the dividend equivalent Shares which participants receive upon exercise. The options become exercisable for up to six-months with effect from 12 March 2024.
| Name | Title | Number of ordinary shares acquired of 10 pence each on exercise of options |
| Rakesh Thakrar | Group Chief Financial Officer | 34,396 |
In order to meet the Income Tax and Employee National Insurance liabilities arising on the exercise of the options, the below numbers of shares were sold on 2 April 2024:
| Name | Title | Number of ordinary shares of 10 pence each sold for Tax/NIC purposes | Sale price per share |
| Rakesh Thakrar | Group Chief Financial Officer | 16,296 | 5.530667 |
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by a person discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
The Notification of Dealing Forms for each PDMR can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19(3) of the UK Markets Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name
| Rakesh Thakrar | |||||||||||||||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| Group Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||||||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | |||||||||||||||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| a)
| Name
| Phoenix Group Holdings plc | |||||||||||||||
| b)
| LEI
| 2138001P49OLAEU33T68 | |||||||||||||||
| 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
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| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
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Phoenix Group Holdings plc ordinary shares of 10 pence
GB00BGXQNP29 | |||||||||||||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Acquisition of shares pursuant to the exercise of options under the Company's LTIP and DBSS and sale of shares to cover tax liabilities | |||||||||||||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price |
36,735
5.530667
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| e)
| Date of the transaction | 2 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||||||||
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