IG Group Holdings plc
LEI No: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76
26 January 2018
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTION OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ("PDMRs")
IG Group Holdings Plc (the "Company"), a global leader in online trading, gives notice of the following transaction carried out in respect of the Company's ordinary shares of 0.005p each (the "Ordinary Shares") by a PDMR details of which are set out in the Notification of Transactions by PDMRs attached to this announcement as required by the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
Sale of Shares
On 24 January 2018, the Company received notice of share sales from the PDMR as set out in the table below:
PDMR |
Date and Place of Transaction |
Number of Shares Sold |
Price per share sold |
Joseph McCaughran
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24/01/2018 London |
656 |
£7.78 |
For further information, please contact:
IG Group
Liz Scorer 020 7573 0727
FTI Consulting
Neil Doyle / Ed Berry 020 3727 1141 / 1046
IG empowers informed, decisive, adventurous people to access opportunities in over 15,000 financial markets. With a strong focus on innovation and technology, the company puts client needs at the heart of everything it does.
IG's vision is to be a global leader in retail trading and investments. Established in 1974 as the world's first financial spread betting firm, it continued leading the way by launching the world's first online and iPhone trading services.
IG is now an award-winning, multi-platform trading company, the world's No.1 provider of CFDs* and a global leader in forex. It provides leveraged services with the option of limited-risk guarantees, and offers an execution-only share dealing service in the UK, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands. IG has recently launched a range of affordable, fully managed investment portfolios, to provide a comprehensive offering to investors and active traders.
It is a member of the FTSE 250, with offices across Europe, including a Swiss bank, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the US, where it offers on-exchange limited risk derivatives via the Nadex brand.
*Based on revenue excluding FX (from published financial statements, October 2016)
IG Group Holdings Plc
Notification of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR)
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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a)
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Name
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Joseph McCaughran |
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2
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Reason for the notification
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a)
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Position/status
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Chief Risk Officer |
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial Notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
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Name
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IG Group Holdings Plc |
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b)
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LEI
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2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76 |
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4
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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)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
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Ordinary Shares of 0.005 pence
GB00B06QFB75
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Sale of Ordinary Shares |
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
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Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price
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656
£5103.68 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
24 January 2018 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) |