Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8297V

IG Group Holdings plc

11 August 2020

 

IG Group Holdings PLC  

11 August 2020

LEI: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY

IG Group Holdings PLC (the "Company"), a global leader in online trading, confirms that on 07 August 2020 it was notified of the following transactions carried out in respect of the Company's ordinary shares of 0.005p each ("Ordinary Shares") by Matthew Brief, Chief Product Officer (the "Transactions").

Details of the Transactions are set out below and in the attached notification as required by the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Purchase of Shares

Date and place  of Transaction	Director	Nature of Transaction	Price per Share
07 August 2020 United Kingdom	Matthew Brief	Purchase of Derivative (Spread Bet) equivalent to 50,000 Ordinary Shares	£7.35783

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Matthew Brief
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Product Officer for IG Group Holdings PLC
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	IG Group Holdings PLC
b)	LEI	2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76
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 0.005 pence GB00B06QFB75
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Derivative (Spread Bet)
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £7.35783 50,000
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	50,000 £367,891.50
e)	Date of the transaction	2020-08-07
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

For further information, please contact:

IG Group:

Investors contact

Liz Scorer, Head of Investor Relations  [phone]

[e-mail]

Press contact

Ramon Kaur, Head of Communications  [phone]

[e-mail]

About IG

IG empowers informed, decisive, adventurous, people to access opportunities in over 16,000 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 provide the world's best trading experience. Established in 1974 as the world's first financial derivatives firm, it continued leading the way by launching the world's first online and iPhone trading services.

IG is an award-winning, multi-platform trading company which allows retail, professional and institutional clients to trade 24 hours a day, 7 days a week*. IG is 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 stock trading service in the UK, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands. IG has a range of affordable, fully managed investment portfolios, which provide a comprehensive offering to investors and active traders.

IG is a member of the FTSE 250, with offices across Europe, including a Swiss bank, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North America. IG Group Holdings plc holds a long-term investment grade credit rating of BBB- with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings.

*Excluding 10pm Friday (GMT) to 4am Saturday (GMT)

**Based on revenue excluding FX (from published financial statements, June 2019).

 

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