Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1603P

Legal & General Group Plc

05 June 2020

 

Legal & general group plc

Notification of Transactions of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated with them

The following notification made under article 19.1 and 19.3 of the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") relates to:

· the exercise of an award granted on 14 April 2015 under the terms of the Legal & General Group Performance Share Plan 2015 (PSP 2015);

· the exercise of awards granted on 21 April 2016 under the terms of the Legal & General Group Performance Share Plan 2016 (PSP 2016); and

· the exercise of an award granted on 18 April 2017 under the terms of the Legal & General Group Performance Share Plan 2017 (PSP 2017).

The performance conditions attached to the PSP 2015 award provide that the award vests, subject to satisfaction of the performance conditions, after the announcement of the results for 2017 with one third of vested options becoming exercisable immediately, the second third becoming exercisable after the announcement of the 2018 results and the remaining third after the announcement of the 2019 results.  PSP awards must be exercised by the seventh anniversary of the date of grant.

The performance conditions attached to the PSP 2016 award provide that the award vests, subject to satisfaction of the performance conditions, after the announcement of the 2018 results. One third of the vested options will be exercisable immediately with the second third becoming available after the announcement of the 2019 results and the remaining third after the announcement of the 2020 results. Options must be exercised by the seventh anniversary of the date of grant.

The performance conditions attached to the PSP 2017 award provide that the award vests, subject to satisfaction of the performance conditions, after the announcement of the 2019 results. One third of the vested options will be exercisable immediately with the second third becoming available after the announcement of the 2020 results and the remaining third after the announcement of the 2021 results. Options must be exercised by the seventh anniversary of the date of grant.

Number of shares exercised on 4 June 2020	Shares sold to cover tax  (price £2.2950)	Shares retained by individual
166,380	76,512	89,868

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Simon Gadd
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Chief Risk Officer/PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Legal & General Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800JH9QQWHLO99821
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 £0.025 each, with voting rights attached  GB0005603997
b)	Nature of transaction	1.  Exercise of PSP 2015, PSP 2016 and PSP 2017 awards of nil cost options over 166,380 shares . 2.  Sale of 76,512 shares to cover tax and dealing costs. 89,868 shares retained.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume
		1.  Nil cost	1.  166,380
		2.  £2.2950	2.  76,512
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	1.  Price	1.  Volume	1.  Total
		1.  £0.00	1.  166,380	1.  £0.00
		2.  Price	2.  Volume	2.  Total
		2.  £2.2950	2.  76,512	2.  £175,595.04
e)	Date of the transaction	04 June 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON

05 June 2020

Daniella Newson

Assistant Company Secretary

Legal & General Group Plc

Tel: [phone]

 

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