Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5051V

Legal & General Group Plc

14 April 2021

 

Legal & general group plc

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

On 13 April 2021 Legal & General Group Plc (the "Company") received notification that on that day the Directors and PDMRs named below had been awarded nil cost options over ordinary shares of 2.5p under the terms of the Performance Share Plan ("PSP") at an award price of £2.9420. All PSP awards will vest, subject to satisfaction of the performance conditions, after two years but the participants will not be able to exercise the options before 13 April 2026. 

The performance period in respect of the PSP award will end on 31 December 2023. The performance conditions attached to the PSP award will then be tested and the vesting percentage confirmed after the announcement of the Legal & General's 2023 annual results. Options must be exercised by the seventh anniversary of the date of grant.

On 13 April 2021 the Company also received notification that on that day the Directors and PDMRs named below were awarded either conditional shares or restricted shares at a price of £2.95370 per ordinary share under the terms of the Share Bonus Plan ("SBP"). All SBP awards vest on 14 April 2024.  

Name	Director/ PDMR	Number of PSP options awarded on 13 April 2021 at a price of £2.9420	Number of SBP Conditional Shares awarded on 13 April 2021 at a price of £2.95370	Number of SBP Restricted Shares awarded on 13 April 2021 at a price of £2.95370
Nigel Wilson	Director	832,341	58,520	-
Jeff Davies	Director	501,359	36,039	-
Kerrigan Procter	PDMR	463,120	-	45,840
Michelle Scrimgeour	PDMR	505,608	-	65,155
Simon Gadd	P DMR	208,021	-	37,241
John Godfrey	P DMR	103,976	-	12,746
Emma Hardaker-Jones	P DMR	163,154	-	32,269
Bernard Hickman	P DMR	189,666	-	42,963
Chris Knight	P DMR	168,592	-	36,022
Stephen Licence	P DMR	76,138	-	26,542
Laura Mason	P DMR	305,914	-	92,866
Andrew Kail	PDMR	475,866	-	-
Geoffrey Timms	P DMR	184,908	-	36,564

PSP Awards

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	1.  Nigel Wilson 2.  Jeff Davies 3.  Kerrigan Procter 4.  Michelle Scrimgeour 5.  Simon Gadd 6.  John Godfrey 7.  Emma Hardaker-Jones 8.  Bernard Hickman 9.  Chris Knight 10.  Stephen Licence 11.  Laura Mason 12.  Andrew Kail 13.  Geoffrey Timms
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1.  Group Chief Executive Officer/ Director 2.  Group Chief Financial Officer/Director 3.  Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Capital/PDMR 4.  Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Investment Management/PDMR 5.  Group Chief Risk Officer/PDMR 6.  Corporate Affairs Director/PDMR 7.  Group HR Director/PDMR 8.  Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Insurance/PDMR 9.  PDMR 10.  Group Chief Internal Auditor/PDMR 11.  Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Retirement, Institutional/PDMR 12.  Chief Executive Officer Legal & General Retail Retirement/PDMR 13.  Group General Counsel and Company Secretary/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	PSP options award for the directors/PDMRs listed in 1a above
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume
		1.  £2.9420	1.  832,341
		2.  £2.9420	2.  501,359
		3.  £2.9420	3.  463,120
		4.  £2.9420	4.  505,608
		5.  £2.9420	5.  208,021
		6.  £2.9420	6.  103,976
		7.  £2.9420	7.  163,154
		8.  £2.9420	8.  189,666
		9.  £2.9420	9.  168,592
		10.  £2.9420	10.  76,138
		11.  £2.9420	11.  305,914
		12.  £2.9420	12.  475,866
		13.  £2.9420	13.  184,908
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	N/A (Single Transaction)
e)	Date of the transaction	13 April 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON

SBP Awards (Restricted and Conditional)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	1.  Nigel Wilson 2.  Jeff Davies 3.  Kerrigan Procter 4.  Michelle Scrimgeour 5.  Simon Gadd 6.  John Godfrey 7.  Emma Hardaker-Jones 8.  Bernard Hickman 9.  Chris Knight 10.  Stephen Licence 11.  Laura Mason 12.  Geoffrey Timms
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1.  Group Chief Executive Officer/ Director 2.  Group Chief Financial Officer/Director 3.  Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Capital/PDMR 4.  Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Investment Management/PDMR 5.  Group Chief Risk Officer/PDMR 6.  Corporate Affairs Director/PDMR 7.  Group HR Director/PDMR 8.  Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Insurance/PDMR 9.  PDMR 10.  Group Chief Internal Auditor/PDMR 11.  Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Retirement, Institutional/PDMR 12.  Group General Counsel and Company Secretary/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.  SBP conditional shares award for the directors listed in 1a above 2.  SBP restricted shares award for the PDMRs listed in 1a above
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume
		1.  £2.95370	1.  58,520
		2.  £2.95370	2.  36,039
		3.  £2.95370	3.  45,840
		4.  £2.95370	4.  65,155
		5.  £2.95370	5.  37,241
		6.  £2.95370	6.  12,746
		7.  £2.95370	7.  32,269
		8.  £2.95370	8.  42,963
		9.  £2.95370	9.  36,022
		10.  £2.95370	10.  26,542
		11.  £2.95370	11.  92,866
		12.  £2.95370	12.  36,564
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	N/A (Single Transaction)
e)	Date of the transaction	13 April 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON

14 April 2021

Leanne Cornish

Senior Assistant Company Secretary

Legal & General Group Plc

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