Director/PDMR Shareholding

Liontrust Asset Management PLC

19 December 2024

 

LEI: 549300XVXU6S7PLCL855

For immediate release

19 December 2024

Liontrust Asset Management Plc

("Liontrust" or the "Company")

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR")

Grant of LTIP Options

Liontrust announces that on 19 December 2024 it granted options ("Options") over the Company's ordinary shares of 1p each ("Shares") to John Ions, Chief Executive Officer, and Vinay Abrol, Chief Financial Officer pursuant to the Company's SAYE Option Plan ("Plan") at an Option price of £3.776. John Ions and Vinay Abrol are both PDMRs. The details of the Options granted are as follows:

PDMR	Number of Shares over which Option is granted	Option Price per Share
John Ions	4,886	£3.776
Vinay Abrol	4,886	£3.776

In accordance with the Plan, the earliest anticipated date on which the Options will become exercisable is 1 February 2028.

Formal notifications in respect of the PDMRs are set out below in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	John Ions
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR (Chief Executive Officer)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Liontrust Asset Management Plc
b)	LEI	549300XVXU6S7PLCL855
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	Ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification code	GB0007388407
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options under the Liontrust SAYE Option Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£3.776	4,886
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	Not applicable
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	19 December 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Vinay Abrol
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR (Chief Financial Officer)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Liontrust Asset Management Plc
b)	LEI	549300XVXU6S7PLCL855
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	Ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification code	GB0007388407
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options under the Liontrust SAYE Option Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£3.776	4,886
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	Not applicable
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	19 December 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

For further information please contact:

Teneo (Tel: [phone], Email: [e-mail])

Tom Murray, Colette Cahill, Jessica Pine

Liontrust Asset Management Plc (Tel: [phone], Website: liontrust.co.uk)

Stephen Corbett: Head of Investor Relations

Simon Hildrey: Chief Marketing Officer

Singer Capital Markets (Tel: [phone])

Corporate Broking: Charles Leigh-Pemberton

Corporate Finance: James Moat

Panmure Liberum (Tel: [phone])

Corporate Broking: David Watkins

Corporate Advisory: Atholl Tweedie

HSBC Bank plc (Tel: [phone])

Corporate Broking: Simon Alexander, James Hopton

Corporate Advisory: Alexander Paul

ENDS

 

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