Director/PDMR Shareholding

Paragon Group Of Companies PLC
09 January 2007




                             DIRECTOR SHAREHOLDING
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On 9 January 2007 The Paragon Group of Companies PLC granted the following
awards under the Paragon Performance Share Plan ('PPSP'):


Director         Award granted     Exercise period         Total awards 
                                                           outstanding

N S Terrington   18,509            09/01/10 - 09/07/10     240,419

N Keen           13,868            09/01/10 - 09/07/10     180,360

J A Heron         8,840            09/01/10 - 09/07/10     122,415

P Pandya          7,956            09/01/10 - 09/07/10      99,656


On 9 January 2007 The Paragon Group of Companies PLC granted the following
awards under the Paragon Matching Share Plan ('PMSP'):


Director         Award granted     Total awards outstanding

N S Terrington   25,116            57,202

N Keen           18,818            42,870

J A Heron        14,995            31,961

P Pandya         13,495            30,461


Under the terms of the PPSP and PMSP one half of each new award will be subject
to a total shareholder return ('TSR') performance condition and the other half
to an earnings per share ('EPS') performance condition. In respect of both of
the conditions the Company's performance will be compared to that of a group of
companies drawn from the Banks and Speciality and Other Finance sectors. For the
EPS measure, performance will be measured over the single three year period
commencing 1 October 2006. For the TSR measure, performance will be measured
over the single three year period commencing 1 January 2007. For both
performance measures 35% of the award will vest for median performance, rising
to 100% for performance on or above the upper quartile.

Awards under the PMSP are exercisable for six months from the date on which the
Remuneration Committee determines the extent to which the performance conditions
have been satisfied.


Enquiries:

John Gemmell, Company Secretary
0121 712 2075





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