Director/PDMR Shareholding

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC

03 April 2024

 

Phoenix Group Holdings plc (the "Company")

Exercise of nil-cost options under the Phoenix Group Holdings plc Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") and the Deferred Bonus Share Scheme (the "DBSS")

The Company has today been informed that on 2 April 2024, the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities "PDMRs" exercised their nil-cost options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the LTIP and DBSS granted on 11 March 2019 and 12 March 2021 respectively. 

LTIP

Vesting of these options was subject to criteria relating to the Company's performance over a three-year performance period to 31 December 2022 and the options were then subject to a two-year holding period following the end of the performance period. The number of options acquired includes the dividend equivalent Shares which participants receive upon exercise. The options become exercisable for up to five-years with effect from 11 March 2024.

Name	Title	Number of ordinary shares acquired of 10 pence each on exercise of options
Rakesh Thakrar	Group Chief Financial Officer	43,141

In order to meet the Income Tax and Employee National Insurance liabilities arising on the exercise of the options, the below number of shares were sold on 2 April 2024:

Name	Title	Number of ordinary shares of 10 pence each sold for Tax/NIC purposes	Sale price per share
Rakesh Thakrar	Group Chief Financial Officer	20,439	5.530667

DBSS

Vesting of these options was subject to a three-year holding period in respect of the deferred bonus for the 2020 financial year to 31 December 2022. The number of options acquired includes the dividend equivalent Shares which participants receive upon exercise. The options become exercisable for up to six-months with effect from 12 March 2024.

Name	Title	Number of ordinary shares acquired of 10 pence each on exercise of options
Rakesh Thakrar	Group Chief Financial Officer	34,396

In order to meet the Income Tax and Employee National Insurance liabilities arising on the exercise of the options, the below numbers of shares were sold on 2 April 2024:

Name	Title	Number of ordinary shares of 10 pence each sold for Tax/NIC purposes	Sale price per share
Rakesh Thakrar	Group Chief Financial Officer	16,296	5.530667

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by a person discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

The Notification of Dealing Forms for each PDMR can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19(3) of the UK Markets Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018). 

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Rakesh Thakrar
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group 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	Phoenix Group Holdings plc
b)	LEI	2138001P49OLAEU33T68
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	Phoenix Group Holdings plc ordinary shares of 10 pence GB00BGXQNP29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares pursuant to the exercise of options under the Company's LTIP and DBSS and sale of shares to cover tax liabilities
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) Volume(s) Exercise of LTIP nil 43,141 Exercise of DBSS Options nil 34,396 Sale of Shares for LTIP 5.530667 20439 Sale of Shares for DBSS 5.530667 16296
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	36,735 5.530667
e)	Date of the transaction	2 April 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

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