Director/PDMR Shareholding

Close Brothers Group PLC

27 April 2023

 

Close Brothers Group plc (the "Company")

Notification of transactions by

persons discharging managerial responsibilities in Ordinary shares of the Company of 25p each (Shares)

On 26 April 2023 the Company granted options to employees under the Close Brothers Group Sharesave Scheme (the "Scheme"). This grant of options over Shares under the Scheme included three Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs"). The Company was also notified that a PDMR cancelled participation in a previous Scheme. The following notifications, made pursuant to Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	1.   Adrian Sainsbury 2.   Nazrul Kazi 3.   Edward Reynolds
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1.   Chief Executive 2.   Group Head of Internal Audit 3.   Chief Executive Officer, Close Brothers Asset Management
b)	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Close Brothers Group plc
b)	LEI	213800W73SYHR14I3X91
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 25p each GB0007668071
b)	Nature of the transaction	1.   Grant of three year options over shares under the Company's Sharesave scheme 2.   Grant of three year options over shares under the Company's Sharesave scheme 3.   Grant of five year options over shares under the Company's Sharesave scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1.   £7.17 2.   £7.17 3.   £7.17 1.   1,255 2.   502 3.   4,184
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26 April 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Edward Reynolds
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer, Close Brothers Asset Management
b)	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Close Brothers Group plc
b)	LEI	213800W73SYHR14I3X91
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 25p each GB0007668071
b)	Nature of the transaction	Edward Reynolds cancelled his Autumn 2022 5 year Sharesave option and discontinued his related monthly contributions, resulting in the lapse of options originally granted to him on 26 October 2022 with an exercise price of 735 pence per share.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) N/A 4,081
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A (Single transactions)
e)	Date of the transaction	12 April 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

 

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