Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6436N

IG Group Holdings plc

29 July 2014

IG Group Holdings plc
29 July 2014

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ("PDMRs")

IG Group Holdings Plc (the "Company") gives notice of the following transactions carried out in respect of the Company's ordinary shares of 0.005p each (the "Ordinary Shares") by the Directors and other PDMRs. This notice is being issued in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R(1).

Purchase of Shares under the Company's Share Incentive Plan ("SIP")

The Company operates a HMRC approved SIP, which is open to all UK based employees. For this year, the maximum annual amount that an employee can invest under the scheme is £1800. Employees that choose to invest the maximum received 297 shares on 25 July 2014. If employees participating in the plan retain their purchased shares and remain employed on the 3^rd anniversary of the purchase, the Company will match the shares on a two-for one basis.

On 28 July 2014, the Company was advised that the following transactions were made under the SIP:

Director/PDMR	Date and place of transaction	Nature of transaction	Price per share	Shareholding of director (or their connected persons) following transaction
Peter Hetherington	25/07/2014 London	Purchase: 297 Ordinary Shares under the SIP	605.8 pence	114,267
Christopher Hill	25/07/2014 London	Purchase: 297 Ordinary Shares under the SIP	605.8 pence	35,428
Jon Noble (CIO, PDMR)	25/07/2014 London	Purchase: 297 Ordinary Shares under the SIP	605.8 pence	N/A