Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0179H

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

13 June 2013

London Stock Exchange GROUP plc (the Company)

13 June 2013

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ("PDMR") OR CONNECTED PERSONS

Acquisition of shares under the terms of the London Stock Exchange Long Term Incentive Plan

On 12 June 2013 London Stock Exchange Group plc was notified that on 10 June 2013, Computershare Trustees (Jersey) Limited, the trustee of the London Stock Exchange Employee Benefit Trust, purchased 25,182 ordinary shares of 6 79/86 pence each in the Company (Shares) on behalf of the four PDMRs noted below who are participating in the London Stock Exchange Long Term Incentive Plan (the LTIP) whereby an employee purchases Shares in the Company (Invested Shares) and, in return, are granted a matching award of Shares (the Matching Award).

In return for the director and PDMRs purchasing Invested Shares the Company has granted them matching awards over such number of Shares that equals two times the number of Shares that the director and PDMRs could have purchased had his or her investment been made on a pre-tax basis.

The following PDMRs acquired interests in Shares under the LTIP as follows:

PDMR	Number of Invested Shares purchased	Number of Shares conditionally awarded under the Matching Award on 12 June 2013
Diane Cote	4,716 at £14.05 per share	18,011
Alexander Justham	6,130 at £14.05 per share	23,414
David Lester	6,979 at £14.05 per share	26,657
Antoine Shagoury	7,357 at £14.05 per share (registered in the name of Janet Shagoury, a connected person)	28,097

As announced on 3 & 12 June 2013, the following director purchased 13,312 Invested Shares on 31 May 2013, 3 June 2013 & 11 June 2013 and in return was granted a Matching Award.

Director/PDMR

Number of Shares conditionally awarded under the Matching Award on 12 June 2013

Xavier Rolet

50,792

To be eligible to receive the Matching Award, directors and senior executives must continue to hold their Invested Shares and remain in employment for a period of three years from the date of grant of the Matching Award. The actual number of Shares transferred to a director or senior executive on the vesting of the Matching Award will depend on the extent to which two corporate performance conditions are satisfied over the three-year vesting period. Full details of the LTIP, including a description of the performance conditions, are provided in the report on directors' remuneration in the London Stock Exchange Group plc 2013 Annual Report.

Additionally the London Stock Exchange Group plc was notified that on 12 June 2013 the directors and senior executives noted below who are participating in the London Stock Exchange Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") had been allocated share awards, vesting of which is subject to performance and service conditions over 3 years.

Director/PDMR	Number of ordinary shares awarded as a conditional award for no consideration
Xavier Rolet	101,585
Raffaele Jerusalmi	51,152
David Lester	36,023
Antoine Shagoury	50,432
Alexander Justham	36,023
Tony Weeresinghe	36,023
Diane Cote	18,011
Mark Makepeace	48,991
David Warren	54,034