15 October 2012
Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMRs') and Connected Persons
The Company announces that on 5 October 2012, the following PDMRs purchased the number of shares (partnership shares) set out against their names below and were allocated the number of free matching shares set out below under the Company's Share Incentive Plan.
The partnership shares were purchased at the price of 507p per share.
On 4 October 2012 the Company paid a dividend to all shareholders of 21p per share. As a result, all participants within the Share Incentive Plan ('SIP') were issued dividend shares at a price of 507p based on their SIP holding as at the record date of 7 September 2012. Details of the number of dividend shares issued are shown in the table below.
|
Partnership Shares purchased |
Matching Shares awarded |
Dividend Shares awarded |
Jane MacLeod
|
25 |
5 |
5 |
Paul Miles |
25 |
5 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
Alan Gordon Roffey-Jones
|
25 |
5 |
5 |
The Company received notification of these transactions on 12 October 2012. The registered shareholder for all these shares is Computershare Trustees Limited A/C PLGSIP.
The matching shares will vest on the 3rdanniversary of the purchase of the partnership shares subject to continued employment and the retention of the underlying partnership shares.
This notification is made pursuant to the requirements of Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.8R.
Enquiries
Investors:
Katherine Jones, Head of Investor Relations, Phoenix Group
+44 (0) 20 7489 4879
Media:
Neil Bennett, Maitland
Peter Ogden, Maitland
+ 44 (0) 20 7379 5151