Director/PDMR Shareholding

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC

10 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 was today informed that on 9 April 2024, the following Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities "PDMR" exercised their nil-cost options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the LTIP granted on 21 March 2018 and 11 March 2019 and the DBSS granted on 12 March 2021.

LTIP

Vesting of these options was subject to criteria relating to the Company's performance over a three-year performance period to 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2021 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 where the whole award has been exercised.

Name	Title	Award	Number of options exercised	Number of ordinary shares sold	Sale price in pence
Quentin Zentner	General Counsel	LTIP 2018	73,636	73,636	557.997
Quentin Zentner	General Counsel	LTIP 2019	57,471 (part exercised)	57,471	557.997

Income Tax and Employee National Insurance liabilities were paid on exercise through the sale of shares. All shares were sold.

DBSS

Vesting of these options was subject to a three-year holding period in respect of the deferred bonus for the 2020 financial year. The number of options acquired relate to the dividend equivalent shares allocated at vest.

Name	Title	Number of options exercised	Number of ordinary shares sold	Sale price in pence
Quentin Zentner	General Counsel	3,712	3,712	557.997

Income Tax and Employee National Insurance liabilities were paid on exercise through the sale of shares. All the shares were sold.

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	Quentin Zentner
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	General Counsel
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 each GB00BGXQNP29
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares pursuant to the exercise of options under the Company's DBSS/LTIP and sale of all shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) in pence Volume(s) Sale of Shares - LTIP 2018 557.997 73,636 Sale of Shares - LTIP 2019 557.997 57,471 Sale of Shares dividend equivalents - DBSS 557.997 3712
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	134,819 557.997
e)	Date of the transaction	9 April 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

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