Director/PDMR Shareholding

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC

20 March 2025

 

20 March 2025

Phoenix Group Holdings plc (the "Company")

NOTIFICATION OF A TRANSACTIONS BY A PERSON DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ("PDMR") AND THEIR PERSON CLOSELY ASSOCIATED ("PCA")

The Company was today informed that the following PDMR and their PCA have made the following transactions:

Deferred Bonus Share Scheme (the "DBSS")

Exercised their nil-cost options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the DBSS granted on 18 March 2022.

Vesting of these options was subject to a three-year holding period in respect of the deferred bonus for the financial year ended 31 December 2021. The number of options acquired include dividend equivalent shares.

Name	Title	Number of options exercised	Number of ordinary shares sold to cover Tax and Employee NI	Number of ordinary shares held	Sale price per share (in pence)	Date of exercise
Claire Hawkins	Director of Corporate Affairs & Brand	23,977	11,360	12,617	588.5	19 March 2025

Sale

Sold ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company from a Nominee account. Full details of the sale of shares are set out below.

Name	Title	Number of shares sold	Sale price per share (in pence)	Date of Sale
Claire Hawkins	Director of Corporate Affairs & Brand	25,968	581.065	20 March 2025

Purchase

Purchased ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company into an ISA. Full details of the share purchase are set out below.

Name	Title	Number of shares purchased	Purchase  price per share (in pence)	Date of purchase
Claire Hawkins	Director of Corporate Affairs & Brand	12,930	578.85	20 March 2025
Steven Hawkins	PCA of Claire Hawkins, Director of Corporate Affairs & Brand Affairs	13,038	580.199	20 March 2025

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	Claire Hawkins
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director of Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations
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 and sale of shares to cover tax liabilities
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) (in pence) Volume(s) Exercise of DBSS Options nil 23,977 Sale of Shares - DBSS 588.5 11,360
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	19 March 2025
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Claire Hawkins
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director of Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations
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	Sale and purchase of ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) (in pence) Volume(s) Sale of Shares 581.065 25,968 Purchase of Shares 578.85 12,930
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20 March 2025
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Steven Hawkins
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA of Claire Hawkins, Director of Corporate Affairs & Brand Affairs
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	Purchase of ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) (in pence) Volume(s) Purchase of Shares 580.199 13,038
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A, single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20 March 2025
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

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