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Brooks Macdonald Group Plc granted options to subscribe for an aggregate of 174,677 ordinary shares to 237 employees, including two PDMRs, on 13 May 2025, under its 2025 Save As You Earn Scheme. The options have an exercise price of £11.56 per share, which represents a 20% discount to the mid-market closing price on 16 April 2025, and are exercisable within 6 months from 1 June 2028. PDMRs Andrea Montague (CEO) and Katherine Jones (CFO) were each granted options for 1,591 shares.
| Date | 13 May 2025 |
| Time | 17:30:00 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 5246I |
Brooks Macdonald Group Plc
("Brooks Macdonald" or the "Company")
Grant of SAYE Options
Brooks Macdonald announces that as part of its approved Save As You Earn ("SAYE") Scheme the following options to subscribe for ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company were granted on 13 May 2025.
A total of 237 employees, including two PDMRs, have applied to participate in the Company's 2025 SAYE Scheme ("2025 SAYE"), resulting in the grant of options to subscribe for an aggregate of 174,677 Ordinary Shares ("2025 SAYE Options").
The 2025 SAYE Options each have an exercise price of £11.56, calculated in accordance with the rules of the 2025 SAYE. This represents a discount of 20% to the mid-market closing price on 16 April 2025, being the last practicable day prior to the invitation being made to all eligible employees to participate in the 2025 SAYE. Subject to the rules of the 2025 SAYE, participants will be able to exercise their 2025 SAYE Options within 6 months commencing from 1 June 2028.
Pursuant to the 2025 SAYE, Andrea Montague and Katherine Jones, PDMRs of the Company applied to participate, and have each been granted 2025 SAYE Options in the amount of 1,591 shares.
The following notifications are made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation and provide further detail.
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Details of PDMR / person closely associated |
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Name |
Andrea Montague |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position / Status |
CEO |
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Initial notification / Amendment |
Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Brooks Macdonald Group plc |
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LEI |
213800WRDF8LB8MIEX37 |
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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 |
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Options granted over Ordinary Shares of 1 pence per share in Brooks Macdonald Group plc
ISIN:GB00B067N833 |
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Nature of the transaction |
Grant of options over Ordinary Shares of 1 pence per share in Brooks Macdonald Group plc under the 2025 SAYE |
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Price (pence) and volume |
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume
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As above |
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- Price (pence) |
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Date of the transaction |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside of a main market |
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Details of PDMR / person closely associated |
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Name |
Katherine Jones |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position / Status |
CFO |
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Initial notification / Amendment |
Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Brooks Macdonald Group plc |
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LEI |
213800WRDF8LB8MIEX37 |
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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 |
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Options granted over Ordinary Shares of 1 pence per share in Brooks Macdonald Group plc
ISIN:GB00B067N833 |
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Nature of the transaction |
Grant of options over Ordinary Shares of 1 pence per share in Brooks Macdonald Group plc under the 2025 SAYE |
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Price (pence) and volume |
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume
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As above |
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- Price (pence) |
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Date of the transaction |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside of a main market |
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Investor enquiries
Brooks Macdonald
Andrea Montague, CEO
Katherine Jones, CFO
Eva Hatfield, Director of Investor Relations +44 (0) 7418 923 061
Email: [email protected]
Media enquiries
Misha Bayliss +44 (0) 20 74275465
Oscar Burnett +44 (0) 20 74275435
Email: [email protected]
About Brooks Macdonald
Brooks Macdonald Group plc is a leading provider of wealth management services in the UK.
Proudly serving IFAs and clients since 1991, Brooks Macdonald is independent, financially strong, and aims to deliver strong and consistent investment performance for clients to meet their financial objectives. Brooks Macdonald provides innovative investment solutions to support IFAs and their clients throughout their entire lives as needs and circumstances change. The company is recognised as an innovator in the industry having been one of the first to develop and launch key products such as Managed Portfolio Service.
Realising Ambitions. Securing Futures. We are Brooks Macdonald.
LEI: 213800WRDF8LB8MIEX37
www.brooksmacdonald.com / @BrooksMacdonald