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Provident Financial plc ("the Company")
Director/PDMR Transaction - Initial Notification
The Company announces that it has granted options over the Company's ordinary shares of 20 8/11p to Dave Watts as a person discharging managerial responsibility in the Company. The options were granted under the Vanquis Banking Group Savings Related Share Option Scheme 2022, on 9 October 2025 with a contract start date of 1 December 2025, with an exercise price of £0.94 per ordinary share. The options granted to Dave Watts will mature 3 years from the grant date.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
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Name
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Dave Watts |
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Reason for the notification
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a)
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Position/status
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Chief Financial Officer |
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
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Name
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Vanquis Banking Group plc |
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b)
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LEI
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213800U93SZC44VXN635 |
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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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a)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
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Ordinary Shares of 20 8/11p
GB00B1Z4ST84
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Options granted pursuant to the Vanquis Banking Group Savings Related Share Option Scheme 2022. |
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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n/a |
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Date of the transaction
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9 October 2025 |
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f)
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Place of the transaction
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Outside a trading venue |
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Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:
Elizabeth McClure, Deputy Company Secretary
Date of Notification:
10 October 2025
Vanquis Banking Group PLC granted 19,414 options over its ordinary shares to Dave Watts, Chief Financial Officer, under the Vanquis Banking Group Savings Related Share Option Scheme 2022. These options were granted on 9 October 2025, with an exercise price of £0.94 per ordinary share, and will mature three years from the grant date.
| Date | 10 Oct 2025 |
| Time | 16:00:00 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 8335C |