IG Group Holdings plc
30 October 2014
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ("PDMRs")
IG Group Holdings Plc (the "Company"), a global leader in online trading, gives notice of the following transactions carried out in respect of the Company's ordinary shares of 0.005p each (the "Ordinary Shares") by an Executive Director and PDMRs as set out below.
This notice is being issued in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R(1).
1. Value Sharing Scheme: Exercise of nil-cost options
As disclosed in RNS 4155V, on 29 October 2010 the Company granted a number of options to the Executive Directors and PDMRs under the Company's Value Sharing Plan. The performance period for the awards was 1 June 2010 to 31 May 2013. The awards vest in two tranches, 50% on 22 October 2013 and 50%, 12 months later. On 29 October 2014, the Company received exercise notices from Peter Hetherington, Jackie Bornor and Bridget Messer exercising the second tranche of their nil‑cost options vesting on 29 October 2014.
Full details of the options exercised are set out in the table below:
Director/PDMR |
Date and place of transaction |
Nature of transaction |
Price per share |
Peter Hetherington |
29/10/14 London |
Exercise of nil-cost options to acquire 10,661 Ordinary Shares under the Company's Value Sharing Plan, following the award made in 2010, vesting in 2014. |
Nil |
Jackie Bornor (PDMR - Head of HR) |
29/10/14 London |
Exercise of nil-cost options to acquire 1,919 Ordinary Shares under the Company's Value Sharing Plan following the award made in 2010, vesting in 2014. |
Nil |
Bridget Messer (PDMR - Head of Legal & Compliance and Company Secretary) |
29/10/14 London |
Exercise of nil-cost options to acquire 4,264 Ordinary Shares under the Company's Value Sharing Plan following the award made in 2010, vesting in 2014. |
Nil |
2. Shares sales
On 30 October 2014, the Company received notice of the following share sales made by Peter Hetherington, Jackie Bornor and Bridget Messer:
Director/PDMR |
Date and place of transaction |
Nature of transaction |
Price per share |
Shareholding prior to transactions |
Shareholding following transactions |
Peter Hetherington |
30/10/14 London |
Sale of 5,029 Ordinary Shares |
£5.9762 |
124,267 Ordinary Shares |
129,899 Ordinary Shares |
Jackie Bornor (PDMR - Head of HR) |
30/10/14 London |
Sale of 1,919 Ordinary Shares |
£5.9762 |
N/A |
N/A |
Bridget Messer (PDMR - Head of Legal & Compliance and Company Secretary) |
30/10/14 London |
Sale of 4,264 Ordinary Shares |
£5.9762 |
N/A |
N/A |
For further information, please contact:
IG Group
Kieran McKinney
Head of Investor Relations 020 7573 0026
FTI Consulting
Neil Doyle / Ed Berry 020 3727 1141 / 1046
IG is a global leader in online trading, providing fast and flexible access to over 10,000 financial markets - including shares, indices, forex, commodities and binaries.
Established in 1974 as the world's first financial spread betting firm, IG's aim is to become the default choice for active traders globally. It is already an award-winning multi-platform trading company, the world's No.1 provider of CFDs* and a global leader in forex, and it launched an execution-only stockbroking service in the UK and Ireland in September 2014.
It is a member of the FTSE 250, with offices across Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the US, where it offers limited risk derivatives contracts via the Nadex brand.
*Based on revenue excluding FX, published financial statements, July 2014.
