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Director/PDMR Shareholding

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RNS Number : 5430G

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

08 August 2016

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILIES OR CONNECTED PERSONS

Share awards granted on 12 June 2013 in the form of nil-cost options under the LSEG Long Term Incentive Plan 2004 (the "LTIP") vested on 13 June 2016 to the extent the applicable performance conditions had been met, and for the directors detailed below became exercisable on 4 August 2016 in accordance with the LTIP rules.

The Company was notified on 8 August 2016 by each of Xavier Rolet, David Warren and Raffaele Jerusalmi that they had exercised their nil-cost options on 5 August 2016 and a proportion of the resulting shares in the Company was sold to satisfy only the tax/social security liabilities and associated dealing costs that arose on exercise. The balances of shares were transferred to and have been retained by each director.

The notification below, which is made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation, provides further information on these transactions.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

Name

Xavier Rolet (Group Chief Executive Officer)

David Warren (Group Chief Financial Officer)

Raffaele Jerusalmi (Chief Executive Officer of Borsa Italiana and Director of Capital Markets)

Reason for the notification

Position/status

As detailed in 1a) above

Initial/Amendment notification

Initial

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

Name

London Stock Exchange Group plc

LEI

213800QAUUUP6I445N30

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

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 6 ⁷⁹/₈₆ pence each

ISN: GB00B0SWJX34

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of nil-cost options over Performance Shares and Matching Shares under the London Stock Exchange Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2004, and the subsequent sale of ordinary shares to satisfy taxes, social security and associated dealing costs arising on exercise.

Price(s) and volume(s)

Director	Performance Shares exercised	Price	Matching Shares exercised	Price
Xavier Rolet	104,160	Nil	n/a	n/a
Xavier Rolet	n/a	n/a	52,079	Nil
David Warren	55,403	Nil	n/a	n/a
Raffaele Jerusalmi	52,448	Nil	n/a	n/a

Director	Ordinary shares sold	Price
Xavier Rolet	49,480 (in respect of Performance Shares)	£27.6833
Xavier Rolet	24,740 (in respect of Matching Shares)	£27.6833
David Warren	26,319	£27.6833
Raffaele Jerusalmi	23,717	£27.6833

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

PDMR	Performance and Matching Shares exercised	Ordinary shares sold
Xavier Rolet	156,239	74,220

156,239 at nil-cost

74,220 at £27.6833

Date of the transaction

5^th August 2016

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

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RNS metadata

Title: Director/PDMR Shareholding
Time: 12:41:57
Date: 8 Aug 2016
Category: Director/PDMR dealings
ID: 5430G