2nd Dec 2016 16:50
Provident Financial plc ("the Company")
Director/PDMR Transaction - Initial Notification
The Company announces that it was notified on 1 December 2016 of the following transactions in relation to the Company's ordinary shares of 20 8/11p each ("Ordinary Shares") by Peter Stuart Crook and Andrew Charles Fisher, who are both directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility in the Company. These transactions relate to options granted under the Company's Employee Savings Related Share Option Schemes.
Director/ PDMR | Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares prior to the Dealing | % of issued share capital prior to the Dealing | Ordinary Shares acquired / sold by Director / PDMR | Resultant Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares after the Dealing | Resultant % of issued share capital after the Dealing |
Peter Stuart Crook | 226,350 unrestricted shares and 292,798 restricted shares | 0.153%
0.198% | 1,777 shares acquired | 228,127 unrestricted shares and 292,798 restricted shares | 0.154%
0.198% |
Andrew Charles Fisher | 144,262 unrestricted shares and 195,558 restricted shares | 0.097%
0.132% | 689 shares acquired and subsequently sold | 144,262 unrestricted shares and 195,558 restricted shares | 0.097%
0.132% |
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Peter Stuart Crook | ||||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| Provident Financial plc | ||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800U93SZC44VXN635 | ||||
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
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
|
Ordinary Shares of 20 8/11p
GB00B1Z4ST84
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b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of options granted under the Provident Financial plc Employee Savings Related Share Option Scheme (2003)
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c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
1,777
£15,424.36 | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 1 December 2016 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| |||||||
a)
| Name
| Andrew Charles Fisher | ||||||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Finance Director | ||||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| |||||||
a)
| Name
| Provident Financial plc | ||||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800U93SZC44VXN635 | ||||||
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
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares of 20 8/11p
GB00B1Z4ST84
| ||||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| (i) options exercised pursuant to the Provident Financial Savings Related Share Option Scheme 2013; and (ii) subsequent sale of shares on 1 December 2016. | ||||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||||
d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
| Exercise Sale 689 689 £8,991.45 £19,745.84
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e)
| Date of the transaction
| 1 December 2016 | ||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange | ||||||
Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:
Emma G Versluys, Deputy Company Secretary
Date of Notification:
2 December 2016
Related Shares:
PFG.L