17th Nov 2025 10:50
Aberdeen Group plc
(the 'Company')
Notification of Interests of Executive Director
The notification set out below is provided under Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation ('MAR').
On 14 November 2025, the Company granted to Siobhan Boylan the following awards ('Buyout Awards') to compensate for remuneration she forfeited on leaving her previous employer.
The Buyout Awards were structured as conditional awards to acquire ordinary shares in the Company and were granted under a one-off award arrangement established under UK Listing Rule 9.3.2(2) in order to facilitate the recruitment of Ms Boylan.
The vesting timelines are the same as those which applied to the forfeited awards.
Further details will be disclosed in the Company's Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ending 31 December 2025.
Awards have been made in the form of conditional awards to acquire ordinary shares in the Company which are subject to time-based vesting.
The Awards will normally vest on the dates shown below and vested awards are subject to a holding period of one year. After this date they are released, and the shares are transferred.
Award | Number of Aberdeen Group plc shares awarded | Normal Vesting Date |
2023 Deferred Bonus Award (bought-out) | 5,491 | 7 March 2026 |
2023 Deferred Bonus Award (bought-out) | 5,491 | 7 March 2027 |
2023 Deferred Bonus Award (bought-out) | 5,491 | 7 March 2028 |
2023 Deferred Bonus Award (bought-out) | 5,491 | 7 March 2029 |
2024 Deferred Bonus Award (bought-out) | 12,542 | 7 March 2028 |
2024 Deferred Bonus Award (bought-out) | 12,542 | 7 March 2029 |
2024 Deferred Bonus Award (bought-out) | 12,542 | 7 March 2030 |
2024 Deferred Bonus Award (bought-out) | 12,542 | 7 March 2031 |
2024 Deferred Bonus Award (bought-out) | 12,531 | 7 March 2032 |
No consideration is payable on the grant or vesting of any of the Awards. The number of shares to which each Award relates will be increased by an additional number of shares equal in value to any dividends that would have been paid on the shares in respect of which the Award is released, over the period from the vesting date to the release date.
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||||||||||||||||
a) | Name | Siobhan Boylan | ||||||||||||||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||||||||||||||||||
a) | Position/ status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | ||||||||||||||||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||||||||||||||
a) | Name | Aberdeen Group plc | ||||||||||||||||||||
b) | LEI | 0TMBS544NMO7GLCE7H90 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||||||||||||||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification Code | Ordinary Shares of 13 61/63 pence each in Aberdeen Group plc GB00BF8Q6K64 | ||||||||||||||||||||
b) | Nature of transaction | Grant of conditional awards to facilitate the recruitment of Ms Boylan made under a one-off award arrangement established under UK Listing Rule 9.3.2(2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Total Price |
84,663 shares Nil | ||||||||||||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 14 November 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||||||||||||||||||
17 November 2025
Enquiries:
Group Secretariat Iain Jones |
+44 (0) 7464 917 797 |
Media Relations Duncan Young
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+44 (0) 7920 868 865 |
Institutional Equity Investors Duncan Heath |
+44 (0) 207 156 2495 |
LEI number of Aberdeen Group plc: 0TMBS544NMO7GLCE7H90
Classification: 3.1. Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of the United Kingdom
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