10th Oct 2025 16:00
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
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Dave Watts | ||||
2
| Reason for the notification
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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
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a)
| Name
| Vanquis Banking Group 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
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Ordinary Shares of 20 8/11p
GB00B1Z4ST84
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b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Options granted pursuant to the Vanquis Banking Group Savings Related Share Option Scheme 2022. | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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n/a | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 9 October 2025 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:
Elizabeth McClure, Deputy Company Secretary
Date of Notification:
10 October 2025
Related Shares:
Vanquis Banking