Director/PDMR Shareholding

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Richard James Woodman

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Financial Officer (PDMR)

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer

a)

Name

Paragon Banking Group PLC

b)

LEI code 

213800S1TDKIB1IUTS72

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

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of £1.00 each in Paragon Banking Group PLC

GB00B2NGPM57

c)

Nature of the transaction

Exercise and hold 12,026 options granted on 20 June 2016 under the Company's all-employee Sharesave Scheme (The Paragon UK Sharesave Plan 2009) at an option price of £2.4944 per share.

Following this exercise, Richard Woodman is interested in 253,077 Ordinary Shares of £1.00 each in Paragon Banking Group PLC.

d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

e)

Aggregated information- Aggregated volume- Price

N/A - single transaction

f)

Date of the transaction

18 August 2021

g)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue