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LEI: 549300XVXU6S7PLCL855
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3 July 2025
Liontrust Asset Management Plc
("Liontrust" or the "Company")
Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs")
Deferred Annual Bonus
Liontrust announces that on 2 July 2025 it was notified that John Ions, Chief Executive Officer, and Vinay Abrol, Chief Financial Officer, had been granted nil price options ("Options") over the Company's ordinary shares of 1p each ("Shares"). The Options are granted in accordance with the Company's Deferred Bonus and Variable Allocation Plan ("DBVAP") and relate to the deferred annual bonus awarded to John Ions and Vinay Abrol for the financial year ended 31 March 2025. John Ions and Vinay Abrol have deferred 100% of their respective annual bonuses into Shares which shall vest pro-rata over a three year period.
John Ions and Vinay Abrol are both PDMRs.
The details of the Options granted are as follows:
PDMR | Number of Options |
John Ions | 85,014 |
Vinay Abrol | 50,486 |
Formal notifications in respect of each PDMR is set out below in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
a)
| Name
| John Ions | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
a)
| Position/status
| PDMR (Chief Executive Officer) | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Liontrust Asset Management Plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 549300XVXU6S7PLCL855 | |||
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 | Ordinary shares of 1p each | |||
Identification code | GB0007388407 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of nil price options under the Liontrust DBVAP
| |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
Nil price | 85,014 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | Not applicable | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 30 June 2025 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Vinay Abrol | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
a)
| Position/status
| PDMR (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
| Liontrust Asset Management Plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 549300XVXU6S7PLCL855 | |||
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 | Ordinary shares of 1p each | |||
Identification code | GB0007388407 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of nil price options under the Liontrust DBVAP
| |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
Nil price | 50,486 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | Not applicable | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 30 June 2025 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
For further information please contact:
Liontrust Asset Management Plc (Tel: 020 7412 1700, Website: liontrust.co.uk)
Stephen Corbett: Head of Investor Relations
Simon Hildrey: Chief Marketing Officer
Singer Capital Markets (Tel: 020 7496 3000)
Corporate Broking: Charles Leigh-Pemberton
Corporate Advisory: James Moat
Panmure Liberum (Tel: 020 7886 2500)
Corporate Broking: David Watkins
Corporate Advisory: Atholl Tweedie
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