28 Sep 2016 17:00
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 each to Peter Stuart Crook and Chris Sweeney, both persons discharging managerial responsibility in the Company. The options were granted under the Provident Financial Savings Related Share Option Scheme 2013, on 28 September 2016 with an exercise price of £24.06 per ordinary share. The options granted to Peter Stuart Crook will mature 5 years from the grant date, and the options granted to Chris Sweeney will mature 3 years from the grant date.
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
| Options granted pursuant to the Provident Financial Savings Related Share Option Scheme 2013. | ||||
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
| 28 September 2016 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| n/a | ||||
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
| Chris Sweeney | ||||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| PDMR | ||||
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
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b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Options granted pursuant to the Provident Financial Savings Related Share Option Scheme 2013. | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||
d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
n/a | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 28 September 2016 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| n/a | ||||
Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:
Emma G Versluys, Deputy Company Secretary
Date of Notification:
28 September 2016
PFG.L (PFG)