Director/PDMR Shareholding

Released : 13.07.2023

FirstGroup plc

13 July 2023

 

 

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

Grant of options under the FirstGroup Save as You Earn (“SAYE”) Share Plan

 

FirstGroup plc (the “Company”) announces that today it has granted a total of 14,955,244 options to 3,462 employees under its SAYE share plan.  The SAYE share plan is an all employee scheme and the savings contracts will commence on 1 September 2023 and subject to completing the savings plan the options will be normally be exercisable for six months from 1 September 2026.

 

The following options over ordinary shares were granted to the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities who are all dirctors of the company:

 

Director

Number of options

 

Graham Sutherland (Chief Executive Officer)

13,621

Ryan Mangold (Chief Financial Officer)

13,621

Ant Green (Group Employee Director)

1,945

 

 

This notification is made in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation.

 

 

 

LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

 

Enquiries:

David Blizzard, Company Secretary

Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations

+44 (0)20 7291 0505

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Graham Sutherland

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

Initial

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 

a)

 

Name

 

FirstGroup plc

b)

LEI

549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

 

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 5p each

 

 

GB0003452173

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

(1)      Grant of options at £1.11 under the SAYE Share plan

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

Nil

 13,621

d)

 

Aggregated Information

 

-          Aggregated volume

 

-          Price

 

 

 

13,621

Nil

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

13 July 2023

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

Grant of share options occurred outside a trading venue

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

 

 

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

 

 

Ryan Mangold

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

Initial

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 

a)

 

Name

 

FirstGroup plc

b)

LEI

549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

 

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 5p each

 

 

GB0003452173

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

(1)    Grant of options at £1.11 under the SAYE Share plan
 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

Nil

13,621
 

 

d)

 

Aggregated Information

 

-          Aggregated volume

 

-          Price

 



13,621

 

Nil

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

Grant of share options occurred outside a trading venue

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

 

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

 

 

Ant Green

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

Director

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

Initial

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 

a)

 

Name

 

FirstGroup plc

b)

LEI

549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

 

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 5p each

 

 

GB0003452173

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

(1)    Grant of options at £1.11 under the SAYE Share plan


 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

Nil

1,945
 

 

d)

 

Aggregated Information

 

-          Aggregated volume

 

-          Price

 



1,945

 

Nil

e)

 

Date of the transaction

13 July 2023

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

Grant of share options occurred outside a trading venue

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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