LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED - Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging ManagerialResponsibility and Connected Persons1.  Name of the issuer               2.  State whether the notification related                                         to (i) a transaction notified in                                         accordance with DTR 3.1.2 R, (ii) a                                         disclosure made in accordance with LR                                         9.8.6R(1) or (iii) a disclosure made                                         in accordance with section 793 of the    Lancashire Holdings Limited          Companies Act (2006)                                         (i) a transaction notified in                                         accordance with DTR 3.1.2 R3.  Name of the person discharging   4.  State whether notification relates to    managerial responsibilities/         a person connected with a person    director                             discharging managerial                                         responsibilities/director named in 3                                         and identify connected person    Alex Maloney (Executive Director    and Group Chief Executive    Officer)                             N/A    Elaine Whelan (Executive    Director and Group Chief    Financial Officer)5.  Indicate whether the             6.  Description of shares (including    notification is in respect of a      class), debentures or derivatives or    holding of the person referred       financial instruments relating to    to in 3 or 4 above or in respect     shares    of a non-beneficial interest                                         Lancashire Holdings Limited Restricted    Persons referred to at 3 above       Share Scheme7.  Name of registered shareholder   8.  State the nature of the transaction    (s) and, if more than one, the    number of shares held by each of    them                                         Restricted Share Awards granted as                                         nil-cost options over common shares of                                         US$0.50 each under the Lancashire    Alex Maloney                         Holdings Limited Restricted Share                                         Scheme.    Elaine Whelan                                         These awards have been granted in                                         connection with the issuer's bonus                                         deferral plan.  Vesting is subject to                                         time and employment conditions only                                         and there are no performance                                         conditions.                                         See further details in boxes 17 to 20.9.  Number of shares, debentures or  10. Percentage of issued class acquired    financial instruments relating       (treasury shares of the class should    to shares acquired                   not be taken into account when                                         calculating percentage)    Alex Maloney - 41,929 RSS Awards                                         Alex Maloney 0.0212%    Elaine Whelan - 29,540 RSS    Awards                               Elaine Whelan 0.0149%11. Number of shares, debentures or  12. Percentage of issued class disposed    financial instruments relating       (treasury shares of the class should    to shares disposed                   not be taken into account when                                         calculating percentage)    N/A                                         N/A13. Price per share or value of      14. Date and place of transaction    transaction                                         20 March 2015    £Nil15. Total holding following          16. Date issuer informed of transaction    notification and total    percentage holding following    notification (any treasury    shares should not be taken into    account when calculating    percentage)                          20 March 2015    Alex Maloney (Executive    Director) - 321,841 (includes    100,000 via a connected person    (0.1627%)    Elaine Whelan (Executive    Director) - 233,820 (includes    2,600 via a connected person)    (0.1182%)If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted options bythe issuer complete the following boxes17. Date of grant                         18. Period during which or date on                                              which exercisable    20 March 2015                                              In accordance with the issuer's                                              Restricted Share Scheme rules,                                              exercise of these bonus deferral                                              Restricted Share Awards may occur                                              over the relevant vested shares                                              at such point as the recipients                                              select, up to the 10th                                              anniversary of the date of                                              grant.  Subject to the vesting                                              conditions, each Bonus Deferral                                              Restricted Share Award will vest                                              in three equal tranches.  Vested                                              awards may only be exercised in                                              "open periods".  It is                                              anticipated that the first open                                              period following the normal                                              vesting date of the first trance                                              will commence in February 2016,                                              in February 2017 in the case of                                              the second tranche, and in                                              February 2018 in the case of the                                              third tranche.19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant  20. Description of shares or    of the option                             debentures involved (class and                                              number)    £Nil                                              Restricted Share Award structured                                              as nil-cost options, granted over                                              the issuer's common shares of                                              US$0.50 each under the Company's                                              Restricted Share Scheme Deferred                                              Bonus Plan.                                              1. Alex Maloney - 41,929                                              2. Elaine Whelan - 29,54021. Exercise price (if fixed at time of   22. Total number of  shares or    grant) or indication that price is to     debentures over which options    be fixed at the time of exercise          held following notification    Nil                                       Total number of Restricted Share                                              Awards granted under the                                              Restricted Share Scheme Awards                                              Bonus Deferral Plan* and held                                              following the notification:                                              1.       Alex Maloney - 87,539                                              2.       Elaine Whelan - 68,735                                              * (vesting is subject to time and                                              employment conditions only)                                              Total number of Restricted Share                                              Awards granted under the                                              Restricted Share Scheme ** and                                              held following notification:                                              1.       Alex Maloney - 594,093                                              2.       Elaine Whelan - 424,018                                              ** Pursuant to the Rules of the                                              Restricted Share Scheme, the                                              number of shares that will                                              actually vest depends on the                                              satisfaction of certain                                              conditions including employment,                                              performance and time conditions.23. Any additional information            24. Name of contact and telephone                                              number for queries    As noted in the issuer's Annual    Report and Accounts for 2014 ("2014       Christopher Head  +44 (0)20 7264    Annual Report"), the annual bonus for     4145    Executive Directors of Lancashire    Holdings Limited is calculated using    both an absolute Return on Equity    ("RoE") and relative RoE component.    The relative RoE component is    measured against appropriate peer    companies as set out on page 75 of    the 2014 Annual Report.    As at the date of the approval of the    2014 Annual Report (being 11 February    2015), all the relevant peer    companies had not reported their    annual results and it was stated,    provisionally, that the relative RoE    component, was below median resulting    in a zero per cent pay out for this    element of the annual bonus.   Now    that all the peer companies have    reported, the Remuneration Committee    can confirm that the payout for the    relative RoE component was at the    65.3 per centile (based on the growth    in book value, adjusted for    dividends, warrant exercises and    dividend equivalent payments, of    14.3%), resulting in an aggregate    bonus payment for the relative RoE    component of US$446,847 to Alex    Maloney and US$328,621 to Elaine    Whelan.  Accordingly, the total    annual bonus for 2014 for Alex    Maloney was US$1,562,765 and for    Elaine Whelan was US$1,101,011 of    which US$390,692 and US$275,253 were    paid as Deferred Bonus Awards.Name of authorised official of issuer for making notificationChristopher HeadAssistant Company Secretary20 March 2015