Provident Financial plc ("the Company")
Director/PDMR Transaction - Initial Notification
The Company announces that it was notified on 1 December 2016 of the following transactions in relation to the Company's ordinary shares of 20 8/11p each ("Ordinary Shares") by Peter Stuart Crook and Andrew Charles Fisher, who are both directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility in the Company. These transactions relate to options granted under the Company's Employee Savings Related Share Option Schemes.
Director/ PDMR |
Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares prior to the Dealing |
% of issued share capital prior to the Dealing |
Ordinary Shares acquired / sold by Director / PDMR |
Resultant Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares after the Dealing |
Resultant % of issued share capital after the Dealing |
Peter Stuart Crook |
226,350 unrestricted shares and 292,798 restricted shares |
0.153% 0.198% |
1,777 shares acquired |
228,127 unrestricted shares and 292,798 restricted shares |
0.154% 0.198% |
Andrew Charles Fisher |
144,262 unrestricted shares and 195,558 restricted shares |
0.097% 0.132% |
689 shares acquired and subsequently sold |
144,262 unrestricted shares and 195,558 restricted shares |
0.097% 0.132% |
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 |
Peter Stuart Crook |
2 |
Reason for the notification |
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 |
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 |
a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary Shares of 20 8/11p GB00B1Z4ST84 |
b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Exercise of options granted under the Provident Financial plc Employee Savings Related Share Option Scheme (2003) |
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
£8.68 |
1,777 |
|
d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
1,777 £15,424.36 |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
1 December 2016 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |
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 |
Andrew Charles Fisher |
2 |
Reason for the notification |
a) |
Position/status |
Finance Director |
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 |
a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary Shares of 20 8/11p GB00B1Z4ST84 |
b) |
Nature of the transaction |
(i) options exercised pursuant to the Provident Financial Savings Related Share Option Scheme 2013; and (ii) subsequent sale of shares on 1 December 2016. |
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
£13.05 |
689 |
£28.6587 |
689 |
|
d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Exercise Sale 689 689 £8,991.45 £19,745.84 |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
1 December 2016 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange |
Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:
Emma G Versluys, Deputy Company Secretary
Date of Notification:
2 December 2016