Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0592P

IG Group Holdings plc

25 August 2017

 

IG Group Holdings plc
25 August 2017

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ("PDMRs")

IG Group Holdings Plc (the "Company"), a global leader in online trading, gives notice of the following transactions carried out in respect of the Company's ordinary shares of 0.005p each (the "Ordinary Shares") by a PDMR details of which are set out in the Notification of Transactions by PDMRs attached to this announcement as required by the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Sale of Shares

On 25 August 2017, the Company received notice of share sales from the PDMR as set out in the table below:

PDMR	Date and Place of Transaction	Number of Shares Sold	Price per share sold
Kieran McKinney	25/08/2017 London	29,565	£6.83

For further information, please contact:

IG Group

Kieran McKinney

Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Affiars   020 7573 0026

FTI

Neil Doyle / Ed Berry           020 3727 1141 / 1046

About IG

IG empowers informed, decisive, adventurous people to access opportunities in over 15,000 financial markets. With a strong focus on innovation and technology, the company puts client needs at the heart of everything it does.

IG's vision is to be a global leader in retail trading and investments. Established in 1974 as the world's first financial spread betting firm, it continued leading the way by launching the world's first online and iPhone trading services.

IG is now an award-winning, multi-platform trading company, the world's No.1 provider of CFDs* and a global leader in forex. It provides leveraged services with the option of limited-risk guarantees, and offers an execution-only share dealing service in the UK, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands. IG has recently launched a range of affordable, fully managed investment portfolios, to provide a comprehensive offering to investors and active traders.

It is a member of the FTSE 250, with offices across Europe, including a Swiss bank, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the US, where it offers on-exchange limited risk derivatives via the Nadex brand.

*Based on revenue excluding FX (from published financial statements, October 2016)

IG Group Holdings Plc

 Notification of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Kieran McKinney
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	IG Group Holdings Plc
b)	LEI	2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76
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 0.005 pence GB00B06QFB75
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £6.83 per share 29,565
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	29,565 £201,928.95
e)	Date of the transaction	25 August 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

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