Director/PDMR Shareholding

London Stock Exchange Group PLC 30 May 2006 London Stock Exchange GROUP plc (the Company) 30 MAY 2006 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS Acquisition of shares under the terms of the London Stock Exchange 2004 Long Term Incentive Plan On 30 May 2006 London Stock Exchange Group plc was notified that on 26 May 2006 Mourant & Co Trustees Limited, the trustee of the London Stock Exchange Employee Benefit Trust, purchased 20,046 ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each in the Company (Shares) on behalf of the director and senior executives noted below who are participating in the London Stock Exchange Long Term Incentive Plan 2004 (the LTIP) whereby an employee undertakes to use a percentage of their bonus to purchase Shares in the Company (Investment Shares) and, in return, are granted a matching award of Shares. In return for the director and senior executives purchasing Investment Shares the Company has granted them matching awards over such number of Shares that equals two times the number of Shares that the director and senior executives could have bought had the investment of his or her bonus been made on a pre-tax basis (the Matching Award). The following directors and senior executives (being persons discharging managerial responsibilities) acquired interests in Shares under the LTIP as follows: Director/PDMR Number and percentage of Number of Shares Total beneficial holding of issued class of conditionally awarded Shares and total percentage Investment Shares under the Matching Award beneficial holding following purchased of which the notification trustee is the registered holder Clara Furse 10,965 at £11.03 per 39,965 541,215 (of which 189,015 share are unvested) 0.005% 0.25% Martin Graham 6,407 at £11.05 per 21,053 258,875 (of which 195,257 share are unvested) 0.003% 0.12% Christopher Broad 2,674 at £11.03 per 107,757 (of which 53,990 are share unvested) 0.001% 0.05% Purchased following irrevocable commitment made on 8 March 2006 to invest £29,500 from 2005 /06 bonus award to purchase investment shares and receive matching award To be eligible to receive the Matching Award, directors and senior executives must leave their Investment Shares in the trust and remain in employment for a period of three years from the date of grant of the Matching Award. The actual number of Shares transferred to a director or senior executive on the vesting of the Matching Award will depend on the extent to which a corporate performance target (which relates to the Company's Total Shareholder Return relative to a group of comparator companies) is satisfied over the three-year vesting period. Full details of the LTIP are provided in the report on directors' remuneration in the London Stock Exchange Group plc 2005 Annual Report. This notification relates to a disclosure made in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) and Disclosure Rule 3.1.4(R)(1)(b) (a disclosure made in accordance with section 324 of the Companies Act 1985). Name of contact and telephone number for queries Lisa Condron, Company Secretary Tel: 020 7797 3517 Name and signature of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification Lisa Condron Date of notification 30 May 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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