Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Legal & General Group Plc announced that Laura Mason, a PDMR, exercised nil cost options on 5 January 2026 under the Performance Share Plan. She exercised 206,062 shares from a 2019 award and 213,410 shares from a 2020 award. Following the exercise, 99,054 shares from the 2019 award and 102,586 shares from the 2020 award were sold at £2.621979 each to cover tax and dealing costs, resulting in 107,008 shares retained from the 2019 award and 110,824 shares retained from the 2020 award.

Disclaimer*

Legal & General Group Plc
07 January 2026
 

Legal & General Group Plc

 

Notification of Transactions of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated

 

The following notification made under article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation ("UK MAR") relates to the exercise of awards granted on 16 April 2019 and 12 August 2020 under the terms of the Legal & General Group Performance Share Plan 2014 (PSP).

 

The performance conditions attached to the options granted under the PSP in 2019 and 2020 provide that the award vests, subject to satisfaction of the performance conditions, after the announcement of the results for 2022 and 2023 respectively. The number of options that vested were then subject to a two year holding period that ended on 16 April 2024 and 12 August 2025 when the options became exercisable. The options must be exercised by the seventh anniversary of the date of the grant.

 

 

Name

Director/ PDMR

Number of shares awarded on
16 April 2019

Number of shares awarded on 12 August 2020

Number of shares exercised on 5 January 2026

Shares sold to cover tax and dealing costs at a price of £2.621979

Shares retained by individual

Laura Mason

PDMR

220,711

-

206,062

99,054

107,008

Laura Mason

PDMR

-

333,682

213,410

102,586

110,824

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Laura Mason

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

CEO, Retail/PDMR

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Notification

3

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

a)

Name

Legal & General Group Plc

b)

LEI

213800JH9QQWHLO99821

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 £0.025 each, with voting rights attached.

 GB0005603997

b)

Nature of transaction

1.   Exercise of PSP 2019 award of nil cost options over 206,062 shares.

2.   Sale of 99,054 shares to cover tax and dealing costs (107,008 shares retained).

3.   Exercise of PSP 2020 award of nil cost options over 213,410 shares.

4.   Sale of 102,586 shares to cover tax and dealing costs (110,824 shares retained).

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1. £0.00

1. 206,062

2. £2.621979

2. 99,054

3. £0.00

3. 213,410

4. £2.621979

4. 102,586

d)

Aggregated information

-      Aggregated volume

-      Price

1. Price

1. Volume

1. Total


1. £0.00

1. 206,062

1. £0.00






2. Price

2. Volume

2. Total


2. £2.621979

2. 99,054

2. £259,717.51






3. Price

3. Volume

3. Total


3. £0.00

3. 213,410

3. £0.00






4. Price

4. Volume

4. Total


4. £2.621979

4. 102,586

4. £268,978.34

e)

Date of the transaction

05 January 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, XLON

 

 

 

07 January 2026

 

Leanne Cornish

Head of Group Secretariat

Legal & General Group Plc

 

Tel: 020 3124 4111

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