Director/PDMR Shareholding

Paragon Banking Group PLC

10 March 2026

 

10 March 2026

Paragon Banking Group PLC

Director Shareholding

Paragon Banking Group PLC ("the Company") announces that on 10 March 2026, the Company's Executive Directors exercised awards granted under the Paragon Performance Share Plan 2013 ("PPSP").  These awards were granted as nil-cost options over Ordinary Shares of £1.00 each in the Company ("Shares") and sufficient shares were sold, at a price of £7.769388 per share, to cover tax withholding obligations.  The balance of shares was retained by each director. 

Director	Date of PPSP award	Exercisable date*	Number of Shares exercised	Number of shares sold	Number of shares retained
N S Terrington	11/12/2020	6/12/2025	228,164	102,876	125,288
R J Woodman	11/12/2020	6/12/2025	143,695	67,669	76,026

*The vesting outturn of the December 2020 PPSP award was determined in December 2023, but the awards granted to the Executive Directors did not become exercisable until 6 December 2025

For further information, please contact:

Carolyn Sharpe, Deputy Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

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	Nigel Stewart Terrington
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	Paragon Banking Group PLC
b)	LEI code	213800S1TDKIB1IUTS72
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
	Transaction 1
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code Identification code	Ordinary shares of £1.00 each in Paragon Banking Group PLC GB00B2NGPM57
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of 228,164 nil-cost options granted under the Paragon Performance Share Plan ("PPSP")
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price Volume £0.00 228,164
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	10 March 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue
	Transaction 2
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code Identification code	Ordinary shares of £1.00 each in Paragon Banking Group PLC GB00B2NGPM57
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of 102,876 shares acquired following the aforementioned exercise of options under the PPSP, to settle tax withholding obligations. Following these transactions, Nigel Terrington retains an interest in 1,511,186 shares.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price Volume £7.769388 102,876
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	10 March 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

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	Richard James Woodman
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	Paragon Banking Group PLC
b)	LEI code	213800S1TDKIB1IUTS72
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
	Transaction 1
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code Identification code	Ordinary shares of £1.00 each in Paragon Banking Group PLC GB00B2NGPM57
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of 143,695 nil-cost options granted under the Paragon Performance Share Plan ("PPSP")
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price Volume £0.00 143,695
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	10 March 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue
	Transaction 2
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code Identification code	Ordinary shares of £1.00 each in Paragon Banking Group PLC GB00B2NGPM57
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of 67,669 shares, acquired following the aforementioned exercise of options under the PPSP, to settle tax withholding obligations Following these transactions, Richard Woodman retains an interest in 635,198 shares.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price Volume £7.769388 67,669
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	10 March 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 

END