Director/PDMR Shareholding

Aberdeen Group PLC

14 April 2026

 

Aberdeen Group plc

('the Company')

Notification of Transactions of Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR)

The notification set out below is provided under Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation ('MAR').

On 11 April 2025, the Company granted to Jason Windsor, Chief Executive Officer, an award under the terms of the Company's Deferred Share Plan as a result of the deferred portion of his Annual Bonus award for 2024 ('2025 Deferred Award'). The 2025 Deferred Award was granted in the form of a conditional award to acquire ordinary shares in the Company, vesting in equal one-third tranches on the first, second and third anniversaries of the Grant Date.

Details of this grant are set out in the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts.

During the period from the Grant Date to the Vesting Date the Award carried a right to receive an amount in additional shares equal in value to any dividends that would have been paid on such shares in respect of the portion of the Award that is released. The dividend equivalent shares are reflected in the vested portion of the Award. 

Details in relation to the acquired shares from the vesting of the Award are follows:

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Jason Windsor
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	Aberdeen Group plc
b)	LEI	0TMBS544NMO7GLCE7H90
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification Code	Ordinary Shares of 13 61/63 pence each in Aberdeen Group plc GB00BF8Q6K64
b)	Nature of transaction	(1)   Vest of 173,410 Shares pursuant to the 2025 Deferred Award granted under the Company's Deferred Share Plan (2)    Sale of 81,503 Shares vested under (1) above to settle tax liability
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) (1) Nil (1) 173,410 (2) £2.012 (2) 81,503
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Total Price	(1) Consideration price: Nil (2) Sale price £2.012
e)	Date of the transaction	(1)  13 April 2026 (2)  13 April 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	(1)  Outside a trading venue (2)  Outside a trading venue

14 April 2026

Enquiries:

Group Secretariat Rose Edwards	[phone]
Media Relations Duncan Young	[phone]
Institutional Equity Investors Duncan Heath	[phone]

LEI number of Aberdeen Group plc: 0TMBS544NMO7GLCE7H90

 

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