IG Group Holdings plc Director/PDMR Shareholding (8722M)

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RNS Number : 8722M

IG Group Holdings plc

18 October 2016

IG Group Holdings plc

18 October 2016

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY/ PERSON CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

IG Group Holdings Plc (the "Company"), a global leader in online trading was notified on 17 October 2016 of the following transaction carried out in respect of the Company's ordinary shares of 0.005p each ("Ordinary Shares") by Alison Mainwaring, a closely associated person of Paul Mainwaring, a Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company (the "Transaction").

Details of the Transaction are set out below and in the attached notification as required by the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Purchase of Shares

 
 Date and          Person        Director            Nature of          Price per 
  place of          Dealing                           Transaction        Share 
  Transaction 
----------------  ------------  ------------------  -----------------  ---------- 
 17/10/2016        Alison                            Purchase of        GBP8.4887 
  United Kingdom    Mainwaring     Paul Mainwaring    30,000 Ordinary 
                                                      Shares 
----------------  ------------  ------------------  -----------------  ---------- 
 

For further information, please contact:

IG Group

Kieran McKinney

Head of Investor Relations 020 7573 0026

FTI Consulting

Neil Doyle / Ed Berry 020 3727 1141 / 1046

About IG

IG is a global leader in online trading, providing fast and flexible access to over 10,000 financial markets - including shares, indices, forex, commodities and binaries.

Established in 1974 as the world's first financial spread betting firm, IG's aim is to become the default choice for active traders globally. It is an award-winning multi-platform trading company, the world's No.1 provider of CFDs* and a global leader in forex, and it now offers an execution-only stockbroking service in the UK, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.

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

*Based on revenue excluding FX, from published financial statements, September 2015.

IG Group Holdings Plc

Notification of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR) and person closely associated with them

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
---  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Name                         Alison Mainwaring 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
---  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Position/status             Closely Associated Person 
                                   of Paul Mainwaring, a Director 
                                   and Chief Financial Officer 
                                   of IG Group Holdings Plc 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification        Initial Notification 
       /Amendment 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 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          Ordinary Shares of 0.005 
       financial instrument,       pence 
       type of instrument          GB00B06QFB75 
       Identification code 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction   Purchase of Ordinary Shares 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price(s)     Volume(s) 
                                    -----------  ---------- 
                                     GBP8.4887    30,000 
                                    -----------  ---------- 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information       30,000 
       Aggregated volume            GBP254,661 
       Price 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction     17 October 2016 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction    London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 

This information is provided by RNS

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