IG Group Holdings plc Director/PDMR Shareholding (1017D)

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RNS Number : 1017D

IG Group Holdings plc

26 January 2018

IG Group Holdings plc

LEI No: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76

26 January 2018

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTION OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ("PDMRs")

IG Group Holdings Plc (the "Company"), a global leader in online trading, gives notice of the following transaction carried out in respect of the Company's ordinary shares of 0.005p each (the "Ordinary Shares") by a PDMR details of which are set out in the Notification of Transactions by PDMRs attached to this announcement as required by the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Sale of Shares

On 24 January 2018, the Company received notice of share sales from the PDMR as set out in the table below:

 
PDMR               Date and       Number of      Price per share 
                    Place of       Shares Sold    sold 
                    Transaction 
-----------------  ------------  -------------  ---------------- 
Joseph McCaughran   24/01/2018    656            GBP7.78 
                     London 
-----------------  ------------  -------------  ---------------- 
 

For further information, please contact:

IG Group

   Liz Scorer                                             020 7573 0727 

[e-mail]

FTI Consulting

   Neil Doyle / Ed Berry     020 3727 1141 / 1046 

IG empowers informed, decisive, adventurous people to access opportunities in over 15,000 financial markets. With a strong focus on innovation and technology, the company puts client needs at the heart of everything it does.

IG's vision is to be a global leader in retail trading and investments. Established in 1974 as the world's first financial spread betting firm, it continued leading the way by launching the world's first online and iPhone trading services.

IG is now an award-winning, multi-platform trading company, the world's No.1 provider of CFDs* and a global leader in forex. It provides leveraged services with the option of limited-risk guarantees, and offers an execution-only share dealing service in the UK, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands. IG has recently launched a range of affordable, fully managed investment portfolios, to provide a comprehensive offering to investors and active traders.

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

*Based on revenue excluding FX (from published financial statements, October 2016)

IG Group Holdings Plc

Notification of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR)

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
---  --------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Joseph McCaughran 
---  --------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
---  --------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status             Chief Risk Officer 
---  --------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 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   Sale of Ordinary Shares 
---  --------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price(s)       Volume(s) 
                                    -------------  ---------- 
                                     GBP7.78 per 
                                      share         656 
                                    -------------  ---------- 
---  --------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information       656 
       Aggregated volume            GBP5103.68 
       Price 
---  --------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction     24 January 2018 
---  --------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction    London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
---  --------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 

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