Paragon Banking Group PLC

Director's Dealing • Jul 31, 2025

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Paragon Banking Group PLC

31 July 2025

Paragon Banking Group PLC (the "Company")

Grant of Options under The Paragon Sharesave Plan 2019 (the "Sharesave Plan")

The Company announces that on 31 July 2025 the Director ("PDMR") detailed in the table below was granted an option to purchase ordinary shares of £1.00 each in the capital of the Company pursuant to the Sharesave Plan at an exercise price of £7.548 per share.

The Sharesave Plan is HMRC approved and available to all of the Company's employees, subject to qualifying conditions. 

Director	Role	Number of share options granted	Savings term	Period exercisable*
R J Woodman	Chief Financial Officer	2,431	3 years	01/09/28 - 01/03/29

* The options are, in normal circumstances, not exercisable until the completion of the savings term. 

The Company was notified of these transactions on 30 July 2025.

For further information, please contact:

Carolyn Sharpe, Deputy Company Secretary

Tel: 07984 810427

31 July 2025

The notification set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation

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, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Paragon Banking Group PLC

b)

LEI

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

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary Shares of £1.00 each in Paragon Banking Group PLC

GB00B2NGPM57

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options under the Company's all-employee Sharesave Scheme (The Paragon Sharesave Plan 2019) at an option price of £7.548 per share.  Options will normally be exercisable during the period from 1 September 2028 to 1 March 2029.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£7.548	2,431

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

N/A - single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

31 July 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

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