Director's Dealing • Dec 9, 2025
Director's Dealing
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RNS Number : 8909K
IG Group Holdings plc
09 December 2025
IG Group Holdings plc
LEI No: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76
9 December 2025
IG Group Holdings plc
(the 'Company')
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTION OF A PERSON DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ("PDMR")
The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, gives details about the grant of options under the IG Group Holdings plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2023 ("LTIP"), to Clifford Abrahams, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of the Company.
Buyout Awards
Conditional awards were made to Clifford Abrahams over the Company's ordinary shares ("Shares") granted on 25 January 2025 under UK Listing Rule 9.3.2R(2) in relation to his joining the Company and being appointed as an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of IG Group, as announced on 30 October 2024. In connection with Mr Abrahams agreeing to take up employment with the Company, it was agreed that the buy-out awards (the "Buy-Out Awards") would be made to him as compensation for incentives forfeited on leaving his previous employer, Virgin Money UK plc ("VM"). The Buy-Out Awards were approved by the Company's Remuneration Committee and announced on 27 January 2025.
The following Buy-Out Awards vested subject to Mr Abrahams' continued service with the Company and are not subject to any performance conditions:
| Award | Number of Shares subject to Award | Vesting Date |
| Replacement 2022 LTIP | 620 | 9 December 2025 |
Further detail is provided below in accordance with Article 19.3 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Clifford Abrahams
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Chief Financial Officer
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial Notification
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 financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
Ordinary Shares of 0.005 pence
GB00B06QFB75
b)
Nature of the transaction
Conditional awards of Shares in compensation for awards forfeited on Mr Abrahams' resignation from his previous employer
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| £0.00 | 620 |
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
N/A
e)
Date of the transaction
9 December 2025
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
| Company Secretariat | IG Group Investor Relations | Media | |
| Aurelia Gibbs | Martin Price | Sodali & Co. | |
| 020 7896 0011 | 020 7573 0020 | 020 7100 6451 | |
| [email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected] |
About IG
IG Group (LSEG:IGG) provides online trading platforms and educational resources to empower ambitious customers around the globe. Headquartered in the UK, IG Group is a FTSE 250 company that offers customers access to c.19,000 financial markets worldwide.
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