Vanquis Banking Group (formerly: Provident Financial Plc)

Director's Dealing • Dec 2, 2016

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RNS Number : 8765Q

Provident Financial PLC

02 December 2016

Provident Financial plc ("the Company")

Director/PDMR Transaction - Initial Notification

The Company announces that it was notified on 1 December 2016 of the following transactions in relation to the Company's ordinary shares of 20 8/11p each ("Ordinary Shares") by Peter Stuart Crook and Andrew Charles Fisher, who are both directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility in the Company. These transactions relate to options granted under the Company's Employee Savings Related Share Option Schemes.  

Director/ PDMR	Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares prior to the Dealing	% of issued share capital prior to the Dealing	Ordinary Shares acquired / sold by Director / PDMR	Resultant Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares after the Dealing	Resultant % of issued share capital after the Dealing
Peter Stuart Crook	226,350 unrestricted shares and 292,798 restricted shares	0.153% 0.198%	1,777 shares acquired	228,127 unrestricted shares and 292,798 restricted shares	0.154% 0.198%
Andrew Charles Fisher	144,262 unrestricted shares and 195,558 restricted shares	0.097% 0.132%	689 shares acquired and subsequently sold	144,262 unrestricted shares and 195,558 restricted shares	0.097% 0.132%

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Peter Stuart Crook

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

Provident Financial plc

b)

LEI

213800U93SZC44VXN635

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 20 8/11p

GB00B1Z4ST84

b)

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of options granted under the Provident Financial plc Employee Savings Related Share Option Scheme (2003)

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£8.68	1,777

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

1,777

£15,424.36

e)

Date of the transaction

1 December 2016

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Andrew Charles Fisher

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Finance Director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Provident Financial plc

b)

LEI

213800U93SZC44VXN635

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 20 8/11p

GB00B1Z4ST84

b)

Nature of the transaction

(i)         options exercised pursuant to the Provident Financial Savings Related Share Option Scheme 2013; and

(ii)        subsequent sale of shares on 1 December 2016.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£13.05	689
£28.6587	689

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Exercise                           Sale

689                                   689

£8,991.45                         £19,745.84

e)

Date of the transaction

1 December 2016

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:

Emma G Versluys, Deputy Company Secretary

Date of Notification:

2 December 2016

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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