FirstGroup Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding
PR Newswire
LONDON, United Kingdom, July 17
FirstGroup plc
17 July 2026
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Grant of options under the FirstGroup Save as You Earn ("SAYE") Share Plan
FirstGroup plc (the "Company") announces that today it has granted a total of 8,269,221 options to 2,441 employees under its SAYE share plan. The SAYE share plan is an all employee scheme and the savings contracts will commence on 1 September 2026 and subject to completing the savings plan the options will be normally be exercisable for six months from 1 September 2029.
The following options over ordinary shares were granted to the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities who are all dirctors of the company:
Director | Number of options
|
Graham Sutherland (Chief Executive Officer) | 9,863 |
Ryan Mangold (Chief Financial Officer) | 9,863 |
This notification is made in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation.
LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93
Enquiries:
David Blizzard, General Counsel and Company Secretary
Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations
+44 (0)20 7291 0505
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
| Graham Sutherland |
2
| Reason for the notification
| |
a)
| Position/status
| Chief Executive Officer |
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial |
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| |
a)
| Name
| FirstGroup plc |
b) | LEI | 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93
|
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 5p each
GB0003452173 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| (1) Grant of options at £1.55 under the SAYE Share plan
| ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||
d)
| Aggregated Information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
9,863
| ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 17 July 2026 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Grant of share options occurred outside a trading venue | ||||
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 | ||||||
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
| Ryan Mangold |
2
| Reason for the notification
| |
a)
| Position/status
| Chief Financial Officer |
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial |
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| |
a)
| Name
| FirstGroup plc |
b) | LEI | 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93
|
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 5p each
GB0003452173 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| (1) Grant of options at £1.55 under the SAYE Share plan | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||
d)
| Aggregated Information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Nil | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 17 July 2026 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Grant of share options occurred outside a trading venue | ||||
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 | ||||||
