LEI: 549300XVXU6S7PLCL855
For immediate release
19 December 2024
Liontrust Asset Management Plc
("Liontrust" or the "Company")
Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR")
Grant of LTIP Options
Liontrust announces that on 19 December 2024 it granted options ("Options") over the Company's ordinary shares of 1p each ("Shares") to John Ions, Chief Executive Officer, and Vinay Abrol, Chief Financial Officer pursuant to the Company's SAYE Option Plan ("Plan") at an Option price of £3.776. John Ions and Vinay Abrol are both PDMRs. The details of the Options granted are as follows:
| PDMR | Number of Shares over which Option is granted | Option Price per Share |
| John Ions | 4,886 | £3.776 |
| Vinay Abrol | 4,886 | £3.776 |
In accordance with the Plan, the earliest anticipated date on which the Options will become exercisable is 1 February 2028.
Formal notifications in respect of the PDMRs are set out below in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
| a)
| Name
| John Ions | |||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
| a)
| Position/status
| PDMR (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
| Liontrust Asset Management Plc | |||
| b)
| LEI
| 549300XVXU6S7PLCL855 | |||
| 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 | Ordinary shares of 1p each | |||
| | | ||||
| Identification code | GB0007388407 | ||||
| | | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of options under the Liontrust SAYE Option Plan | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | £3.776 | 4,886 | | |
| | | | | | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
| | | ||||
| - Aggregated volume | Not applicable | ||||
| | | ||||
| - Price | | ||||
| | | ||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 19 December 2024 | |||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
| a)
| Name
| Vinay Abrol | |||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
| a)
| Position/status
| PDMR (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
| Liontrust Asset Management Plc | |||
| b)
| LEI
| 549300XVXU6S7PLCL855 | |||
| 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 | Ordinary shares of 1p each | |||
| | | ||||
| Identification code | GB0007388407 | ||||
| | | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of options under the Liontrust SAYE Option Plan | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | £3.776 | 4,886 | | |
| | | | | | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
| | | ||||
| - Aggregated volume | Not applicable | ||||
| | | ||||
| - Price | | ||||
| | | ||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 19 December 2024 | |||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
For further information please contact:
Teneo (Tel: 020 7353 4200, Email: liontrust@teneo.com)
Tom Murray, Colette Cahill, Jessica Pine
Liontrust Asset Management Plc (Tel: 020 7412 1700, Website: liontrust.co.uk)
Stephen Corbett: Head of Investor Relations
Simon Hildrey: Chief Marketing Officer
Singer Capital Markets (Tel: 020 7496 3000)
Corporate Broking: Charles Leigh-Pemberton
Corporate Finance: James Moat
Panmure Liberum (Tel: 020 7886 2500)
Corporate Broking: David Watkins
Corporate Advisory: Atholl Tweedie
HSBC Bank plc (Tel: 020 7991 8888)
Corporate Broking: Simon Alexander, James Hopton
Corporate Advisory: Alexander Paul
ENDS
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