IG Group’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer buy company shares
The transactions have been done under IG’s Share Incentive Plan.
Online trading major IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has reported recent transactions in its shares by its management.
IG was notified on March 7, 2019 of transactions carried out in respect of the company’s ordinary shares of 0.005p each by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs). On March 5, 2019, IG’s Chief Strategy Officer John Austin and IG’s Chief Financial Officer Paul Mainwaring bought shares in the broker.
The purchase of ordinary shares was done under IG’s Share Incentive Plan (SIP) held by the trustees of the SIP, as part of the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan. John Austin acquired 127 shares, whereas Paul Mainwaring bought 36 shares.
On January 23, 2019, IG Group’s Chief Executive Officer June Felix bought 17,000 ordinary shares of 0.005p each. The price of each share was £5.858, which results in an aggregated price of £99,579.38. This was not the first time that June Felix bought IG shares following her appointment as Group CEO. On October 30, 2018, she also bought 17,000 shares in IG Group.
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