ONE Savings Bank PLC : Director/PDMR Shareholding

22.September 2016 at 19:02:11 CET

OneSavings Bank plc
(the 'Company')

Director/PDMR Dealings

The Company announces it received a notification that on 21 September 2016 Mr Andy Golding, CEO and Executive Director of the Company, sold 36,138 A Class Shares in OSB HoldCo Limited (corresponding to 112,470 ordinary shares in the Company).  The ordinary shares in the Company were sold at an average share price of 266.28p.

This sale, combined with the sales announced on 20 September, completes the sales request by Mr Golding. 

Following these transactions Mr Golding is interested in 1,650,000* ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.68 per cent of the ordinary shares in issue.

For further information contact:

Enquiries:

OneSavings Bank plc
Alastair Pate, Head of Investor Relations            t: 01634 838973

Brunswick                                                       
Robin Wrench / Simone Selzer                           t:  020 7404 5959

Notes to Editors

*This reference to shares does not include unvested shares such as deferred share bonus awards, performance share plans or sharesave awards.

About OneSavings Bank plc

OneSavings Bank plc ('OSB') began trading as a bank on 1 February 2011 and was admitted to the main market of the London Stock Exchange in June 2014 (OSB.L). OSB joined the FTSE 250 index in June 2015.

OSB is a specialist lending and retail savings group authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority, part of the Bank of England, and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority.

OSB primarily targets underserved market sub-sectors that offer high growth potential and attractive risk-adjusted returns in which it can take a leading position and where it has established expertise, platforms and capabilities.  These include private rented sector Buy-to-Let, commercial and semi-commercial mortgages, residential development finance, bespoke and specialist residential lending and secured funding lines. OSB originates organically through specialist brokers and independent financial advisers.  It is differentiated through its use of high skilled, bespoke underwriting and efficient operating model.

OSB is predominantly funded by retail savings originated through the long established Kent Reliance name, which includes online and postal channels, as well as a network of branches in the South East of England. Diversification of funding is currently provided by participation in the Funding for Lending Scheme and access to a securitisation programme.