Director/PDMR Shareholding

Grainger PLC

19 December 2024

 

GRAINGER PLC

("GRAINGER" OR THE "COMPANY")

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

GRANT OF OPTIONS UNDER THE GRAINGER PLC 2017 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

The Company announces that it has made the following grants of nil cost share options ("Options") over ordinary shares of 5p each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") pursuant to the 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") on 18 December 2024.

Grant of Options

On 18 December 2024, Grainger granted Options over a total of 1,122,815 Shares to its Executive Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") of the Company (as specified in the table below).

Director/ PDMR	Position	Number of shares under Option
Helen Gordon	Chief Executive Officer (Director)	515,032
Rob Hudson	Chief Financial Officer (Director)	351,575
Michael Keaveney	Director of Land and Development (PDMR)	137,254
Eliza Pattinson	Director of Operations and Asset Management (PDMR)	118,954

Options will generally vest and become exercisable three years from the date of grant, subject to continued employment. Vesting of the Options is subject to performance conditions, details of which are set out in the 2024 Annual Report on page 108. 

A holding period of two years from date of vesting is also applicable to the Options granted to the Executive Directors.

All vested awards normally remain exercisable until 10 years from their grant.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Helen Gordon
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	Grainger plc
b)	LEI	2138007CEIRKZMNI2979
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 £0.05 each
b)	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B04V1276
c)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of a nil cost Option over Shares pursuant to the Grainger plc 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		1.  £nil	1.   515,032
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
f)	Date of the transaction	18 December 2024
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Rob Hudson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	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	Grainger plc
b)	LEI	2138007CEIRKZMNI2979
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 £0.05 each
b)	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B04V1276
c)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of a nil cost Option over Shares pursuant to the Grainger plc 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		1.  £nil	1. 351,575
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
f)	Date of the transaction	18 December 2024
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Michael Keaveney
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director of Land and Development (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Grainger plc
b)	LEI	2138007CEIRKZMNI2979
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 £0.05 each
b)	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B04V1276
c)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of a nil cost Option over Shares pursuant to the Grainger plc 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		1.  £nil	1.  137,254
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
f)	Date of the transaction	18 December 2024
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Eliza Pattinson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director of Operations and Asset Management (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Grainger plc
b)	LEI	2138007CEIRKZMNI2979
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 £0.05 each
b)	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B04V1276
c)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of a nil cost Option over Shares pursuant to the Grainger plc 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		1.  £nil	1.  118,954
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
f)	Date of the transaction	18 December 2024
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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