Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1506G

Kier Group PLC

24 May 2017

 

24 MAY 2017

KIER GROUP PLC

Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities

Kier Group plc (the "Company") announces that it was informed today that, on 19 May 2017, the Trustee of the Kier Group 1999 Employee Benefit Trust acquired ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of 1,223.5 pence per share for certain directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") under the Company's deferred shares bonus arrangements.  The shares were acquired through the Dividend Reinvestment Plan offered in respect of the Company's interim dividend for the six months ended 31 December 2016, as follows:

Mr N P Brook	133 shares
Mr B E J Dew	121 shares
Mr H J Mursell	272 shares
Mr P J Pethica (PDMR)	74 shares
Mr H E E Raven (PDMR)	84 shares
Mr C Veritiero	143 shares

The following notifications are made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

The Company's Legal Entity Identifier ("LEI") is 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48.

For enquiries please contact:

Beth Melges

Deputy Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Nigel Brook
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Executive Director - Construction and Infrastructure Services
b)	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
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 in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements through the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan in respect of the Company's interim dividend for the six months ended 31 December 2016.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £12.235 133
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	133 shares £12.235 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-05-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name		Bev Dew
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status		Group Finance Director
b)	Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
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 in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements through the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan in respect of the Company's interim dividend for the six months ended 31 December 2016.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £12.235 121
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	121 shares £12.235 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-05-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name			Haydn Mursell
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status			Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification / Amendment			Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
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 in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements through the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan in respect of the Company's interim dividend for the six months ended 31 December 2016.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £12.235 272
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	272 shares £12.235 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-05-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name				Paul Pethica
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status				Group Commercial Director
b)	Initial notification / Amendment				Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name		Kier Group plc
b)	LEI		2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
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 in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction		Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements through the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan in respect of the Company's interim dividend for the six months ended 31 December 2016.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) £12.235 74
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price		74 shares £12.235 per share
e)	Date of the transaction		2017-05-19
f)	Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name		Hugh Raven
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status		General Counsel and Company Secretary
b)	Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
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 in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements through the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan in respect of the Company's interim dividend for the six months ended 31 December 2016.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £12.235 84
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	84 shares £12.235 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-05-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name		Claudio Veritiero
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status		Executive Director - Group Strategy & Corporate Development
b)	Initial notification / Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of issuer
a)	Name	Kier Group plc
b)	LEI	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
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 in Kier Group plc GB0004915632
b)	Nature of the transaction	Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements through the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan in respect of the Company's interim dividend for the six months ended 31 December 2016.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £12.235 143
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	143 shares £12.235 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-05-19
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 

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