Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8653G

Knights Group Holdings PLC

19 March 2020

 

Knights Group Holdings plc

("Knights", the "Company" or the "Group")

PDMR Dealing

The following notifications are made under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") relating to certain transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") in the shares of the Company.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Richard King
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR and COO
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Knights Group Holdings plc
b)	LEI	213800URB59EOGJKT919
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
	Identification code	GB00BFYF6298
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£3.60	5527
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	5527
	- Price	£3.60
e)	Date of the transaction	18 March 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

Knights also announces that it was notified on 19 March 2020 that following the payment of the dividend payment of 0.6p per share, which was declared in the half year results on 15 January 2020 and paid on 16 March 2020, the SIP trustee has re-invested the dividend by purchasing 1,634  ordinary shares of 0.2 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 378 pence per share on behalf of participating employees.

Details of the Ordinary Shares purchased by the SIP trustee and awarded to PDMRs, together with their resulting interests, are set out in the table below:

Name/Position	Total New Shares	Total resulting interest in Ordinary Shares
Kate Lewis,	8	2820
Lisa Bridgwood	8	2820
Nigel Johnson	8	2820
James Sheridan	8	201,154
Yvonne Sidwell	8	2820
Julia Stokes	4	1567
Mark Whitehouse	8	2820
Andrew Pilkington	8	2820

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Enquiries 

Knights
David Beech, CEO	Via MHP Communications
Numis (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Stuart Skinner, Kevin Cruickshank	[phone]
MHP Communications (Media enquiries)
Andrew Jaques, Katie Hunt, Rachel Mann	[phone] [e-mail]

 

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