Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3955S

Knights Group Holdings PLC

13 July 2022

 

13 July 2022

Knights Group Holdings plc

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

NOTIFICATION OF DEALING WITH GRANT OF AWARDS TO PDMR

On 13 July 2022, the following awards over ordinary shares of 0.2p in Knights were granted under the Knights Group Holdings Plc omnibus plan to the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities:

PDMR	No. of shares under Award	Type of Award
James Sheridan	20,000	Restricted Stock Award
Andrew Pilkington	20,000	Restricted Stock Award
Kate Lewis	167,476	Performance Share Award

Restricted Stock Awards will ordinarily become exercisable (or vest as relevant) on 13 July 2025 subject to the grantee's continued service.

Performance Share Awards will ordinarily become exercisable (or vest as relevant) on 13 July 2025 subject to the grantee's continued service and only to the extent to which the adjusted earnings per share condition set for the award is satisfied.  

Details of the full notification received by the Company are set out below:

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	James Sheridan
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR and Client Services Director
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	Issue of a restricted stock award
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£1.16	20,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	20,000
	- Price	£1.16
e)	Date of the transaction	13 July 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	England

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Andrew Pilkington
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR and Client Services Director
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	Issue of a restricted stock award
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£1.16	20,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	20,000
	- Price	£1.16
e)	Date of the transaction	13 July 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	England

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Kate Lewis
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR and 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	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	Grant of nil cost Performance Share Award under the Knights Group Holdings Plc Omnibus Plan which subject to continued service and the extent to which the earnings per share performance conditions are met shall vest on 13 July 2025.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£1.03	167,476
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	167,476
	- Price	£1.03
e)	Date of the transaction	13 July 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	England

These notifications are made under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") relating to certain transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") and persons closely associated with them ("PCA") in the shares of the Company.

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Notes to Editors

Knights is a fast-growing, legal and professional services business, ranked within the UK's top 50 largest law firms by revenue. Knights was one of the first law firms in the UK to move from the traditional partnership model to a corporate structure in 2012 and has since grown rapidly. Knights has specialists in all key areas of corporate and commercial law so that it can offer end-to-end support to businesses of all sizes and in all sectors. It is focussed on key UK markets outside London and currently operates from 22 offices located in Birmingham, Brighton, Cheltenham, Chester, Crawley, Exeter, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, Maidstone, Manchester, Newbury, Nottingham, Oxford, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Southampton, Stoke, Teesside, Weybridge, Wilmslow and York.

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, Eleni Menikou	[phone] [e-mail]

 

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