Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7626T

Knights Group Holdings PLC

21 March 2023

 

Knights Group Holdings plc

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

PDMR Dealing

Knights announces that on 20 March 2023, following the interim dividend payment of 1.53p per share on 17 March 2023, it was notified that the SIP trustee has re-invested the dividend in accordance with the automatic instruction provided to it at the grant of the SIP in 2018 by purchasing 7,875 ordinary shares of 0.2p in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), at a price of 69.4p per share on behalf of participating employees.  In addition, in accordance with an automatic instruction to re-invest dividends in respect of shares held within the share plan accounts of individuals within the 2018 SAYE scheme, a further 6,804 shares were purchased at a price of 69.4p.

Their resulting interests are set out in the table below:

Name/Position	Total New Shares	Total resulting interest in Ordinary Shares
Kate Lewis,	64	105,131
Lisa Bridgwood	65	3018
James Sheridan	64	101,326
Andrew Pilkington	64	2972

 The following notifications are made under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") relating to certain transactions by the SIP trustee and under the 2018 SAYE scheme, and awarded to 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	Kate Lewis
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CFO
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	Re-investment of the dividend in accordance with the automatic instruction provided to it at the grant of the SIP in 2018.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£0.694	64
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A
	- Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	17 March 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Lisa Bridgwood
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	General Counsel and Company Secretary
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	1.  Re-investment of the dividend in accordance with the automatic instruction provided to it at the grant of the SIP in 2018. 2.  Re-investment of the dividend in accordance with an automatic instruction to re-invest dividends in respect of shares held within the share plan accounts of individuals within the 2018 SAYE scheme.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			1.  £0.694 2.  £0.694	1.  64 2.  1
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	65
	- Price	£0.694
e)	Date of the transaction	17 March 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	James Sheridan
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Acquisitions Director 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	Re-investment of the dividend in accordance with the automatic instruction provided to it at the grant of the SIP in 2018.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£0.694	64
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A
	- Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	17 March 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Andrew Edward Pilkington
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group 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	Re-investment of the dividend in accordance with the automatic instruction provided to it at the grant of the SIP in 2018.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£0.694	64
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A
	- Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	17 March 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

Ends

Enquiries 

Knights
David Beech, CEO	via MHP Communications
Numis (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Stuart Skinner, Kevin Cruickshank	[phone]
MHP Communications (Media enquiries)
Katie Hunt, Eleni Menikou	[phone] [e-mail]

 

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