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)

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)

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.

 

Ends

 

 

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

+44 20 7260 1000

MHP Communications (Media enquiries)

Andrew Jaques, Katie Hunt, Eleni Menikou

+44 20 3128 8100

knights@mhpc.com

 

 

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