Vesting of LTIP awards and PDMR notification

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Keystone Law Group PLC has transferred 223,822 ordinary shares from treasury to beneficiaries of its Long Term Incentive Plan following the achievement of performance criteria, while cancelling the remaining 43,993 treasury shares. This brings the total issued ordinary shares and voting rights to 31,673,265. Executive Director Ashley Miller and PDMR William Robins each received 28,748 shares and subsequently sold 13,512 shares each at prices of £5.345 and £5.346 respectively to cover tax liabilities, resulting in Miller holding 0.80% and Robins holding 0.46% of the company's shares.

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Keystone Law Group PLC
29 June 2026
 

29 June 2026

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Keystone Law Group Plc

('Keystone', the 'Group' or the 'Company')

Vesting of LTIP awards and PDMR notification

 

Transfer and cancellation of treasury shares

Total voting rights

 

Keystone Law Group plc (AIM: KEYS), the premier tech-enabled platform law firm, announces that it has transferred 223,822 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") out of treasury.  These shares have been transferred to the beneficiaries of the share awards granted on 19 June 2023 under the Keystone Law Long Term Incentive Plan 2018 ('LTIP'), following achievement of the performance criteria required to vest 90% of these awards.

Having made these transfers, the Company has cancelled the remaining Ordinary Shares which it previously held in treasury, that being 43,993 shares.

Following these transactions, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue and the total voting rights in the Company will be 31,673,265.

Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company will be 31,673,265. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Of the Ordinary Shares transferred, 57,496 were to the following PRMR's of the Group:

 

Name

Number of Shares under award

Ashley Miller (Executive Director, Finance Director)

28,748

William Robins (PDMR)

28,748

In order to pay the tax arising from the vesting of these Ordinary Shares, Ashley Miller and William Robins have both sold 13,512 Ordinary Shares. Following these transactions Ashley Miller now holds 252,583 Ordinary Shares representing 0.80% and William Robins, in conjunction with his wife (a PCA), now holds 146,274 Ordinary Shares representing 0.46%.

Set out below are the notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation, in relation to the variation of the LTIP Awards.

 

PDMR DEALING NOTIFICATION TEMPLATE

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Ashley Rupert James Patrick Miller

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Finance Director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Keystone Law Group plc

b)

Legal Entity Identifier

213800RTARHELL51S215

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 of £0.002 each in Keystone Law Group plc

 

Identification code

GB00BZ020557

b 1)

Nature of the transaction

Vesting of shares from LTIP Award granted in June 2023 under the Keystone Law Long Term Incentive Plan

c 1)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil

28,748

b 2)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of shares

c 2)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)                                                                                                                               

Volume(s)   

£5.345

13,512

 

d)

Aggregated information

 

Not applicable single transaction

- Aggregated volume

- Price

e)

Date of the transaction

 

26 June 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

 

London

 

 

 

 

PDMR DEALING NOTIFICATION TEMPLATE

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

William Robins

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Keystone Law Group plc

b)

Legal Entity Identifier

213800RTARHELL51S215

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 of £0.002 each in Keystone Law Group plc

 

Identification code

GB00BZ020557

b 1)

Nature of the transaction

Vesting of shares from LTIP Award granted in June 2023 under the Keystone Law Long Term Incentive Plan

c 1)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil

28,748

b 2)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of shares

c 2)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)                                                                                                                               

Volume(s)

£5.346

13,512

 

d)

Aggregated information

 

Not applicable single transaction

- Aggregated volume

- Price

e)

Date of the transaction

 

26 June 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

 

London

 

-ENDS-

For further information please contact:

 

Keystone Law Group plc

James Knight, Chief Executive Officer

Ashley Miller, Finance Director

www.keystonelaw.com

 +44 (0) 20 3319 3700

 

Panmure Liberum Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Atholl Tweedie (Corporate Finance)

Rupert Dearden (Corporate Broking)

www.panmureliberum.com

+44 (0) 20 7886 2500

 

Investec Bank plc (Joint Broker)

Carlton Nelson

James Rudd

www.investec.co.uk

+44 (0) 20 7597 5970

 

Vigo Consulting (Financial Public Relations)                                                                              

Jeremy Garcia / Fiona Hetherington

keystonelaw@vigoconsulting.com

+44 (0)207 390 0233

 

Notes to editors

Keystone (AIM: KEYS) the premier tech-enabled platform law firm. It is a highly scalable business with an organic growth strategy which has a proven record of delivering sustainable growth since its IPO in 2018.  Ranked within the UK Top 100 law firms, Keystone provides conventional legal services in a £14bn addressable market through its differentiated platform model which has three defining characteristics:

·      Lawyers have freedom, flexibility and autonomy, and are paid up to 75% of what they bill.

·      Lawyers determine how, when and where they work, in contrast to the conventional law firm model.

·      Lawyers are provided full infrastructure and support via its central office team, bespoke user-friendly IT platform, and network of colleagues and events.

 

Keystone is a full-service law firm, with extensive experience across a wide range of sectors and specialisms.   With nearly 500 high calibre self-employed Principal lawyers, supported by over 150 other fee earners, Keystone delivers dynamic services to its client base which ranges from fast growing start-ups to multinational corporations and high net worth individuals.

More information about Keystone can be found at www.keystonelaw.co.uk.

 

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