Director/PDMR Shareholding

Kier Group PLC

11 March 2026

 

11 March 2026

KIER GROUP PLC

Notifications of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities

Kier Group plc ("Kier" and the "Company") announces that, on 10 March 2026, certain persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") were granted share awards as set out below.

Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan

On 10 March 2026, share awards were granted under the Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") (the "Awards") to certain PDMRs as set out in the table below. The Awards were made at no cost to the individuals and will only vest to the extent that certain performance conditions are satisfied by the Company over a three-year performance period which runs from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2028. The performance conditions relating to the Awards can be found on page 109 of Kier's Annual Report and Accounts 2025. The price used for the purpose of calculating the Awards was 227.0 pence per Ordinary share of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Share"), being the average three-month Share price prior to the date of grant.

Details of these transactions are set out in the table below.

PDMR	Number of Awards granted under the LTIP on 10 March 2026
Tom Hinton	400,881
Joe Incutti	13,736
Martin Staehr	160,840

Recruitment Award (UK Listing Rule 9.3.2(2))

Following the announcement of the Company's interim results for the period ended 31 December 2025, Tom Hinton was granted an award of 56,003 Shares under a Recruitment Award in accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.3.2(2) (the "Recruitment Award"). The Recruitment Award, connected to Tom's appointment as Chief Financial Officer on 1 January 2026 (the "Appointment Date"), was granted to compensate Tom for payments forfeited from his previous employment. The Recruitment Award was made at no cost to Tom and will vest in March 2027, following the announcement of the Company's interim results for the period ended 31 December 2026. Further information on the terms of the Recruitment Award will be provided in Kier's Annual Report and Accounts 2026. The price used for the purpose of calculating the Recruitment Award was 223.2 pence per Share, being the average five-day Share price prior to the Appointment Date.

The following notifications are made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation. The Company's Legal Entity Identifier ("LEI") is 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48.

For enquiries please contact:

Sara Thomson

Interim Deputy Company Secretary

07928 427 323

Details of the issuer or emission allowance market participant
Full name of the entity	Kier Group plc
Legal Entity Identifier code	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
Reason for the notification
Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
Initial notification/amendment	Initial Notification
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
Is this a PDMR or PCA Submission	Submission for PDMR
Name of natural person	Tom Hinton
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
Description of Instrument	Share
Identification Code	GB0004915632
Nature of the transaction	Grant of award over ordinary shares under the Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan for nil consideration	Grant of award over ordinary shares under Recruitment Award (UK Listing Rule 9.3.2(2)) for nil consideration
Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 400,881 Nil 56,003
Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	LTIP Recruitment Award 400,881 shares 56,003 shares Nil Nil
Date of the transaction	2026-03-10
Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

Details of the issuer or emission allowance market participant
Full name of the entity	Kier Group plc
Legal Entity Identifier code	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
Reason for the notification
Position/status	Group Managing Director - Infrastructure
Initial notification/amendment	Initial Notification
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
Is this a PDMR or PCA Submission	Submission for PDMR
Name of natural person	Giuseppe Incutti
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
Description of Instrument	Share
Identification Code	GB0004915632
Nature of the transaction	Grant of award over ordinary shares under the Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan for nil consideration
Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 13,736
Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	13,736 shares Nil
Date of the transaction	2026-03-10
Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

Details of the issuer or emission allowance market participant
Full name of the entity	Kier Group plc
Legal Entity Identifier code	2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48
Reason for the notification
Position/status	Group Managing Director - Construction
Initial notification/amendment	Initial Notification
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
Is this a PDMR or PCA Submission	Submission for PDMR
Name of natural person	Martin Staehr
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
Description of Instrument	Share
Identification Code	GB0004915632
Nature of the transaction	Grant of award over ordinary shares under the Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan for nil consideration
Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 160,840
Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	160,840 shares Nil
Date of the transaction	2026-03-10
Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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