Transaction in Own Shares

Summary by AI BETAClose X

Kier Group plc has purchased a total of 200,000 ordinary shares between May 26th and May 29th, 2026, as part of its ongoing buyback program. The average purchase price ranged from 205.59 GBp to 208.02 GBp per share. Following these transactions, Kier has acquired 2,950,000 shares in total since the program's inception. The company now has 452,875,390 ordinary shares in issue, with 13,928,468 held in treasury, resulting in 438,946,922 total voting rights available for shareholder notification calculations.

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Kier Group PLC
29 May 2026
 

29 May 2026

 

Kier Group plc

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

Kier Group plc ("Kier", the "Company", or the "Group") announces that, during the period Tuesday 26 May 2026 to Friday 29 May 2026, it purchased the following number of its Ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") from Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch ("Deutsche Numis") as part of the buyback programme announced on 3 March 2026 (the "Buyback Programme").

 

Date of Purchase

Aggregate number of Ordinary 1p shares purchased

Volume weighted average price per share paid (GBp)

Lowest price per share paid (GBp)

Highest price per share paid (GBp)

Broker

26/05/2026

 50,000

207.4241

206.00

208.00

Deutsche Numis

27/05/2026

 50,000

208.0215

206.40

209.80

28/05/2026

 50,000

205.5863

203.40

208.00

29/05/2026

 50,000

207.2046

206.40

208.60

 

Kier intends to hold the Ordinary Shares purchased pursuant to the Buyback Programme in Treasury. Following the settlement of the above purchases, Kier has purchased a total of 2,950,000 Ordinary Shares since the commencement of the Buyback Programme and will have 452,875,390 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each in issue. 13,928,468 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. The figure 438,946,922 represents the total number of voting rights in Kier and can be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as such Regulation has become part of domestic law by virtue of and for the purposes of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020) and as such Regulation has been amended in such form by any regulations made under that Act), a schedule of the individual trades made by Deutsche Numis as part of the Buyback Programme is attached to this announcement.

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3238G_1-2026-5-29.pdf

 

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of UK Listing Rule 9.6.6.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Kier Group plc

Investor Relations +44 (0)7933 388 746

Kier Press Office +44 (0)1767 355 096

 

FTI Consulting

Richard Mountain +44 (0)7909 684 466

 

 

 

 

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