Director/PDMR Shareholding

Knights Group Holdings PLC

14 October 2026

 

Knights Group Holdings plc

(Knights, the Company or the Group)

PDMR Dealing

Knights announces that on 13 October 2026, following the final dividend payment of 3.69p per share on 9 October 2026, 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 and upon the grant of the evergreen SIP in 2023 by purchasing 15,187 ordinary shares of £0.002 in the Company (Ordinary Shares), at a price of £1.735 per share on behalf of participating employees. 

The resulting interests of those persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMR) are set out in the table below:

Name/Position	Total New Shares	Total resulting interest in Ordinary Shares
Kate Lewis	70	105,519
Lisa Bridgwood	71	3,462
James Sheridan	70	101,705
Andrew Pilkington	70	3,360
Lisa Shacklock	60	42,377

 The following notifications are made under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) relating to certain transactions by the SIP trustee awarded to PDMR’s 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	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	Re-investment of the dividend in accordance with the automatic instruction provided to it at the grant of the SIP in 2018 and at the grant of the evergreen SIP in 2023
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£1.735	70
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A
	- Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	9 October 2026
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	Re-investment of the dividend in accordance with the automatic instruction provided to it at the grant of the SIP in 2018 and at the grant of the evergreen SIP in 2023
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£1.735 £1.735	70 1
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	71
	- Price	£1.735
e)	Date of the transaction	9 October 2026
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	Chief M&A 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	Re-investment of the dividend in accordance with the automatic instruction provided to it at the grant of the SIP in 2018 and at the grant of the evergreen SIP in 2023
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£1.735	70
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A
	- Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	9 October 2026
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	Chief Commercial 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	Re-investment of the dividend in accordance with the automatic instruction provided to it at the grant of the SIP in 2018 and at the grant of the evergreen SIP in 2023
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£1.735	70
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A
	- Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	9 October 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Lisa Shacklock
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Client Services 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	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)
			£1.735	60
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A
	- Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	9 October 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

Ends

Enquiries 

Knights
Lisa Bridgwood, Company Secretary	via MHP Group
Deutsche Numis (Nomad and Joint Corporate Broker)
Stuart Skinner, Kevin Cruickshank	[phone]
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Corporate Broker)
Stuart Andrews, Alex Aylen, Ruth Watts	[phone]
MHP Group (Media enquiries)
Katie Hunt, Eleni Menikou	[phone] [e-mail]

 

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