Director/PDMR Shareholding

Knights Group Holdings PLC

01 September 2026

 

Knights Group Holdings plc

(Knights, the Company or the Group)

PDMR Notification

As required under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) the Company announces that on 1 September 2026, 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), or their closely associated persons  

Name of PDMR or Closely Associated Person	No. of performance shares awarded	No. of shares awarded as restricted stock awards
Joanne Beech	160,000	40,000
Lisa Bridgwood	120,000	30,000

The restricted stock awards and performance share awards will ordinarily become exercisable (or vest as relevant) in July 2028 on the day of the release of the Company's audited results subject to the grantee's continued service and, in the case of the performance share award, only to the extent to which the adjusted earnings per share condition set for the award is satisfied.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and their closely associated persons are set out below

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Joanne Beech
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Experience Officer and Closely Associated Person of David Beech
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 and a performance share award
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			Nominal price of £0.002 per share Nominal price of £0.002 per share	40,000 160,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	200,000
	- Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	1 September 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside trading venue

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
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 and a performance share award
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			Nominal price of £0.002 per share Nominal price of £0.002 per share	30,000 120,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	150,000
	- Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	1 September 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside trading venue

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Enquiries 

Knights
David Beech, CEO	via MHP Communications
Deutsche Numis (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Stuart Skinner, Kevin Cruickshank	[phone]
MHP Communications (Media enquiries)
Katie Hunt, Eleni Menikou	[phone] [e-mail]

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 Business and Private Wealth services. It is focussed on key UK markets outside London and currently operates from 29 offices located in Beaconsfield, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Chester, Colchester, Exeter, Kings Hill, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Portsmouth, Reading, Sheffield, Stoke, Teesside, Uxbridge, Weybridge, Wilmslow, Worcester and York.

 

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