For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
https://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20251223:nRSW7152Ma&default-theme=true
RNS Number : 7152M Grainger PLC 23 December 2025
Grainger plc
("Grainger" or the "Company")
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS
Grainger announces that on 23 December 2025 it was notified of the following
exercises of nil-cost options and subsequent sale of 5p ordinary shares in the
Company to meet income tax and national insurance liabilities arising from the
exercise of options by Helen Gordon (Group CEO). The sale of Shares took
place on 23 December 2025 at an average price of £1.81.
Following these transactions, Helen's total shareholding is 412,830 and
includes Shares held by Link Market Services Trustees and held pursuant to
Grainger's Share Incentive Plan (SIP).
Award Number of vested Shares subject to exercised award (including dividend Number of Shares sold Number of Shares retained
equivalent Shares)
2020 LTIP Award 125,794 56,809 68,985
2022 DBSP Award 78,071 35,257 42,814
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK
Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
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 Helen Gordon
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director
b) Initial notification Initial Notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Grainger plc
b) LEI 2138007CEIRKZMNI2979
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 5p each in Grainger plc
b) Identification code GB00B04V1276
c) Nature of the transaction Exercise of 2020 LTIP and 2022 DBSP Awards granted as nil-cost options.
d) Price and volumes Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 125,794
Nil 78,071
d) Aggregated information
Price Aggregate Volume
- Aggregated volume Nil 203,865
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 23 December 2025
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Price Aggregate Volume
Nil 203,865
e)
Date of the transaction
23 December 2025
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Helen Gordon
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer/ Executive Director
b) Initial notification Initial Notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Grainger plc
b) LEI 2138007CEIRKZMNI2979
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 5p each in Grainger plc
b) Identification code GB00B04V1276
c) Nature of the transaction Sale of ordinary shares to meet income tax and national insurance liabilities
falling due on exercise of 2020 LTIP and 2022 DBSP Awards granted as nil-cost
options.
d) Price and volumes Price(s) Volume(s)
£1.81 56,809
£1.81 35,257
d) Aggregated information
Price Aggregate Volume
- Aggregated volume 1.81 92,066
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 23 December 2025
f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Price Aggregate Volume
1.81 92,066
e)
Date of the transaction
23 December 2025
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange
Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:
Sapna B FitzGerald, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
. END DSHPPGGCPUPAGAW
Copyright 2019 Regulatory News Service, all rights reserved