Director/PDMR Shareholding
RNS Number : 9632YKnights Group Holdings PLC14 October 2026Knights 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
+44 20 7260 1000
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Corporate Broker)
Stuart Andrews, Alex Aylen, Ruth Watts
+44 20 7523 8000
MHP Group (Media enquiries)
Katie Hunt, Eleni Menikou
+44 (0)7884 494112
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