REG - Knights Group Hldgs - Director/PDMR Shareholding

Knights groupAnnouncement

20/07/2021 17:50

RNS Number : 8934F
  
Knights Group Holdings PLC
  
20 July 2021
  
 

20 July 2021
Knights Group Holdings plc
 
("Knights", the "Company" or the "Group")
 
NOTIFICATION OF DEALING WITH GRANT OF AWARDS TO PDMR
 
On 19 July 2021, the following Performance Share 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


No. of shares under Award


Type of Award




Kate Lewis


50,114


Performance Share Award




Richard King


50,114


Performance Share Award



 
The award will ordinarily become exercisable (or vest as relevant) on 1 July 2024 subject to the grantee's continued service and only to the extent to which the adjusted earnings per share condition set for the award is satisfied.  
 
Details of the full notification received by the Company are set out below:
 



1
 


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
 




a)
 


Name
 
 


Kate Lewis




2
 


Reason for the notification
 




a)
 


Position/status
 
 


PDMR and 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
 
 


Grant of nil cost Performance Share Award under the Knights Group Holdings Plc Omnibus Plan which subject to continued service and the extent to which the earnings per share performance conditions are met shall vest on 1 July 2024.




c)
 


Price(s) and volume(s)




























Price(s)


Volume(s)
















£4.39


50,114






























d)
 


Aggregated information


















- Aggregated volume


50,114














- Price


£4.39














e)
 


Date of the transaction
 
 


19 July 2021




f)
 


Place of the transaction
 
 


England



 



1
 


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
 




a)
 


Name
 
 


Richard King




2
 


Reason for the notification
 




a)
 


Position/status
 
 


PDMR and Chief Operations 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
 
 


Grant of nil cost Performance Share Award under the Knights Group Holdings Plc Omnibus Plan which subject to continued service and the extent to which the earnings per share performance conditions are met shall vest on 1 July 2024.




c)
 


Price(s) and volume(s)




























Price(s)


Volume(s)
















£4.39


50,114






























d)
 


Aggregated information


















- Aggregated volume


50,114














- Price


£4.39














e)
 


Date of the transaction
 
 


19 July 2021




f)
 


Place of the transaction
 
 


England



 
 
These notifications are made under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") relating to certain transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") and persons closely associated with them ("PCA") in the shares of the Company.
 
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Notes to Editors
Knights is a fast-growing, legal and professional services business, ranked within the UK's top 100 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 corporate and commercial law so that it can offer end-to-end support to businesses of all sizes and in all sectors. It is focussed on key UK markets outside London and currently operates from 16 offices located in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Chester, Crawley, Exeter, Leeds, Leicester, Maidstone, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Stoke, Weybridge, Wilmslow and York.
 
 
 
Enquiries 
 



Knights




David Beech, CEO


via MHP Communications




Numis (Nominated Adviser and Broker)




Stuart Skinner, Kevin Cruickshank, George Shiel


+44 20 7260 1000




MHP Communications (Media enquiries)




Andrew Jaques, Katie Hunt, Rachel Mann


+44 20 3128 8794
knights@mhpc.com



 
 

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