REG - Knights Group Hldgs - Director/PDMR Shareholding

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14/02/2022 16:15

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RNS Number : 6336B  Knights Group Holdings PLC  14 February 2022

Knights Group Holdings plc

("Knights", the "Company" or the "Group")

PDMR Notification

On 11 February 2022 each of Kate Lewis (Chief Financial Officer of Knights),
Andrew Pilkington (Client Services Director) and Lisa Bridgwood (Company
Secretary and General Counsel of Knights) exercised share options at a price
of £1.6152 per share granted under a Save As You Earn Scheme governed by
Knights Omnibus Plan, which began on 20 December 2018.

Each of Kate Lewis and Andrew Pilkington subsequently sold the shares which
were subject to the exercise of the award.

The total number of shares in issue following the exercise of the option
referred to above is 84,505,230 ordinary shares of £0.002 each.

The following notifications are made under article 19 of the Market Abuse
Regulation ("MAR") relating to certain transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") in the shares of the Company.

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and their closely associated persons

 

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely

    associated

 a)   Name                                                         Kate Lewis
 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              CFO and PDMR
 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                                    1.    Exercise of Save As You Earn Option

                                                                   2.    Sale of shares
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                     Price(s)            Volume(s)
                                                                                     1.    £1.6152       11,144

                                                                                     2.    £3.6336       11,144
 d)   Aggregated information

      - Aggregated volume                                          N/A

      - Price                                                      N/A

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      11 February 2022
 f)   Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely

    associated

 a)   Name                                                         Andrew Pilkington
 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              Client Services Director and PDMR
 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                                    1.    Exercise of Save As You Earn Option

                                                                   2.    Sale of shares
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                     Price(s)            Volume(s)
                                                                                     1.    £1.6152       6,686

                                                                                     2.    £3.6336       6,686
 d)   Aggregated information

      - Aggregated volume                                          N/A

      - Price                                                      N/A

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      11 February 2022
 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                                              Company Secretary, General Counsel and PDMR
 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                                    Exercise of Save As You Earn Option

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                     Price(s)          Volume(s)
                                                                                     £1.6152           11,144

 d)   Aggregated information

      - Aggregated volume                                          N/A

      - Price                                                      N/A

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      11 February 2022

 f)   Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

Ends

Enquiries

 Knights
 David Beech, CEO                        Via MHP Communications

 Numis (Nomad and Broker)
 Stuart Skinner, Kevin Cruickshank       020 7260 1000
 MHP Communications (Media enquiries)
 Andrew Jaques, Katie Hunt, Rachel Mann  020 3128 8100

07585 301464

knights@mhpc.com

 

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 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 17
offices located in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Chester, Crawley, Exeter, Leeds,
Leicester, Maidstone, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Stoke,
Teesside, Weybridge, Wilmslow and York.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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