Last checked at 14 Feb 2022 16:15
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
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| 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
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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) |
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| 1. £1.6152 2. £3.6336 | 11,144 11,144 |
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d)
| Aggregated information |
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- Aggregated volume | N/A | ||||
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- Price | N/A | ||||
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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
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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) |
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| 1. £1.6152 2. £3.6336 | 6,686 6,686 |
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d)
| Aggregated information |
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- Aggregated volume | N/A | ||||
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- Price | N/A | ||||
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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
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Identification code | GB00BFYF6298 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of Save As You Earn Option
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c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| £1.6152
| 11,144
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d)
| Aggregated information |
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- Aggregated volume | N/A | ||||
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- Price | N/A | ||||
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e) | Date of the transaction | 11 February 2022
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f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | |||
Ends
Enquiries
Knights |
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David Beech, CEO
| Via MHP Communications |
Numis (Nomad and Broker) |
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Stuart Skinner, Kevin Cruickshank | 020 7260 1000 |
MHP Communications (Media enquiries) |
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Andrew Jaques, Katie Hunt, Rachel Mann | 020 3128 810007585 301464knights@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.