5 Dec 2016 16:33
5 DECEMBER 2016
KIER GROUP PLC
Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities
Kier Group plc (the "Company") announces that it was informed today that, on 2 December 2016, the Trustee of the Kier Group 1999 Employee Benefit Trust acquired ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of 1,344.4 pence per share for certain directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") under the Company's deferred shares bonus arrangements. The shares were acquired in connection with the scrip dividend offered in respect of the Company's final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016, as follows:
Mr N P Brook | 247 shares |
Mr B E J Dew | 212 shares |
Mr A J Gordon-Stewart (PDMR) | 41 shares |
Mr H J Mursell | 530 shares |
Mr P J Pethica (PDMR) | 142 shares |
Mr H E E Raven (PDMR) | 159 shares |
Mr N A Turner | 293 shares |
Mr C Veritiero | 272 shares |
The following notifications are made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
For enquiries please contact:
Beth Melges
Deputy Company Secretary
Tel: +44(0)1767 640 111
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Nigel Brook | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Executive Director - Construction and Infrastructure Services | ||||
b) | Initial notification / Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of issuer | |||||
a) | Name | Kier Group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 | ||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc
GB0004915632 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements in connection with the scrip dividend offered in respect of the Company's final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
247 shares £13.444 per share
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2016-12-02 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||
a) | Name | Bev Dew | |||||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||
a) | Position / status | Group Finance Director | |||||
b) | Initial notification / Amendment | Initial notification | |||||
3 | Details of issuer | ||||||
a) | Name | Kier Group plc | |||||
b) | LEI | 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 | |||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc
GB0004915632 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements in connection with the scrip dividend offered in respect of the Company's final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016. | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
212 shares £13.444 per share
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2016-12-02 | |||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Alastair Gordon-Stewart | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Finance Director - Developments, Property and Business Services | ||||
b) | Initial notification / Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of issuer | |||||
a) | Name | Kier Group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 | ||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc
GB0004915632 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements in connection with the scrip dividend offered in respect of the Company's final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
41 shares £13.444 per share
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2016-12-02 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||
a) | Name | Haydn Mursell | |||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||
a) | Position / status | Chief Executive | |||||||
b) | Initial notification / Amendment | Initial notification | |||||||
3 | Details of issuer | ||||||||
a) | Name | Kier Group plc | |||||||
b) | LEI | 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 | |||||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc
GB0004915632 | |||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements in connection with the scrip dividend offered in respect of the Company's final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016. | |||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
530 shares £13.444 per share
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2016-12-02 | |||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||
a) | Name | Paul Pethica | |||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||
a) | Position / status | Group Commercial Director | |||||||
b) | Initial notification / Amendment | Initial notification | |||||||
3 | Details of issuer | ||||||||
a) | Name | Kier Group plc | |||||||
b) | LEI | 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 | |||||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc
GB0004915632 | |||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements in connection with the scrip dividend offered in respect of the Company's final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016. | |||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
142 shares £13.444 per share
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2016-12-02 | |||||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||
a) | Name | Hugh Raven | |||||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||
a) | Position / status | General Counsel and Company Secretary | |||||
b) | Initial notification / Amendment | Initial notification | |||||
3 | Details of issuer | ||||||
a) | Name | Kier Group plc | |||||
b) | LEI | 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 | |||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc
GB0004915632 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements in connection with the scrip dividend offered in respect of the Company's final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016. | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| |||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
159 shares £13.444 per share | |||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2016-12-02 | |||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Nigel Turner | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Executive Director - Developments, Property and Business Services | ||||
b) | Initial notification / Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of issuer | |||||
a) | Name | Kier Group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 | ||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc
GB0004915632 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements in connection with the scrip dividend offered in respect of the Company's final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
293 shares £13.444 per share
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e) | Date of the transaction | 2016-12-02 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Claudio Veritiero | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Executive Director - Group Strategy & Corporate Development Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification / Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of issuer | |||||
a) | Name | Kier Group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 | ||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary shares in Kier Group plc
GB0004915632 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Shares acquired under the deferred shares bonus arrangements in connection with the scrip dividend offered in respect of the Company's final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
272 shares £13.444 per share
| ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2016-12-02 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
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