KNIGHTS GROUP HOLDINGS PLC

Director's Dealing • Jul 27, 2020

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RNS Number : 0901U

Knights Group Holdings PLC

27 July 2020

Knights Group Holdings plc

("Knights" or the "Company")

NOTIFICATION OF DEALING WITH GRANT OF AWARDS TO PDMR

On 24 July 2020, 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	30,667	Performance Share Award
Richard King	35,115	Performance Share Award

The award will ordinarily become exercisable (or vest as relevant) in July 2023 on the day of the release of the Company's audited results subject to the grantee's continued service and, in the case of the Performance Share Award, 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	Issue of a performance share award
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
		Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£4.2717	30,667
d)	Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume	30,667
- Price	£4.2717
e)	Date of the transaction
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 Operating 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	Issue of a performance share award
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
		Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£4.2717	35,115
d)	Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume	35,115
- Price	£4.2717
e)	Date of the transaction	24 July 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	England

These notifications are made under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation relating to certain transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them in the shares of the Company.

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Enquiries

Knights
David Beech, CEO	via MHP Communications
Numis (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Stuart Skinner, Kevin Cruickshank	+44 20 7260 1000
MHP Communications (Media enquiries)
Andrew Jaques, Katie Hunt	+44 20 3128 8100 knights@mhpc.com

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 13 offices located in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Chester, Crawley, Leeds, Leicester, Maidstone, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Stoke, Wilmslow and York.

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