KIER GROUP PLC — Director's Dealing 2025

Oct 22, 2025

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RNS Number : 4415E

Kier Group PLC

22 October 2025

22 October 2025

KIER GROUP PLC

Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities

Kier Group plc (the "Company") announces that:

i)          On 17 October 2025, the trustee of the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP") acquired ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") for, and allocated free matching Shares in accordance with the rules of the SIP to, certain persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs"); and

ii)          On 21 October 2025, certain PDMRs were allocated Shares, as a result of the vesting of awards made to them in October 2022 under the Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP Vesting").

Details of these transactions are set out in the table below.

	SIP		LTIP
Name	Shares acquired at £2.2050	Free matching Shares at £2.2767	Number of Shares allocated under the Vesting
Mr AOB Davies1	n/a	n/a	916,454
Mr SJ Kesterton1	n/a	n/a	640,337
Mr SJ Togwell1	n/a	n/a	279,578
Mr AW Bradshaw	68	20	136,158
Mr G Incutti	n/a	n/a	169,990
Mr LP Thomas	68	20	169,990

1 Following the LTIP Vesting, Mr Davies, Mr Kesterton and Mr Togwell will own 3,321,620, 1,983,179 and 847,961 Shares, representing 0.75%, 0.45% and 0.19% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares), respectively.

For the LTIP Vesting, the numbers of Shares shown in the table above represent the vested Shares allocated to each PDMR following deductions for income tax and national insurance contributions due on the release of the Shares. For tax purposes, the market value of a Share for the LTIP Vesting was £2.22, being the closing price of a Share on 20 October 2025. No consideration was paid for the acquisition of these Shares. The Shares acquired by Mr Davies and Mr Kesterton under the LTIP Vesting are subject to a two-year post-vesting holding period. The LTIP Vesting was subject to the satisfaction of certain performance criteria over a three-year performance period which ran from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025.

The following notifications are made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation. The Company's Legal Entity Identifier ("LEI") is 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48.

For enquiries, please contact:

Jaime Tham

Company Secretary

07801 975672

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name        

Andrew Davies

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

Allocation of shares following the vesting of awards made under the Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The awards were granted on 21 October 2022 for nil consideration.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
Nil	916,454

d)

Aggregated information

-  Aggregated volume

-  Price

916,454 shares

Nil

e)

Date and time of the transaction

2025-10-21

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name        

Simon Kesterton

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Chief Financial Officer

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

Allocation of shares following the vesting of awards made under the Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The awards were granted on 21 October 2022 for nil consideration.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
Nil	640,337

d)

Aggregated information

-  Aggregated volume

-  Price

640,337 shares

Nil

e)

Date of the transaction

2025-10-21

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name        

Stuart Togwell

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Group Managing Director - Construction

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

Allocation of shares following the vesting of awards made under the Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The awards were granted on 21 October 2022 for nil consideration.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
Nil	279,578

d)

Aggregated information

-  Aggregated volume

-  Price

279,578 shares

Nil

e)

Date of the transaction

2025-10-21

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name        

Andrew Bradshaw

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Group Managing Director - Natural Resources, Nuclear & Networks

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 of 1p in Kier Group plc

GB0004915632

b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition of ordinary shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£149.94	68 (partnership shares)
£45.53	20 (matching shares)

d)

Aggregated information

-  Aggregated volume

-  Price

88 ordinary shares

£195.47

e)

Date of the transaction

2025-10-17

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name        

Andrew Bradshaw

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Group Managing Director - Natural Resources, Nuclear & Networks

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

b)

Nature of the transaction

Allocation of shares following the vesting of awards made under the Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The awards were granted on 21 October 2022 for nil consideration.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
Nil	136,158

d)

Aggregated information

-  Aggregated volume

-  Price

136,158 shares

Nil

e)

Date and time of the transaction

2025-10-21

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name        

Giuseppe Incutti

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Group Managing Director - Transportation

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

Allocation of shares following the vesting of awards made under the Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The awards were granted on 21 October 2022 for nil consideration.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
Nil	169,990

d)

Aggregated information

-  Aggregated volume

-  Price

169,990 shares

Nil

e)

Date of the transaction

2025-10-21

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name        

Leigh Thomas

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Group Managing Director - Property

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 of 1p in Kier Group plc

GB0004915632

b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition of ordinary shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£149.94	68 (partnership shares)
£45.53	20 (matching shares)

d)

Aggregated information

-  Aggregated volume

-  Price

88 ordinary shares

£195.47

e)

Date of the transaction

2025-10-17

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name        

Leigh Thomas

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Group Managing Director - Property

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

Allocation of shares following the vesting of awards made under the Kier Group plc 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The awards were granted on 28 October 2021 for nil consideration.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
Nil	169,990

d)

Aggregated information

-  Aggregated volume

-  Price

169,990 shares

Nil

e)

Date of the transaction

2025-10-21

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

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