22nd Oct 2025 15:17
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) |
| ||||
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) |
| ||||
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) |
| ||||
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) |
| ||||||
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) |
| ||||
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) |
| ||||
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) |
| ||||||
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) |
| ||||
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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