--- title: "REG - Kier Group PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/293236907.md" description: "Kier Group PLC announced on July 20, 2026, that the trustee of its Share Incentive Plan acquired and allocated ordinary shares to four directors: James Askew, Tom Hinton, Martin Staehr, and Leigh Thomas. The transactions occurred on July 17, 2026, involving partnership and free matching shares at prices around £2.19-£2.21 per share, in compliance with UK Market Abuse Regulation." datetime: "2026-07-20T16:00:00.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/293236907.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293236907.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/293236907.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # REG - Kier Group PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding RNS Number : 0961N Kier Group PLC 20 July 2026 20 July 2026 KIER GROUP PLC Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities The Kier Group Share Incentive Plan Kier Group plc (the "Company") announces that, on 17 July 2026, the trustee of the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan") 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 Plan to, certain persons discharging managerial responsibilities as follows: Name Shares acquired at £2.20969 Free matching Shares at £2.188 James Askew 68 20 Tom Hinton 68 20 Martin Staehr 67 20 Leigh Thomas 68 20 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: Sophia Fowler Senior Assistant Company Secretary 07522 986386 Details of the issuer or emission allowance market participant Full name of the entity Kier Group plc Legal Entity Identifier code 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 Reason for the notification Position/status Group Commercial Director Initial notification/amendment Initial Notification Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated Is this a PDMR or PCA Submission Submission for PDMR Name of natural person James Askew 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 Description of Instrument Share Identification Code GB0004915632 Nature of Transaction Acquisition of ordinary shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan Price(s) and Volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) £2.20969 per share 68 (partnership shares) £2.188 per share 20 (matching shares Aggregated Information \- Aggregated volume \- Price 88 shares £194.02 Date of Transaction 2026-07-17 Place of Transaction London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) Details of the issuer or emission allowance market participant Full name of the entity Kier Group plc Legal Entity Identifier code 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 Reason for the notification Position/status Chief Finance Officer Initial notification/amendment Initial Notification Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated Is this a PDMR or PCA Submission Submission for PDMR Name of natural person Tom Hinton 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 Description of Instrument Share Identification Code GB0004915632 Nature of Transaction Acquisition of ordinary shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan Price(s) and Volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) £2.20969per share 68 (partnership shares) £2.188per share 20 (matching shares Aggregated Information \- Aggregated volume \- Price 88 shares £194.02 Date of Transaction 2026-07-17 Place of Transaction London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) Details of the issuer or emission allowance market participant Full name of the entity Kier Group plc Legal Entity Identifier code 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 Reason for the notification Position/status Group Managing Director - Construction Initial notification/amendment Initial Notification Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated Is this a PDMR or PCA Submission Submission for PDMR Name of natural person Martin Staehr 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 Description of Instrument Share Identification Code GB0004915632 Nature of Transaction Acquisition of ordinary shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan Price(s) and Volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) £2.20969 per share 67 (partnership shares) £2.188 per share 20 (matching shares Aggregated Information \- Aggregated volume \- Price 87 shares £191.80 Date of Transaction 2026-07-17 Place of Transaction London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) Details of the issuer or emission allowance market participant Full name of the entity Kier Group plc Legal Entity Identifier code 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48 Reason for the notification Position/status Group Managing Director - Property Initial notification/amendment Initial Notification Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated Is this a PDMR or PCA Submission Submission for PDMR Name of natural person Leigh Thomas 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 Description of Instrument Share Identification Code GB0004915632 Nature of Transaction Acquisition of ordinary shares under the Kier Group Share Incentive Plan Price(s) and Volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) £2.20969 per share 68 (partnership shares) £2.188 per share 20 (matching shares Aggregated Information \- Aggregated volume \- Price 88 shares £194.02 Date of Transaction 2026-07-17 Place of Transaction London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. 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