Grainger plcLSE: GRI

Grainger: Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Summary by 6ix AI

Five Grainger plc directors and senior managers each bought 93 shares and received 92 free matching shares on October 8, 2026, through the company's all-employee share incentive plan.

Key details

  • The five are Helen Gordon (CEO), Rob Hudson (CFO), Michael Keaveney (Director of Land and Development), Eliza Pattinson (Director of Operations and Asset Management) and David Prescott (Deputy CFO). The 93 shares were bought at £1.62 per share, and the 92 matching shares were granted at nil cost.
  • The plan trustees, Global Shares Trustees (UK) Limited, bought a total of 5,179 shares in the market on October 8, 2026 at £1.62 per share, for a total cost of £8,365.03. These shares were allocated to employees participating in the plan, including the five directors and senior managers. The trustees also allocated a total of 4,556 matching shares.
  • Under the plan, which is approved by HMRC (the UK tax authority), employees buy Grainger ordinary shares of 5p each through deductions from their salary in each monthly pay period and receive free matching shares.
  • The transactions took place on the London Stock Exchange.

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Grainger PLC
09 October 2026
 

Grainger plc

("Grainger" or the "Company")

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

In accordance with DTR 3, the Company was notified on 08 October 2026 that the following transactions, which relate to Grainger’s Directors and PDMRS, took place in relation to the Company’s share incentive plan (SIP) on 08 October 2026.

The SIP is an all-employee trust arrangement approved by HMRC, under which employees are able to buy ordinary shares of 5p each in Grainger, using deductions from their salary in each monthly pay period (partnership shares), and receive allocations of matching free ordinary shares (matching shares).

The SIP Trustees (Global Shares Trustees (UK) Limited) acquired a total of 5,179 partnership shares on 08 October 2026 at a price of £1.62 per ordinary share and total cost of £8,365.03.  The partnership shares were acquired by purchase in the market and allocated to employees participating in the SIP, including the Directors and PDMRs detailed below.

On 08 October 2026, the SIP Trustees also allocated a total of 4,556 matching shares.  The number of matching shares granted by the SIP Trustees to the Directors and PDMRs at nil cost is also set out in the table below.

Director/PDMR details

Number of partnership shares

Number of matching shares

Helen Gordon, CEO

93

92 

Rob Hudson, CFO

93

92

Michael Keaveney, Director of Land and Development

93

92

Eliza Pattinson, Director of Operations and Asset Management

93

92

David Prescott, Deputy CFO

93

92

The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

 1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 

a)

Name 

Helen Gordon  

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive Officer/Director

b)

Initial notification

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 

a)

Name

Grainger plc

b)

LEI

2138007CEIRKZMNI2979

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 of 5p each in Grainger plc

b)

Identification code 

GB00B04V1276

c)

Nature of the transaction 

Purchase and allocation of partnership and matching shares (no consideration), respectively, under the Grainger plc Share Incentive Plan  

d)

Price and volumes

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£1.62

93

Nil

92

d)

Aggregated information 

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Price

Aggregate Volume

£0.814

185

e)

Date of the transaction 

 08 October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

 London Stock Exchange

 1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 

a)

Names 

Robert Hudson

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Financial Officer/Director

b)

Initial notification

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 

a)

Name

Grainger plc

b)

LEI

2138007CEIRKZMNI2979

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 of 5p each in Grainger plc

b)

Identification code 

GB00B04V1276

c)

Nature of the transaction 

Purchase and allocation of partnership and matching shares (no consideration), respectively, under the Grainger plc Share Incentive Plan.

d)

Price and volumes

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£1.62

93

Nil

92

d)

Aggregated information 

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Price

Aggregate Volume

£0.814 

185

e)

Date of the transaction 

 08 October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

 London Stock Exchange

 1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 

a)

Names 

Michael Keaveney

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Director of Land and Development /PDMR

b)

Initial notification

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 

a)

Name

Grainger plc

b)

LEI

2138007CEIRKZMNI2979

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 of 5p each in Grainger plc

b)

Identification code 

GB00B04V1276

c)

Nature of the transaction 

Purchase and allocation of partnership and matching shares (no consideration), respectively, under the Grainger plc Share Incentive Plan.

d)

Price and volumes

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£1.62

93

Nil

92

d)

Aggregated information 

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Price

Aggregate Volume

£0.814

185

e)

Date of the transaction 

 08 October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

 London Stock Exchange

 1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 

a)

Names 

Eliza Pattinson

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Director of Operations and Asset Management/PDMR

b)

Initial notification

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 

a)

Name

Grainger plc

b)

LEI

2138007CEIRKZMNI2979

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 of 5p each in Grainger plc

b)

Identification code 

GB00B04V1276

c)

Nature of the transaction 

Purchase and allocation of partnership and matching shares (no consideration), respectively, under the Grainger plc Share Incentive Plan.

d)

Price and volumes

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£1.62

93

Nil

92

d)

Aggregated information 

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Price

Aggregate Volume

£0.814

185

e)

Date of the transaction 

 08 October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

 London Stock Exchange

 1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 

a)

Names 

David Prescott

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Deputy Chief Financial Officer/PDMR

b)

Initial notification

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 

a)

Name

Grainger plc

b)

LEI

2138007CEIRKZMNI2979

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 of 5p each in Grainger plc

b)

Identification code 

GB00B04V1276

c)

Nature of the transaction 

Purchase and allocation of partnership and matching shares (no consideration), respectively, under the Grainger plc Share Incentive Plan.

d)

Price and volumes

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£1.62

93

Nil

92

d)

Aggregated information 

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Price

Aggregate Volume

£0.814

185

e)

Date of the transaction 

 08 October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

 London Stock Exchange

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification: Sapna B FitzGerald, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

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