Keller Group Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding

24 March 2026

Keller Group plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Keller Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 23 March 2026 it was notified of the following transactions in the Company's Ordinary shares of 10 pence each (“Shares”) undertaken by Executive Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"):

Long Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) vesting

As a result of the vesting on 18 March 2026 of Shares under the Company’s LTIP, the following Executive Directors and PDMRs acquired Shares for nil consideration on 23 March 2026:

LTIP Deferred Bonus Awards granted on 18 March 2024 – in respect of the year ended 31 December 2023


                Number of      Number of Shares Number of Shares Net number of
Director / PDMR Shares awarded released*        sold to cover    Shares acquired
                                                tax liability

David Burke     11,912         12,789           6,032            6,757



*Includes dividend equivalents added as Shares since the date of grant.

 

LTIP Performance Share Awards granted on 15 March 2023 – for the period 2023/25

 _________________________________________________________________________
|               |Number of     |Number of|Number of Shares|Net number of  |
|Director / PDMR|Shares awarded|Shares   |sold to cover   |Shares acquired|
|               |              |released*|tax liability   |               |
|_______________|______________|_________|________________|_______________|
|David Burke    |71,533        |80,949   |38,180          |42,769         |
|_______________|______________|_________|________________|_______________|
|Peter Wyton    |38,193        |43,220   |-               |43,220         |
|_______________|______________|_________|________________|_______________|


*Includes dividend equivalents added as Shares since the date of grant.

The 2023 LTIP Performance Share Awards were measured over a three-year performance period which began on 1 January 2023 and ended on 31 December 2025, and were subject to four performance conditions. The performance conditions were fully and the awards vested as follows:

 


                      Vesting schedule and outcome3

Measures              % of award that will vest
                                                         Outcome      Vesting %
                      0%           25%    100%

25% weight
Cumulative EPS over   Below 330p   330p   400p           561.6p       25
three years1

25% weight
Keller’s TSR
performance vs FTSE   Below median Median Upper quartile Top quartile 25
250 index2 over three
years

25% weight
Average ROCE over     Below 12%    12%    18%            27.3%        25
three years1,3

25% weight
Operating profit      Below 5.5%   5.5%   6.5%           7.1%         25
margin

Total vesting                                                         100



1   EPS and ROCE are before non-underlying items on an IFRS 16 basis and EPS is calculated excluding the impact of the share buyback..

2   Excluding investment trusts and financial services.

3   Average of the three-year ROCE for 2023–25.

 

 

LTIP Conditional Share Awards granted on 15 March 2023

 

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|          |Number of Shares|Number of Shares|Number of Shares |Net number of  |
|PDMR      |awarded         |released*       |sold to cover tax|Shares acquired|
|          |                |                |liability        |               |
|__________|________________|________________|_________________|_______________|
|Deepak Raj|7,170           |8,113           |-                |8,113          |
|__________|________________|________________|_________________|_______________|


*Includes dividend equivalents added as Shares since the date of grant.

 

The Shares used to satisfy the LTIP vesting were sold at 2,023 pence each to cover tax liabilities (which includes employee social security charges) and the transaction took place through the London Stock Exchange.

 

The Notification of Dealing Form for each Executive Director and PDMR can be found below.

Enquiries:

Keller Group plc
Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Group Head of Secretariat

Tel: 020 7616 7575

 

LEI number:     549300QO4MBL43UHSN10

 

Notes to editors:

Keller is the world's largest geotechnical specialist contractor providing a wide portfolio of advanced foundation and ground improvement techniques used across the entire construction sector. With around 10,000 staff and operations across five continents, Keller tackles an unrivalled 5,500 projects every year, generating annual revenue of c.£3bn.

 

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|  |Details of persons discharging managerial responsibility (“PDMR”)          |
|1 |                                                                           |
|  |/ person closely associated (“PCA”)                                        |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|a)|Name                               |David Burke                            |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|2 |Reason for the notification                                                |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|  |                                   |                    |PCA               |
|  |                                   |PDMR                |                  |
|  |                                   |                    |(Provide name of  |
|a)|Position / status                  |(Provide job title) |job title of      |
|  |                                   |                    |relevant PDMR)    |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Chief Financial     |N/A               |
|  |                                   |Officer             |                  |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|b)|Initial notification/Amendment     |Initial notification                   |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|3 |Details of the issuer                                                      |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|a)|Name                               |Keller Group plc                       |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|  |                                   |549300QO4MBL43UHSN10                   |
|b)|LEI and classification             |                                       |
|  |                                   |2.2 Inside information                 |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|  |Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of |
|4 |instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each  |
|  |place where transactions have been conducted                               |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|  |Description of the financial       |Ordinary shares of 10p each            |
|a)|instrument                         |                                       |
|  |                                   |GB0004866223                           |
|  |Identification code                |                                       |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|b)|Indicate nature of the transaction |Acquisition|Disposal|Subscription|Other|
|__|___________________________________|___________|________|____________|_____|
|  |ii) Is the transaction linked to an|Yes                 |No                |
|  |exercise of a share award?         |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |X                   |                  |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |           |        |If yes, provide   |
|  |                                   |           |        |date at which     |
|  |iii) Was the transaction conducted |Yes        |No      |investment        |
|  |pursuant to an investment programme|           |        |programme or      |
|  |or a trading plan?                 |           |        |trading plan was  |
|  |                                   |           |        |entered into:     |
|  |                                   |___________|________|__________________|
|  |                                   |           |X       |                  |
|__|___________________________________|___________|________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Price(s)            |                  |
|  |                                   |                    |Volume(s)         |
|  |                                   |(Please state       |                  |
|c)|Price(s) and volume(s)             |currency)           |                  |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Nil                 |12,789            |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Nil                 |80,949            |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Aggregated price(s) |Aggregated volume |
|  |                                   |(Please state       |(s)               |
|d)|Aggregated information             |currency)           |                  |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Nil                 |93,738            |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Date: 18.03.2026                       |
|e)|Date of the transaction            |                                       |
|  |                                   |Time zone: GMT                         |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|f)|Place of the transaction           |Outside trading venue                  |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|


 

 

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|  |Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of |
|4 |instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each  |
|  |place where transactions have been conducted                               |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|  |Description of the financial       |Ordinary shares of 10p each            |
|a)|instrument                         |                                       |
|  |                                   |GB0004866223                           |
|  |Identification code                |                                       |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|b)|Indicate nature of the transaction |Acquisition|Disposal|Subscription|Other|
|__|___________________________________|___________|________|____________|_____|
|  |ii) Is the transaction linked to an|Yes                 |No                |
|  |exercise of a share award?         |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |X                   |                  |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |           |        |If yes, provide   |
|  |                                   |           |        |date at which     |
|  |iii) Was the transaction conducted |Yes        |No      |investment        |
|  |pursuant to an investment programme|           |        |programme or      |
|  |or a trading plan?                 |           |        |trading plan was  |
|  |                                   |           |        |entered into:     |
|  |                                   |___________|________|__________________|
|  |                                   |           |X       |                  |
|__|___________________________________|___________|________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Price(s)            |                  |
|  |                                   |                    |Volume(s)         |
|  |                                   |(Please state       |                  |
|c)|Price(s) and volume(s)             |currency)           |                  |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |£20.23              |6,032             |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |£20.23              |38,180            |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Aggregated price(s) |Aggregated volume |
|  |                                   |(Please state       |(s)               |
|d)|Aggregated information             |currency)           |                  |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |£20.23              |44,212            |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Date: 23.03.2026                       |
|e)|Date of the transaction            |                                       |
|  |                                   |Time zone: GMT                         |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|f)|Place of the transaction           |London Stock Exchange                  |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|  |Details of persons discharging managerial responsibility (“PDMR”)          |
|1 |                                                                           |
|  |/ person closely associated (“PCA”)                                        |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|a)|Name                               |Deepak Raj                             |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|2 |Reason for the notification                                                |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|  |                                   |                    |PCA               |
|  |                                   |PDMR                |                  |
|  |                                   |                    |(Provide name of  |
|a)|Position / status                  |(Provide job title) |job title of      |
|  |                                   |                    |relevant PDMR)    |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |President, APAC     |N/A               |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|b)|Initial notification/Amendment     |Initial notification                   |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|3 |Details of the issuer                                                      |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|a)|Name                               |Keller Group plc                       |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|  |                                   |549300QO4MBL43UHSN10                   |
|b)|LEI and classification             |                                       |
|  |                                   |2.2 Inside information                 |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|  |Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of |
|4 |instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each  |
|  |place where transactions have been conducted                               |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|  |Description of the financial       |Ordinary shares of 10p each            |
|a)|instrument                         |                                       |
|  |                                   |GB0004866223                           |
|  |Identification code                |                                       |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|b)|Indicate nature of the transaction |Acquisition|Disposal|Subscription|Other|
|__|___________________________________|___________|________|____________|_____|
|  |ii) Is the transaction linked to an|Yes                 |No                |
|  |exercise of a share award?         |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |X                   |                  |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |           |        |If yes, provide   |
|  |                                   |           |        |date at which     |
|  |iii) Was the transaction conducted |Yes        |No      |investment        |
|  |pursuant to an investment programme|           |        |programme or      |
|  |or a trading plan?                 |           |        |trading plan was  |
|  |                                   |           |        |entered into:     |
|  |                                   |___________|________|__________________|
|  |                                   |           |X       |                  |
|__|___________________________________|___________|________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Price(s)            |                  |
|  |                                   |                    |Volume(s)         |
|c)|Price(s) and volume(s)             |(Please state       |                  |
|  |                                   |currency)           |                  |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Nil                 |8,113             |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Aggregated price(s) |Aggregated volume |
|  |                                   |(Please state       |(s)               |
|d)|Aggregated information             |currency)           |                  |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Not applicable -    |Not applicable -  |
|  |                                   |single transaction  |single transaction|
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Date: 18.03.2026                       |
|e)|Date of the transaction            |                                       |
|  |                                   |Time zone: GMT                         |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|f)|Place of the transaction           |Outside trading venue                  |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|


 

 

 

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|  |Details of persons discharging managerial responsibility (“PDMR”)          |
|1 |                                                                           |
|  |/ person closely associated (“PCA”)                                        |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|a)|Name                               |Peter Wyton                            |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|2 |Reason for the notification                                                |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|  |                                   |                    |PCA               |
|  |                                   |PDMR                |                  |
|  |                                   |                    |(Provide name of  |
|a)|Position / status                  |(Provide job title) |job title of      |
|  |                                   |                    |relevant PDMR)    |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |President, EME      |N/A               |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|b)|Initial notification/Amendment     |Initial notification                   |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|3 |Details of the issuer                                                      |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|a)|Name                               |Keller Group plc                       |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|  |                                   |549300QO4MBL43UHSN10                   |
|b)|LEI and classification             |                                       |
|  |                                   |2.2 Inside information                 |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|  |Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of |
|4 |instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each  |
|  |place where transactions have been conducted                               |
|__|___________________________________________________________________________|
|  |Description of the financial       |Ordinary shares of 10p each            |
|a)|instrument                         |                                       |
|  |                                   |GB0004866223                           |
|  |Identification code                |                                       |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|b)|Indicate nature of the transaction |Acquisition|Disposal|Subscription|Other|
|__|___________________________________|___________|________|____________|_____|
|  |ii) Is the transaction linked to an|Yes                 |No                |
|  |exercise of a share award?         |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |X                   |                  |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |           |        |If yes, provide   |
|  |                                   |           |        |date at which     |
|  |iii) Was the transaction conducted |Yes        |No      |investment        |
|  |pursuant to an investment programme|           |        |programme or      |
|  |or a trading plan?                 |           |        |trading plan was  |
|  |                                   |           |        |entered into:     |
|  |                                   |___________|________|__________________|
|  |                                   |           |X       |                  |
|__|___________________________________|___________|________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Price(s)            |                  |
|  |                                   |                    |Volume(s)         |
|c)|Price(s) and volume(s)             |(Please state       |                  |
|  |                                   |currency)           |                  |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Nil                 |43,220            |
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Aggregated price(s) |Aggregated volume |
|  |                                   |(Please state       |(s)               |
|d)|Aggregated information             |currency)           |                  |
|  |                                   |____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Not applicable -    |Not applicable -  |
|  |                                   |single transaction  |single transaction|
|__|___________________________________|____________________|__________________|
|  |                                   |Date: 18.03.2026                       |
|e)|Date of the transaction            |                                       |
|  |                                   |Time zone: GMT                         |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|
|f)|Place of the transaction           |Outside trading venue                  |
|__|___________________________________|_______________________________________|