Director/PDMR Shareholding
Grainger plc announced that on December 23, 2025, Helen Gordon, the Group CEO, exercised nil-cost options under the 2020 LTIP and 2022 DBSP awards, resulting in the exercise of 203,865 ordinary shares. To cover associated tax liabilities, Gordon subsequently sold 92,066 ordinary shares at an average price of £1.81, leaving her with a total shareholding of 412,830 shares.
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Grainger announces that on 23 December 2025 it was notified of the following exercises of nil-cost options and subsequent sale of 5p ordinary shares in the Company to meet income tax and national insurance liabilities arising from the exercise of options by Helen Gordon (Group CEO). The sale of Shares took place on 23 December 2025 at an average price of £1.81.
Following these transactions, Helen's total shareholding is 412,830 and includes Shares held by Link Market Services Trustees and held pursuant to Grainger's Share Incentive Plan (SIP).
| Award | Number of vested Shares subject to exercised award (including dividend equivalent Shares) | Number of Shares sold | Number of Shares retained | ||||||
| 2020 LTIP Award | 125,794 | 56,809 | 68,985 | ||||||
| 2022 DBSP Award | 78,071 | 35,257 | 42,814 | ||||||
| 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/Executive Director | |||||||
| b) | Initial notification | Initial Notification | |||||||
| a) | Name | Grainger plc | |||||||
| b) | LEI | 2138007CEIRKZMNI2979 | |||||||
| 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 | Exercise of 2020 LTIP and 2022 DBSP Awards granted as nil-cost options. | |||||||
| d) | Price and volumes | Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 125,794 Nil 78,071 | |||||||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price Aggregate Volume Nil 203,865 | |||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 23 December 2025 | |||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||||||
| 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/ Executive Director | |||||||
| b) | Initial notification | Initial Notification | |||||||
| a) | Name | Grainger plc | |||||||
| b) | LEI | 2138007CEIRKZMNI2979 | |||||||
| 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 | Sale of ordinary shares to meet income tax and national insurance liabilities falling due on exercise of 2020 LTIP and 2022 DBSP Awards granted as nil-cost options. | |||||||
| d) | Price and volumes |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price Aggregate Volume 1.81 92,066 | |||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 23 December 2025 | |||||||
| 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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