Director/PDMR Shareholding
Grainger plc announced that on January 2, 2026, the Share Incentive Plan (SIP) trustees acquired 5,280 partnership shares at £1.81 each, costing £9,583.67, and allocated 4,642 matching shares at no cost. Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) received allocations of partnership and matching shares, including 83 partnership and 83 matching shares for the CEO, Helen Gordon, and CFO, Rob Hudson, with other directors receiving 82 of each. These transactions occurred on the London Stock Exchange as part of the company's employee share incentive plan.
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In accordance with DTR 3, the Company was notified on 2 January 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 2 January 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 (Link Market Services Trustees Ltd) acquired a total of 5,280 partnership shares on 2 January 2026 at a price of £1.81 per ordinary share and total cost of £9,583.67. 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 2 January 2026, the SIP Trustees also allocated a total of 4,642 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 | 83 | 83 | ||||
| Rob Hudson, CFO | 83 | 83 | ||||
| Michael Keaveney, Director of Land and Development | 82 | 82 | ||||
| Eliza Pattinson, Director of Operations and Asset Management | 82 | 82 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | Purchase and allocation of partnership and matching shares (no consideration), respectively, under the Grainger plc Share Incentive Plan | ||||
| d) | Price and volumes |
Nil 83 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price Aggregate Volume £0.905 166 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2 January 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 | ||||
| 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 | Purchase and allocation of partnership and matching shares (no consideration), respectively, under the Grainger plc Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
| d) | Price and volumes |
Nil 83 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price Aggregate Volume £0.905 166 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2 January 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 | ||||
| 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 | Purchase and allocation of partnership and matching shares (no consideration), respectively, under the Grainger plc Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
| d) | Price and volumes |
Nil 82 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price Aggregate Volume £0.905 164 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2 January 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 | ||||
| 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 | Purchase and allocation of partnership and matching shares (no consideration), respectively, under the Grainger plc Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
| d) | Price and volumes |
Nil 82 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price Aggregate Volume £0.905 164 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2 January 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange |
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