Purchase of Shares & PDMR Shareholding
CEO's pension trust purchased 2.77m shares at 2.15p, taking CEO's total holding to 12% of issued capital.
- Shares purchased by Freelands Pension Trust 2,773,130
- Purchase price per share 2.15p
- Percentage of issued share capital purchased 0.7%
- CEO's total beneficial holding after purchase 44,689,796 shares
- CEO's total shareholding percentage 12%
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The Board of Kelso, the main market listed acquisition vehicle, announces it was notified on 15 May 2025 by The Freelands Pension Trust ("Freelands") that is had purchased 2,773,130 ordinary shares in Kelso at a price of 2.15p, equal to 0.7% of the issued share capital of Kelso. Prior to this trade Freelands held no shares in Kelso.
The sole underlying beneficiary of Freelands is John Goold, CEO of Kelso. Combined with John Goold's existing shareholding of 41,916,666 shares, this takes his total beneficial holding to 44,689,796 shares, being 12% of the issued share capital of Kelso.
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| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer (PDMR) |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification |
| a) | Name | Kelso Group Holdings plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800K4RRUZLUE5GC02 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification Code | Ordinary Shares of 1p each ISIN: GB00BK1VJS23 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of ordinary shares of 1p each |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price: 2.15p Volume: 2,733,130 |
| d) | Aggregated information | Price: 2.15p Volume: 2,733,130 |
| e) | Date of transaction | 15 May 2025 |
| f) | Place of transaction | London Stock Exchange |
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