PDMR/PCA Shareholding
AB Dynamics plc has announced that Tony Best, Special Advisor to the Board, and his wife Naemi Best, a person closely associated with him, have gifted a total of 2,695,602 ordinary shares to newly established trusts for personal tax planning purposes. Mr. Best gifted 2,094,328 shares, and Mrs. Best gifted 601,274 shares, with both transactions occurring on November 20, 2025, outside of a trading platform and at no cost. Following these gifts, Mr. Best and associated persons retain an interest in 2,695,605 ordinary shares, representing approximately 11.74% of the company's issued share capital.
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AB Dynamics plc, the designer, manufacturer and supplier of advanced testing, simulation and measurement products to the global transport market, announces that it has been notified of certain transactions in the Company's ordinary shares of 1 penny each ("Ordinary Shares") that Mr Tony Best, Special Advisor to the Board and Mrs Naemi Best, a person closely associated with Mr Best, have each made for the purposes of personal tax planning.
Mr Best gifted 2,094,328 Ordinary Shares equally between two newly established trusts; the Best Family Beneficiary Protection Trust 2025 (HLC) and the Best Family Beneficiary Protection Trust 2025 (CAB) (together, the "Trusts"). Mrs Best gifted 601,274 Ordinary Shares equally between the Trusts. Mr and Mrs Best are named trustees of the Trusts, which were established for the benefit of Mr and Mrs Best's adult children and remoter issue.
Following these transactions, Mr Best and persons closely associated with him, retain an interest in 2,695,605 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 11.74% of the Company's current issued share capital. The trustees of each of the Best Family Beneficiary Protection Trust 2025 (HLC) and the Best Family Beneficiary Protection Trust 2025 (CAB) have an interest in 1,347,801 Ordinary Shares, each representing approximately 5.87% of the Company's current issued share capital.
| 1 | Details of the relevant person / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Mr Tony Best |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Special Advisor to the Board (PDMR) |
| b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification |
| 3 | Details of the issuer | |
| a) | Name | AB Dynamics plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800OFXZP4A7I47K43 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares |
| Identification code | GB00B9GQVG73 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Gift of Ordinary Shares to the Trustees of the Best Family Beneficiary Protection Trust 2025 (HLC) 2. Gift of Ordinary Shares to the Trustees of the Best Family Beneficiary Protection Trust 2025 (CAB) |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) 1. 2. Nil Nil 1,047,164 1,047,164 |
| d) | Aggregated information | |
| - Aggregated volume | Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 2,094,328 | |
| - Price | ||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 20 November 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading platform |
| 1 | Details of the relevant person / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Mrs Naemi Best |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Person closely associated (PCA) with Mr Tony Best |
| b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification |
| 3 | Details of the issuer | |
| a) | Name | AB Dynamics plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800OFXZP4A7I47K43 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares |
| Identification code | GB00B9GQVG73 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | 1. Gift of Ordinary Shares to the Trustees of the Best Family Beneficiary Protection Trust 2025 (HLC) 2. Gift of Ordinary Shares to the Trustees of the Best Family Beneficiary Protection Trust 2025 (CAB) |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) 1. 2. Nil Nil 300,637 300,637 |
| d) | Aggregated information | |
| - Aggregated volume | Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 601,274 | |
| - Price | ||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 20 November 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading platform |
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