Grant of Options
Arcontech Group PLC announced the grant of 262,500 options over ordinary shares to employees, including key persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) such as the Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer, at an exercise price of 84.50p per share, exercisable from June 30, 2028. These options vest upon the company achieving £4 million in annual revenue by June 30, 2028, and any resulting shares must be held for two years. Following this grant, 803,000 options are outstanding, representing approximately 6.0% of the company's issued share capital.
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Arcontech (AIM: ARC), the provider of products and services for real-time financial market data processing and trading, announces that on 17 December 2025 it granted a total of 262,500 options ("Options") over ordinary shares of £0.125 in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the Company's EMI and non-EMI schemes to various employees.
Options were granted to the following persons disclosing managerial responsibility ("PDMRs"): Matthew Jeffs (Chief Executive), Ben Hodges (Chief Financial Officer), Darren Lewis (Head of Development) and Mark Maguire (Head of Customer Support).
The Options have been granted at a price of 84.50p pence per Ordinary Share, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 16 December 2025. They will be exercisable from 30 June 2028.
All Options will vest subject to the Company achieving £4 million in annual revenue by the end of the financial year 30 June 2028.
| Director/PDMR | Number of Options |
|---|---|
| Matthew Jeffs | 100,000 |
| Darren Lewis | 50,000 |
| Mark Maguire | 40,000 |
| Ben Hodges | 12,500 |
Any Ordinary Shares arising from the exercising of Options must be held for a period of two years.
Following this grant, there are a total of 803,000 options outstanding, representing approximately 6.0% of the current issued share capital of the Company.
Further detail is set out in the PDMR disclosure tables below.
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Matthew Jeffs | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| a) | Name | Arcontech Group Plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800O7PM9V79TP7523 | ||||
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.125 | ||||
| Identification code | ARC GB00BDBBJZ03 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the transactions | Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volumes · Prices | See 4(c) above | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 17 December 2025 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market transaction | ||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Darren Lewis | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Head of Development | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| a) | Name | Arcontech Group Plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800O7PM9V79TP7523 | ||||
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.125 | ||||
| Identification code | ARC GB00BDBBJZ03 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the transactions | Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volumes · Prices | See 4(c) above | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 17 December 2025 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market transaction | ||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Ben Hodges | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| a) | Name | Arcontech Group Plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800O7PM9V79TP7523 | ||||
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.125 | ||||
| Identification code | ARC GB00BDBBJZ03 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the transactions | Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volumes · Prices | See 4(c) above | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 17 December 2025 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market transaction | ||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Mark Maguire | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | |||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| a) | Name | Arcontech Group Plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800O7PM9V79TP7523 | ||||
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.125 | ||||
| Identification code | ARC GB00BDBBJZ03 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the transactions | Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volumes · Prices | See 4(c) above | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 17 December 2025 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market transaction |
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