Award of RSUs and Grant of Options
Audioboom Group plc has awarded 30,000 restricted stock units (RSUs) to CEO Stuart Last and granted 30,000 share options to CFO Brad Clarke, both under the company's 2025 Employee Share Plan. These awards, which are nil cost, will vest over three years. Following these grants, the company has 1,690,521 staff equity incentive awards outstanding, representing approximately 9.3% of its issued share capital.
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Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the leading global podcast company, announces that it has awarded restricted stock units ("RSUs") in respect of new ordinary shares of no par value in the Company (“Shares”) and granted options to subscribe for Shares (“Options”) to certain of its directors as follows:
| Director | Position | RSUs awarded | Options granted | Total long-term incentive awards now held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Last | CEO | 30,000 | - | 353,984 |
| Brad Clarke | CFO | - | 30,000 | 343,334 |
The awards and grants have been made pursuant to the Audioboom Group plc 2025 Employee Share Plan which was approved by shareholders and adopted on 30 July 2025 (the “LTIP”). The RSUs and Options are nil cost and are subject to vesting in three equal tranches annually over a period of three years and may otherwise vest in certain other prescribed circumstances as provided for in the terms of the LTIP.
Following the above awards and grants, the Company has a total of 1,690,521 staff equity incentive awards in respect of Shares outstanding, which represents approximately 9.3 per cent. of the Company’s issued share capital.
The FCA notification in respect of the above awards and grants, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, are appended below.
| a) | Name | Stuart Last | |
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | |
| a) | Name | Audioboom Group plc | |
| b) | LEI | 213800QO681575J97813 | |
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Restricted stock units (RSUs) over Ordinary Shares of no par value | |
| Identification code | ISIN: JE00BJYJFG60 | ||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of RSUs over Ordinary Shares of no par value | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| £nil | 30,000 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price | N/A | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 1 September 2026 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Brad Clarke | |
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | |
| a) | Name | Audioboom Group plc | |
| b) | LEI | 213800QO681575J97813 | |
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Options to subscribe for Ordinary Shares of no par value | |
| Identification code | ISIN: JE00BJYJFG60 | ||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options to subscribe for Ordinary Shares of no par value | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| £nil | 30,000 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price | N/A | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 1 September 2026 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
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