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Vesting of LTIP Awards and Total Voting Rights

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Craneware plc announced that on November 18, 2025, conditional awards from its Long Term Incentive Plan vested for three Directors and the Chief Legal Officer, with net shares received after tax liabilities totaling 10,241 for Keith Neilson, 7,612 for Craig Preston, 5,232 for Isabel Urquhart, and 7,755 for Eric Carter, all subject to a two-year holding period. Following these transactions, the company's total voting rights are 35,508,820 ordinary shares, reflecting the issuance of 76,953 shares from treasury to satisfy awards and option exercises.

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20 November 2025 - The Board of Craneware (AIM: CRW.L), a leader in healthcare financial performance solutions, announces that on 18 November 2025, under the terms of the Craneware plc Long Term Incentive Plan (2022) ("LTIP"), conditional awards of ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Shares") which were granted to three Directors of the Company and to the Company's Chief Legal Officer, who is also a person discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMR'), vested to the extent that certain performance conditions were satisfied.

Director / other PDMRGross number of Shares from conditional share awards vested on 18 November 2025Number of shares withheld to satisfy tax liabilities on vesting of conditional share awardsNet number of Shares received from conditional share awards vested on 18 November 2025Percentage of issued share capital* of the Company
Keith Neilson (CEO)24,269(14,028)10,2410.029%
Craig Preston (CFO)18,039(10,427)7,6120.021%
Isabel Urquhart (CPO)12,400(7,168)5,2320.015%
Eric Carter (CLO)10,581(2,826)7,7550.022%

*excluding 33,349 Ordinary Shares held in treasury.

The net amount of Shares received by three of the Directors and the Chief Legal Officer, as shown in the table above, from the vested LTIP awards was after payment of the associated tax liabilities.

No consideration was payable by each of the three Directors or by the other PDMR to receive the Shares from these LTIP awards.

The net number of Shares from these vested LTIP awards received by each of the three Directors and the other PDMR are subject to a two year post-vesting holding period.

Following this transaction, Keith Neilson holds 3,185,843 Shares which is 8.97% of the issued share capital* of the Company, Craig Preston holds 100,842 Shares which is 0.284% of the issued share capital* of the Company, Isabel Urquhart holds 18,111 Shares which is 0.051% of the issued share capital* of the Company and Eric Carter holds 28,420 Shares which is 0.080% of the issued share capital* of the Company.

Total Voting Rights

Following the vesting of these conditional share awards and also the vesting of conditional share awards for certain other employees on 18 November 2025 and the earlier exercise of share options by employees, in the period since 22 October 2025 the Company is transferring or has transferred a total of 76,953 Ordinary Shares previously held in treasury to satisfy the transactions. As a result, the Company's issued share capital now consists of 35,542,169 Ordinary Shares, of which 33,349 remain held in treasury. Accordingly, the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights is 35,508,820. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

PDMR notification: Keith Neilson

  • Details of the Restricted Person / person closely associated with him or her
  • Name Keith Neilson
  • Reason for the notification
  • Position / status CEO
  • Initial notification / Amendment Initial notification
  • Name Craneware plc
  • LEI 213800O2CTJ1YFXNXG05
  • Description of the financial instrument, type of

instrument Ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of Craneware plc

  • Identification code ISIN GB00B2425G68
  • Nature of the transaction 1) Vesting of conditional share award under the Craneware plc Long Term Incentive Plan (2022)
  • Surrender of Ordinary Shares to satisfy tax liabilities on vesting of conditional share award
  • Price(s) and volume(s) 1) Volume(s) released from vested award 24,269, Price(s) £0
  • Volumes(s) surrendered 14,028, Price(s) £20.45
  • Aggregated information:
  • Aggregated volume 1) 24,269
  • 14,028
  • Price(s) 1) £0
  • £20.45
  • Date of the transaction 2025-11-18
  • Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue

PDMR notification: Craig Preston

  • Details of the Restricted Person / person closely associated with him or her
  • Name Craig Preston
  • Reason for the notification
  • Position / status CFO
  • Initial notification / Amendment Initial notification
  • Name Craneware plc
  • LEI 213800O2CTJ1YFXNXG05
  • Description of the financial instrument, type of

instrument Ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of Craneware plc

  • Identification code ISIN GB00B2425G68
  • Nature of the transaction 1) Vesting of conditional share award under the Craneware plc

Long Term Incentive Plan (2022)

  • Surrender of Ordinary Shares to satisfy tax liabilities on vesting of conditional share award
  • Price(s) and volume(s) 1) Volume(s) released from vested award 18,039, Price(s) £0
  • Volumes(s) surrendered 10,427, Price(s) £20.45
  • Aggregated information:
  • Aggregated volume 1) 18,039
  • 10,427
  • Price(s) 1) £0
  • £20.45
  • Date of the transaction 2025-11-18
  • Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue

PDMR notification: Isabel Urquhart

  • Details of the Restricted Person / person closely associated with him or her
  • Name Isabel Urquhart
  • Reason for the notification
  • Position / status Chief People Officer
  • Initial notification / Amendment Initial notification
  • Name Craneware plc
  • LEI 213800O2CTJ1YFXNXG05
  • Description of the financial instrument, type of

instrument Ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of Craneware plc

  • Identification code ISIN GB00B2425G68
  • Nature of the transaction 1) Vesting of conditional share award under the Craneware plc

Long Term Incentive Plan (2022)

  • Surrender of Ordinary Shares to satisfy tax liabilities on vesting of conditional share award
  • Price(s) and volume(s) 1) Volume(s) released from vested award 12,400, Price(s) £0
  • Volumes(s) surrendered 7,168, Price(s) £20.45
  • Aggregated information:
  • Aggregated volume 1) 12,400
  • 7,168
  • Price(s) 1) £0
  • £20.45
  • Date of the transaction 2025-11-18
  • Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue

PDMR notification: Eric Carter

  • Details of the Restricted Person / person closely associated with him or her
  • Name Eric Carter
  • Reason for the notification
  • Position / status Chief Legal Officer
  • Initial notification / Amendment Initial notification
  • Name Craneware plc
  • LEI 213800O2CTJ1YFXNXG05
  • Description of the financial instrument, type of

instrument Ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of Craneware plc

  • Identification code ISIN GB00B2425G68
  • Nature of the transaction 1) Vesting of conditional share award under the Craneware plc

Long Term Incentive Plan (2022)

  • Surrender of Ordinary Shares to satisfy tax liabilities on vesting of conditional share award
  • Price(s) and volume(s) 1) Volume(s) released from vested award 10,581, Price(s) £0
  • Volumes(s) surrendered 2,826, Price(s) £20.45
  • Aggregated information:
  • Aggregated volume 1) 10,581
  • 2,826
  • Price(s) 1) £0
  • £20.45
  • Date of the transaction 2025-11-18
  • Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue

Learn more at www.thecranewaregroup.com

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