PDMR Dealing and Total Voting Rights
Diales Group Plc announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Mark Wheeler, and Chief Financial Officer, Charlotte Parsons, received an aggregate of 283,609 ordinary shares from treasury as settlement for 80% of their 2025 annual bonus award. Following a net settlement arrangement to cover tax liabilities, Mr. Wheeler received 189,387 shares, increasing his holding to 764,655 shares representing 1.45% of voting rights, while Ms. Parsons received 94,222 shares, bringing her total to 94,222 shares representing 0.18% of voting rights. The total number of ordinary shares carrying voting rights in the company is now 52,572,894.
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PDMR Dealing
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Total Voting Rights
Diales Group Plc (AIM: DIAL), the leading global professional services consultancy to the construction and engineering industries, providing multi-disciplinary consultancy services including expert witness, claims and dispute resolution services, announces that, as settlement of 80% of their 2025 annual bonus award, Mark Wheeler, Chief Executive Officer, and Charlotte Parsons, Chief Financial Officer, will be transferred, in aggregate, 283,609 ordinary shares of 0.4 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") from treasury (the "Share Transfer").
In order to satisfy the tax liability due under the Share Transfer, the Company has implemented a net settlement arrangement. As such, 167,946 Ordinary Shares and 83,556 Ordinary Shares, respectively, were withheld from transfer to Mark Wheeler and Charlotte Parsons, the value of which will be paid by the Company to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs by the Company on their behalf (the "Tax Liability").
Following the Share Transfer and net settlement of the Tax Liability, Mark Wheeler has been transferred 189,387 Ordinary Shares and Charlotte Parsons has been transferred 94,222 Ordinary Shares.
Directors Holdings
Following the Share Transfer, the Director's interests in the Ordinary Shares are as follows:
| Name | Position | Shareholding prior to the Share Transfer | Ordinary Shares transferred (net of Tax Liability) | Shareholding after the Share Transfer | % of Voting Rights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Wheeler | Chief Executive Officer | 575,268 | 189,387 | 764,655 | 1.45% |
| Charlotte Parsons | Chief Financial Officer | - | 94,222 | 94,222 | 0.18% |
Total voting rights
Following the Share Transfer, the issued share capital of the Company consists of 53,962,868 Ordinary Shares of which 1,389,974 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting rights in the Company is 52,572,894. This figure of 52,572,894 may be used by the Company's shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The information below, set out in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail on the Share Transfer.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Mark Wheeler |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification |
| a) | Name | Diales Group Plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800FN83KF8AF4Y572 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 0.4 pence each |
| Identification code | GB00B0L9C092 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Share Transfer of Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | |
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | |
| 18 pence | 189,387 | |
| d) | Aggregated information | |
| N/A - Single transaction | ||
| - Aggregated volume | ||
| - Price | ||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 8 December 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off-market |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Charlotte Parsons |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification |
| a) | Name | Diales Group Plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800FN83KF8AF4Y572 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 0.4 pence each |
| Identification code | GB00B0L9C092 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Share Transfer of Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | |
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | |
| 18 pence | 94,222 | |
| d) | Aggregated information | |
| N/A - Single transaction | ||
| - Aggregated volume | ||
| - Price | ||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 8 December 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market |
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