Grant of Options
Dotdigital Group plc has granted a total of 2,533,175 options over ordinary shares to Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs) under its Performance Share Plan 2017, with an exercise price of 0.5 pence, subject to continued employment and performance targets for the financial year ending June 2028. Additionally, 3,355,856 options were granted to other employees at an exercise price of 66.6 pence. These combined grants represent 1.91% of the company's total voting rights, bringing the total outstanding options to 13,975,907, or 4.54% of voting rights.
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Dotdigital Group Plc (AIM:DOTD), the leading SaaS provider of an all-in-one customer experience and data platform (CXDP), announces it has granted a total of 2,533,175 options over ordinary shares of 0.5 pence in the Company (the "Options") to Directors of the business and to PDMRs, whom are listed below, pursuant to the Dotdigital Performance Share Plan 2017, as set out below.
| Name | Position | Number of Options granted | Exercise Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Patel | Chief Executive Officer | 948,224 | 0.5 p |
| Tom Mullan | Chief Financial Officer | 596,026 | 0.5 p |
| George Kasparian | Company Secretary | 104,027 | 0.5 p |
The Options are exercisable subject to continued employment and hitting defined performance targets based on the Company's total shareholder return and earnings per share in the financial year ending 30 June 2028.
The Group has also granted a further 3,355,856 Options which have an exercise price of 66.6p, being the prevailing share price at the time of grant under the Company share option plan ('CSOP') to certain other non-PDMR employees of the business.
In total, these combined awards of Options represent 1.91% of the Company's total voting rights. Following this grant of Options, the total number of options outstanding in the Company is 13,975,907, representing 4.54% of the Company's total voting rights.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Milan Patel |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification |
| a) | Name | Dotdigital Group plc |
| b) | LEI | 2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each ISIN: GB00B3W40C23 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Exercise Price(s) Volume(s) 0.5p 948,224 |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A - single transaction |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 1 December 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Tom Mullan |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification |
| a) | Name | Dotdigital Group plc |
| b) | LEI | 2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each ISIN: GB00B3W40C23 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Exercise Price(s) Volume(s) 0.5p 596,026 |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A - single transaction |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 1 December 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | George Kasparian |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Company Secretary |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification |
| a) | Name | Dotdigital Group plc |
| b) | LEI | 2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each ISIN: GB00B3W40C23 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Exercise Price(s) Volume(s) 0.5p 104,027 |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A - single transaction |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 1 December 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market |
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