Grant of Options and Director/PDMR dealing
Gattaca plc announced conditional share awards under its Long Term Incentive Plan to its Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Wragg, for 270,000 shares, and to its Chief Financial Officer, Oliver Whittaker, for 206,000 shares, both vesting on the third anniversary subject to EPS and TSR targets. Additionally, both executives sold 20,000 ordinary shares each on December 16, 2025, at 96 pence per share, to satisfy tax liabilities arising from option exercises on December 10, 2025.
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Gattaca, the specialist staffing solutions business, announces the following conditional share awards over ordinary shares in Gattaca were granted to the Company's PDMRs under the Matchtech Group Plc 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"):
| Executive Directors | Title | Number of Shares |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Wragg | Chief Executive Officer | 270,000 |
| Oliver Whittaker | Chief Financial Officer | 206,000 |
The LTIP award is a conditional grant of shares, which vest and become exercisable at nil-cost on the third anniversary of the Grant Date, subject to the individual's continued employment with the Group. Vesting of the LTIP awards are subject to the achievement of earnings per share targets (the "EPS Targets") over the year ended 31 July 2028 and total shareholder performance (the "TSR Targets") over the three-year period to 31 July 2028; with 25% of the maximum award vesting for threshold performance in both cases.
For Executive Directors, 50% of the award is subject to the achievement of EPS Targets and 35% is subject to the achievement of TSR Targets, with the balance being subject to the rate of all staff attrition and gender diversity amongst leadership and management.
Further, Matthew Wragg and Oliver Whittaker, on 16 December 2025, each sold 20,000 Ordinary Shares to assist satisfying tax liabilities resulting from the exercise options on 16 December 2025.
The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details of the transaction on 10 December 2025.
| a) | Name | Gattaca plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1 penny each |
| Identification code | GB00B1FMDQ43 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | 1 Issue of share awards under LTIP 2 Sale of Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | 1 Issue of share awards under LTIP |
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | |
| 1 pence | 270,000 | |
| 2. Sale of Ordinary Shares | ||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | |
| 96 pence | 20,000 | |
| d) | Aggregated information | |
| - Aggregated volume - Price | 1. Issue of share awards under LTIP Price Volume £2,700 270,000 2. Sale of Ordinary Shares Price Volume £19,200 20,000 | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 1. Issue of share awards under LTIP 10 December 2025 2. Sale of Ordinary Shares 16 December 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Oliver Whittaker |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | CFO |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification |
| a) | Name | Gattaca plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1 penny each |
| Identification code | GB00B1FMDQ43 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | 3 Issue of share awards under LTIP 4 Sale of Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | 2 Issue of share awards under LTIP |
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | |
| 1 pence | 206,000 | |
| 3. Sale of Ordinary Shares | ||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | |
| 96 pence | 20,000 | |
| d) | Aggregated information | |
| - Aggregated volume - Price | 1. Issue of share awards under LTIP Price Volume £2,060 206,000 2. Sale of Ordinary Shares Price Volume £19,200 20,000 | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 3. Issue of share awards under LTIP 10 December 2025 4. Sale of Ordinary Shares 16 December 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange |
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