Grant of Options & Director/PDMR Shareholdings
MS International plc announced the grant of 220,000 ordinary share options under its Company Share Option Plan, exercisable at £13.70 per share, with vesting occurring one-third annually over three years. This includes 35,000 options for Finance Director Mrs Shelley Ashcroft and 50,000 for Executive Director Mr John Meldrum. Following these grants, a total of 703,717 options are outstanding, representing approximately 4.28% of the company's issued share capital.
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Grant of Options and
Director/PDMR Shareholdings
The Company announces that on 13 April 2026, it granted options over a total of 220,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain employees exerciseable at a price of £13.70, being the share price at the time of grant (the "Options"), pursuant to the Company Share Option Plan ("CSOP"). This included a grant of 35,000 Options to Mrs Shelley Ashcroft, Finance Director, and 50,000 Options to Mr John Meldrum, Executive Director. The Options will vest as to one third on each of the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the award date. Vested options will expire if they have not been exercised after ten years from the date of grant.
Following the grants, options over 703,717 Ordinary Shares are in issue, representing approximately 4.28% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding Ordinary Shares held in treasury).
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Mrs Shelley Ashcroft |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Finance Director |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification |
| a) | Name | MS INTERNATIONAL plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800Q34ZAXQ582YL41 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Options over Ordinary Shares ISIN: GB0005957005 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of CSOP options |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 35,000 |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 13 April 2026 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market transaction |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Mr John Meldrum |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Executive Director |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification |
| a) | Name | MS INTERNATIONAL plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800Q34ZAXQ582YL41 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Options over Ordinary Shares ISIN: GB0005957005 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of CSOP options |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 50,000 |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 13 April 2026 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market transaction |
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