Block Listing Cancellation and Interim Review
NIOX Group plc has announced the cancellation of block listings for several share schemes, including the Circassia 2016 Performance Share Plan, NIOX 2023 Deferred Share Bonus Plan, and Circassia 2020 Save As You Earn Scheme, totaling 938,521 ordinary shares, as all outstanding options have been exercised or lapsed. The company also provided an interim block listing return for its active schemes, showing a total of 4,432,457 unallotted securities remaining across various plans as of September 30, 2026, with no increases to these block schemes during the reporting period.
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Oxford, UK – 22 October 2026: NIOX Group plc (AIM: NIOX) makes the following notification pursuant to Schedule Six of the AIM Rules for Companies regarding its existing block listing arrangements.
It also announces that applications have been made for certain of its share schemes and the relevant block listings to be cancelled, as set out below.
Active block listings
An interim block listing return is set out below.
| Name of the company: | NIOX Group plc | |||
| Name of relevant scheme: | 1. Circassia 2017 Performance Share Plan Scheme 2. NIOX 2020 Performance Share Plan Scheme 3. NIOX 2022 Performance Share Plan Scheme 4. NIOX 2024 Save As You Earn Scheme (UK) 5. NIOX 2023 Save As You Earn Scheme (UK) 6. NIOX 2023 Performance Share Plan Scheme | |||
| Period of return: | From: | 1 April 2026 | To: | 30 September 2026 |
| Balance of unallotted securities under scheme(s) from previous return: | 1. 112,115 2. 657,815 3. 1,295,096 4. 97,610 5. 142,363 6. 4,919,318 Total 7,224,317 | |||
| Plus: The amount by which the block scheme(s) has been increased since the date of the last return (if any increase has been applied for): | 1. - 2. - 3. - 4. - 5. - 6. - | |||
| Less: Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period: | 1. - 2. 122,000 3. 205,704 4. - 5. - 6. 2,464,156 | |||
| Equals: Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period: | 1. 112,115 2. 535,815 3. 1,089,392 4. 97,610 5. 142,363 6. 2,455,162 Total 4,432,457 | |||
| Number and class of securities originally listed and the date of admission: | 1. 980,000 – 22 May 2020 1. 250,000 – 11 October 2021 2. 5,009,135 – 2 August 2023 3. 6,862,848 – 16 April 2025 4. 115,340 – 2 December 2025 5. 165,413 – 21 January 2026 6. 4,919,318 – 20 March 2026 | |||
| Name of contact: | Rebecca Clayton-Wherity | |||
| Telephone number of contact: | +44 3303 309 356 |
Cancelled block listings
At 30 September 2026 NIOX had 938,521 ordinary shares of £0.0008 each, which were block listed in relation to share schemes where all outstanding options have now been exercised, or have lapsed, and the scheme has closed. These plans are: Circassia 2016 Performance Share Plan Scheme; NIOX 2023 Deferred Share Bonus Plan, and; Circassia 2020 Save As You Earn Scheme (UK) (numbered 1 to 3 below). As a result, application has been made for the block listings associated with these schemes to be cancelled.
The Company has made no allotments under these plans since the last block listing return was released on 31 March 2026.
A final block listing return is set out below in relation to the cancelled share schemes.
Please note, this is the final return for these block listings. No further shares will be allotted pursuant to this block listing.
| Name of the company: | NIOX Group plc | |||
| Name of relevant scheme: | Circassia 2016 Performance Share Plan Scheme NIOX 2023 Deferred Share Bonus plan Circassia 2020 Save As You Earn Scheme (UK) | |||
| Period of return: | From: | 1 April 2026 | To: | 30 September 2026 |
| Balance of unallotted securities under scheme(s) from previous return: | 499,514 129,374 309,633 Total 938,521 | |||
| Plus: The amount by which the block scheme(s) has been increased since the date of the last return (if any increase has been applied for): | 1. to 3. inclusive: Nil | |||
| Less: Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period: | 1. to 3. inclusive: Nil | |||
| Equals: Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period: | 499,514 129,374 309,633 Total 938,521 | |||
| Number and class of securities originally listed and the date of admission: | 930,000 – 1 July 2019 1,470,000 – 28 May 2024 1,141,658 – 8 April 2021 |
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