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Issue of Share Options and Director/PDMR Dealing

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Quadrise, the supplier of MSAR® and bioMSAR™ emulsion technology and fuels, providing innovative lower cost and lower carbon alternatives to fuel oil and biofuels, announces the grant of an aggregate of 24,075,804 options to subscribe for new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company (the "Options") to directors and employees of the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Company's Unapproved Share Option Plan 2016 ("2016 Plan") and/or the Company's Enterprise Management Incentive Share Option Plan ("EMI Plan").

The 2016 Plan and EMI Plan are designed to enable the Company to recruit, retain and reward key employees of the Group - in doing so aligning their interests with those of the Company's shareholders and enabling the Group to preserve cash resources ahead of the commercialisation of the Company's technology.

Performance Options

Of the Options, a total of 13,880,000 performance share options (the "Performance Options") have been awarded to executives and employees of the Company, including awards to certain of the Company's directors and PDMRs in the amounts set out below.

The award of Performance Options follows the 3 August 2023 award of 13,500,000 share options which will lapse unvested on the first anniversary of their grant date due to their specific performance conditions not having been met. The Performance Options will vest as to 50% on the first anniversary of grant and the remaining 50% shall vest on the second anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the satisfaction of specific performance conditions prior to the vesting dates. The Performance Options issued under the EMI plan will be exercisable from vesting until the tenth anniversary of the date of grant, and those issued under the 2016 Plan will be exercisable from vesting until the eighth anniversary of the date of grant.

RecipientNumber of OptionsPlanExercise price
Jason Miles6,919,392EMI Plan2.5p
Jason Miles580,6082016 Plan2.5p
David Scott1,400,000EMI Plan2.5p
Philip Hill1,400,000EMI Plan2.5p
Non-PDMRs3,580,000EMI Plan2.5p
Total13,880,000--

Additional Options

In addition, the Company has also granted a total of a further 6,000,000 Options to Non-Executive Directors of the Company in accordance with the provisions of the 2016 Plan, in the amounts set out below (the "Additional Options").

There are no performance conditions to the vesting of the Additional Options, which will vest as to 50% on the first anniversary of grant and the remaining 50% shall vest on the second anniversary of the date of grant. The Additional Options will be exercisable from vesting until the eighth anniversary of the date of grant.

DirectorNumber of OptionsPlanExercise price
Andrew Morrison3,000,0002016 Plan2.5p
Laurie Mutch1,500,0002016 Plan2.5p
Vicky Boiten-Lee1,500,0002016 Plan2.5p
Total6,000,000--

Nominal Value Options

The Company also announces the issue a total of 4,195,804 nominal value options ("NVOs") to certain of the Company's PDMRs and employees in lieu of an element of cash remuneration for the financial year ended 30 June 2024. The NVOs have been issued in accordance with and under the EMI Plan. The NVOs will vest after 12 months from the date of grant, have no performance conditions and will be exercisable from vesting until the tenth anniversary of the date of grant. The issue of NVOs include the following awards to certain of the Company's PDMRs:

RecipientNumber of NVOsPlanExercise price
David Scott1,048,951EMI Plan1.0p
Philip Hill839,161EMI Plan1.0p
Non-PDMRs2,307,692EMI Plan1.0p
Total4,195,804--

Total share options in issue

Following the grant of Options, the Company has a total of 93,784,059 options to subscribe for new ordinary shares in the Company in issue, representing approximately 5.31% of the Company's current issued ordinary share capital.

The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.

Andrew Morrison, Chairman of Quadrise commented:

"The issue of performance options at a premium to the recent open offer price is designed to provide an appropriate incentive to achieve performance metrics and to deliver shareholder value, whilst the issue of nominal value options further strengthens alignment with shareholders whilst preserving the Company's cash resources."

1Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)Name1. Jason Miles 2. David Scott 3. David Scott 4. Philip Hill 5. Philip Hill 6. Andrew Morrison 7. Laurie Mutch 8. Vicky Boiten-Lee
2Reason for notification
a)Position/Status1. Chief Executive Officer 2. Chief Financial Officer 3. Chief Financial Officer 4. Chief Operating Officer 5. Chief Operating Officer 6. Non-Executive Chairman 7. Non-Executive Director 8. Non-Executive Director
Initial notification/amendmentInitial notifications
a)NameQuadrise plc
b)LEI213800HN2ETG5476U328
a)Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument and identification codeOrdinary shares of 1 pence each ISIN: GB00B11DDB67
b)Nature of transactionAwards of options to subscribe for new ordinary shares under the Quadrise Unapproved Share Option Plan 2016 and/or the Quadrise Enterprise Management Incentive Share Option Plan.
c)Price(s) and volume(s)Price(s) Volume(s) 1. Nil 2. Nil 3. Nil 4. Nil 5. Nil 6. Nil 7. Nil 8. Nil 1. 7,500,000 2. 1,400,000 3. 1,048,951 4. 1,400,000 5. 839,161 6. 3,000,000 7. 1,500,000 8. 1,500,000
d)Aggregated informationn/a
e)Date of transaction1 August 2024
f)Place of transactionOutside of a trading venue

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