Issue of share options and PDMR dealing
Science Group plc announced on May 27, 2026, the award of options over 249,000 ordinary shares to 25 employees under its Performance Share Plan, with vesting contingent on meeting Earnings per Share growth targets for 2026-2028. Additionally, key personnel, including Daniel Edwards (Group Managing Director), Sarah Cole (Group Legal Counsel & Company Secretary), and Jon Brett (Group Finance Director), were granted share options. Daniel Edwards received options for 50,000 shares at 1p each, Sarah Cole for 20,000 shares at 1p each, and Jon Brett for 20,000 EEI share options at 1p each, all granted on May 26, 2026, outside of a trading venue.
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Science Group plc (AIM:SAG) announces that on 27 May 2026 the Company awarded options over 249,000 ordinary shares in its share capital to 25 employees of the group under the Company's Performance Share Plan as part of the Company's annual option grant ("Options").
The Options will vest after three years from the date of issue and are exercisable at the nominal value of 1 pence per ordinary share for a period of seven years from vesting, provided that certain Earnings per Share growth targets have been met in each of the three financial years 2026-2028.
Details of Director and other PDMR option awards are included in the disclosure notices below. Save for the below, the Directors' beneficial interests in the share capital of the Company remain unchanged and as previously announced.
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
| a) | Name: Daniel Edwards |
| 2. | Reason for the notification |
| a) | Position/status: Group Managing Director |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: Initial notification |
| a) | Name: Science Group plc |
| b) | LEI: 2138009OJQT79BDB3E93 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Ordinary shares of 1p each. Identification code: GB00B39GTJ17 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction: Grant of share options |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 50,000 |
| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: 50,000 · Price: £500 |
| e) | Date of the transaction: 2026-05-26 |
| f) | Place of the transaction: Outside of a trading venue |
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
| a) | Name: Sarah Cole |
| 2. | Reason for the notification |
| a) | Position/status: Group Legal Counsel & Company Secretary |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: Initial notification |
| a) | Name: Science Group plc |
| b) | LEI: 2138009OJQT79BDB3E93 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Ordinary shares of 1p each. Identification code: GB00B39GTJ17 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction: Grant of share options |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 20,000 |
| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: 20,000 · Price: £200 |
| e) | Date of the transaction: 2026-05-26 |
| f) | Place of the transaction: Outside of a trading venue |
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
| a) | Name: Jon Brett |
| 2. | Reason for the notification |
| a) | Position/status: Group Finance Director |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: Initial notification |
| a) | Name: Science Group plc |
| b) | LEI: 2138009OJQT79BDB3E93 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Ordinary shares of 1p each. Identification code: GB00B39GTJ17 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction: Grant of EEI share options |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 20,000 |
| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: 20,000 · Price: £200 |
| e) | Date of the transaction: 2026-05-26 |
| f) | Place of the transaction: Outside of a trading venue |
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