Announcement of Option and LTIP awards
CFO and senior managers granted share options and LTIP awards under existing schemes.
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Grant of recruitment option
SigmaRoc, a leading European lime and minerals group, announces that on 16 March 2026 it had granted to Jan van Beek, Chief Financial Officer, a person discharging material responsibilities ("PDMR"), an option (the "Option") over 2,500,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company (the "Shares") under the SigmaRoc plc Share Option Plan 2023 (the "2023 Plan"), as adopted by the Company on 4 January 2024.
Key terms of the 2023 Plan are included in the 'New Option Plan' section of the Remuneration Committee Report of the Sigmaroc Annual Report 2024.
The Option was granted in accordance with terms agreed at the time of employment of Jan van Beek as Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Company on 14 February 2024, prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer on 1 January 2025.
The Option was granted under the 2023 Plan and on equivalent terms to similar options granted to other executive directors on 4 January 2024, honouring a commitment made to Jan van Beek upon his recruitment.
The exercise price of the Option is 60 pence per Share and the Option vests on 4 January 2027, in each case being the same as for options granted on 4 January 2024.
Grant of annual LTIP Awards
The Company also announces that, on 16 March 2026, the directors and senior managers of the Company set out below, each a PDMR, were granted performance awards in the form of nil-cost options over Shares under the SigmaRoc plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("Annual LTIP Awards").
The Annual LTIP Awards vest and become exercisable on 16 March 2029 subject to the relevant PDMR's continued employment and the satisfaction of certain performance conditions measured over the period 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028.
Further details of the performance conditions are set out in Appendix 1 to the Notice of AGM Circular dated 1 April 2025.
| PDMR | Shares subject to the Annual LTIP Award |
|---|---|
| David Barrett | 788,091 |
| Max Vermorken | 1,074,670 |
| Jan van Beek | 636,841 |
Information on the Company is available on its website, www.sigmaroc.com.
| a) | Name | Jan van Beek | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial Announcement | ||||
| a) | Name | SigmaRoc plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800Q3CJUERBGD1E44 | ||||
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 1 penny each in SigmaRoc plc | ||||
| Identification code | GB00BYX5K988 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the Transaction | Grant of options over Ordinary Shares with an option price of 60 pence per Ordinary Share. | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price | N/A (Single transaction) | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 16 March 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue | ||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Jan van Beek | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial Announcement | ||||
| a) | Name | SigmaRoc plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800Q3CJUERBGD1E44 | ||||
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 1 penny each in SigmaRoc plc | ||||
| Identification code | GB00BYX5K988 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the Transaction | Grant of nil-cost options over Ordinary Shares. | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 636,841 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price | N/A (Single transaction) | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 16 March 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue | ||||
| PDMR Notification Form: | ||||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | David Barrett | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Executive Chairman | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| a) | Name | SigmaRoc plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800Q3CJUERBGD1E44 | ||||
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 1 penny each | ||||
| Identification code | GB00BYX5K988 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the Transaction | Annual grant of LTIP awards | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 788,091 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price | N/A (Single transaction) | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 16 March 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue | ||||
| PDMR Notification Form: | ||||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Max Vermorken | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| a) | Name | SigmaRoc plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800Q3CJUERBGD1E44 | ||||
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 1 penny each | ||||
| Identification code | GB00BYX5K988 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the Transaction | Annual grant of LTIP awards. | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 1,074,670 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price | N/A (Single transaction) | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 16 March 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue | ||||
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