Director/PDMR Shareholding
SSP Group plc announced that on December 24, 2025, persons discharging managerial responsibility were granted awards under the Deferred Share Bonus Plan to acquire ordinary shares. These awards, determined by a closing price of £2.055 per share, represent a deferral of part of their financial year 2025 bonuses and are subject to a three-year holding period, releasing on October 1, 2028. Specifically, Patrick Coveney received an award for 30,181 shares, Geert Verellen for 15,291 shares, and Jonathan Davies for 15,869 shares, all granted at a price of £0.
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The Company announces that, on 24 December 2025, the persons set out in the tables below, each being a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (a "PDMR"), were each granted an award under the Company's Deferred Share Bonus Plan (the "DSBP") (an "Award") to acquire ordinary shares of 117/200 pence each in the capital of the Company (the "Shares").
The number of Shares subject to each Award has been determined by reference to the closing price of the Company's Shares on the dealing day before the Awards were granted, being £2.055 per Share.
The Awards have been granted in connection with the deferral of part of each PDMR's bonus for the financial year ended 30 September 2025. The amount of deferral reflects the extent to which the executive director has met their minimum shareholding requirement as at 30 September 2025. The Shares are subject to a three-year holding period from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2028 and will be released on 1 October 2028.
The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the UK version of the EU Market Abuse Regulation which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
| a) | Full name of the entity | SSP Group plc |
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier Code | 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 1 17/200 pence |
| b) | Identification Code | GB00BGBN7C04 |
| c) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of an Award to acquire Shares under the Company's Deferred Share Bonus Plan (representing a deferral of 33% of his bonus for the 2025 financial year) |
| d) | Currency | GBP - British Pound |
| e) | Price(s) and Volume(s) | Price(s) per share Volume(s) £0 30,181 |
| f) | Aggregated Information - Price - Volume - Total Price | Price Volume Total £0 30,181 £0 |
| g) | Date of transaction | 24 December 2025 |
| h) | Place of transaction | Outside of trading venue |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibility | |
| a) | Name | Geert Verellen |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Group CFO |
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification |
| a) | Full name of the entity | SSP Group plc |
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier Code | 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 1 17/200 pence |
| b) | Identification Code | GB00BGBN7C04 |
| c) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of an Award to acquire Shares under the Company's Deferred Share Bonus Plan (representing a deferral of 50% of his bonus for the 2025 financial year, pro-rated from the commencement of his employment on 7 April 2025) |
| d) | Currency | GBP - British Pound |
| e) | Price(s) and Volume(s) | Price(s) per share Volume(s) £0 15,291 |
| f) | Aggregated Information - Price - Volume - Total Price | Price Volume Total £0 15,291 £0 |
| g) | Date of transaction | 24 December 2025 |
| h) | Place of transaction | Outside of trading venue |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibility | |
| a) | Name | Jonathan Davies |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Deputy Group CEO |
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification |
| a) | Full name of the entity | SSP Group plc |
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier Code | 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 1 17/200 pence |
| b) | Identification Code | GB00BGBN7C04 |
| c) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of an Award to acquire Shares under the Company's Deferred Share Bonus Plan (representing a deferral of 33% of his bonus for the 2025 financial year) |
| d) | Currency | GBP - British Pound |
| e) | Price(s) and Volume(s) | Price(s) per share Volume(s) £0 15,869 |
| f) | Aggregated Information - Price - Volume - Total Price | Price Volume Total £0 15,869 £0 |
| g) | Date of transaction | 24 December 2025 |
| h) | Place of transaction | Outside of trading venue |
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