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RNS Number : 5025T  Aeorema Communications Plc  01 August 2025

Aeorema Communications plc / Index: AIM / Epic: AEO / Sector: Media

 

1 August 2025

 

Aeorema Communications plc

("Aeorema", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Grant of Options

 

Aeorema Communications plc (AIM: AEO), a leading strategic communications
group, announces the grant of options over new ordinary shares of 12.5p each
("Ordinary Shares"), as part of its long-term incentive arrangements designed
to align employee interests with the ongoing growth and success of the Group.

 

Options over 130,000 new Ordinary Shares have been granted to three members of
staff, including one person discharging managerial responsibilities, Jamie
Blackwell, the Group Financial Controller. The options are exercisable at 56
pence (being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 31 July
2025), vest from 1 October 2027 and expire on the business day immediately
preceding the tenth anniversary of the date of grant. Following this grant of
options, Jamie Blackwell holds options over 100,000 new Ordinary Shares, at
average exercise prices of 63.5 pence.

 

In total, options over 1,935,000 Ordinary Shares are now outstanding,
representing 19.96 per cent of the Company's current issued share capital.

 

The table for notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons
discharging managerial responsibilities in accordance with the requirements of
the EU Market Abuse Regulation, which forms part of domestic UK law pursuant
to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, is appended below.

 

Steve Quah, CEO of Aeorema Communications plc, commented: "We're pleased to be
able to recognise the hard work and impact of our team. These option grants
demonstrate our belief in the value we're building and our confidence in the
talent driving Aeorema forward."

 

For further information on the Company please visit www.aeorema.com
(http://www.aeorema.com/)  or contact:

 

 Aeorema Communications plc                                                  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7291 0444 

 Andrew Harvey 

 Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker)                        Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 

 John Depasquale / Lauren Wright (Corporate Finance) 

 Kelly Gardiner / Joscelin Pinnington (Sales & Corporate Broking) 

  St Brides Partners Ltd (Financial PR)                                       aeorema@stbridespartners.co.uk (mailto:aeorema@stbridespartners.co.uk)  

 Paul Dulieu / Isabel de Salis / William Turner  

 

Notes to Editors

Aeorema Communications plc, (AIM: AEO) is a leading strategic communications
group with offices in London, New York and Amsterdam. The Group provides
bespoke event services, comprising live, virtual, and hybrid experiences to an
established international blue-chip client base spanning a broad range of
sectors, including finance, professional services, advertising, IT, gaming,
fashion, fintech, and beverages. The Group also provides high level
consultancy services to help clients maximise and deliver on their long-term
communication strategies over multiple event and film touchpoints.

 

Aeorema delivers these services via its fully owned companies Cheerful
Twentyfirst and Cheerful Twentyfirst, Inc. (the North American arm of Cheerful
Twentyfirst) (www.cheerfultwentyfirst.com
(http://www.cheerfultwentyfirst.com/) ), two live events agencies with film
capabilities that specialise in devising and delivering corporate
communication solutions. The Group also operates Eventful Limited
(www.eventful.co.uk (https://www.eventful.co.uk) ), which provides
consultative, high-touch services including assisting clients with venue
sourcing, event management and incentive travel. With more than 56 years of
combined operating experience and extensive award wins, Aeorema is a
recognised industry thought leader.

 

Central to all that the Group does is its Corporate Social Responsibility
charter, which is focussed on ensuring sustainable, inclusive and ethical
business operations. To this end, the Group is a pioneer in delivering
innovative strategies and services, including a client carbon measurement
programme to establish a formal structure and approach around reducing
emissions and offsetting both its own and its clients' carbon footprint.

 

 

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
      associated
 a)   Name                                                         Jamie Blackwell
 2    Reason for the notification
 a)   Position/status                                              Group Financial Controller
 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial notification

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction

    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                                                         Aeorema Communications plc
 b)   LEI                                                          213800PJBW6O7NDCKJ08

 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of

    instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
      place where transactions have been conducted
 a)   Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument  Options over ordinary shares of 12.5p each in Aeorema Communications plc

      Identification code

                                                                   Identification code (ISIN) for Aeorema Communications plc ordinary
                                                                   shares: GB00B4QHH456
 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Grant of options over ordinary shares

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Exercise Price: 56 pence

                                                                   Volume: 50,000

 d)   Aggregated information                                       N/A

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price
 e)   Date of the transaction                                      31 July 2025
 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Outside a trading venue

 

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