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RNS Number : 5639M  Animalcare Group PLC  23 December 2025

23 December 2025

ANIMALCARE GROUP PLC

("Animalcare" or the "Company")

Grant of options and PDMR Dealing

Animalcare Group plc (AIM: ANCR), the international animal health business,
announces that, on 22 December 2025, nil-cost options over a total of 294,222
ordinary shares with a nominal value of 20p per share ("the Options") were
awarded to Executive Directors and PDMRs of Animalcare under the Company's
Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"). These are the only award of Options made to
Executive Directors under the LTIP during the 2025 financial year.

The awards will vest on the third anniversary of award (22 December 2028)
following the assessment of performance criteria based on Earnings Per Share
(EPS) growth per annum and Total Shareholder Return (TSR) over the three-year
financial period ending 31 December 2027.  The use of EPS and TSR as
performance metrics and the associated performance scale is unchanged from the
most recent awards that were made in April 2024 for the three-year period
ending 31 December 2026. Performance conditions for the Options are as
follows:

 

 3-year Earnings Per Share growth per annum  Extent to which EPS tranche will vest
 Less than 3%                                0%
 3%                                          25%
 10%                                         100%
 Between 3% and 10%                          Between 25% and 100% on a straight-line basis

 

 Rank of the Company's TSR compared to the Comparator Group  Extent to which the TSR tranche will vest
 Upper quartile or above                                     100%
 Between median and upper quartile                           Pro rata between 25% and 100% on a ranking basis
 Median                                                      25%
 Below median                                                0%

 

50% of the Option award will be subject to the EPS performance condition and
the remaining 50% will be subject to the TSR performance condition.
Accordingly, if one of the performance conditions is met but the other is not,
the Option award will only vest in part.

After the grant of the Options, the PDMRs set out below hold the following
Options and ordinary shares:

 

 PDMR             Options Awarded  Total Options  Ordinary Shares
 Jennifer Winter  219,296          633,044        100,650
 Chris Brewster   74,926           244,503        283,513

From the 2026 financial year and beyond we expect to make any option grants
earlier in the year, usually in May following our annual Preliminary full year
results announcement.

The notification in respect of the Option Awards set out in the Annex below
was made subject to the requirements of Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse
Regulation:

 

ANNEX

 

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
      associated

 a)   Name                             Jennifer Winter

 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                  Chief Executive Officer

 b)   Initial notification             Initial Notification

      /Amendment

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
      platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                             Animalcare Group plc

 b)   LEI                              213800A7XPQ528RMCC72

 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 in respect of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") over
                                                                        ordinary shares of 20p each

 b)   Identification code                                               GB0032350695

 c)   Nature of the transaction(s)                                      Award of options

 d)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                            Volume(s): Nil cost options over 219,296 shares

                                                                        Price: Nil

 e)   Aggregated information                                            N/A

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price

 f)   Date of the transaction                                           22 December 2025

 g)   Place of the transaction                                          Outside a trading venue

 

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
      associated

 a)   Name                   Chris Brewster

 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                                          Chief Financial Officer

 b)   Initial notification                                                     Initial Notification

      /Amendment

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
      platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                                                                     Animalcare Group plc

 b)   LEI                                                                      213800A7XPQ528RMCC72

 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 in respect of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") over
                                                                               ordinary shares of 20p each

 b)   Identification code                                                      GB0032350695
                                                                               Award of options

 c)   Nature of the transaction(s)

 d)   Price(s) and volume(s)                        Volume(s): Nil-cost options over 74,926 shares

                                                     Price: Nil

 e)   Aggregated information                        N/A

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price

 f)   Date of the transaction                       22 December 2025

 g)   Place of the transaction                      Outside a trading venue

 

  Enquiries:

 Animalcare Group Plc
 Jennifer Winter, Chief Executive Officer                                                                                              +44 (0)1904 487 687

 Chris Brewster, Chief Financial Officer

 Media/ investor relations                                                                                                             communications@animalcaregroup.com

 Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited                                                                                                        +44 (0)20 7710 7600

 (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)
 Ben Maddison

 Francis North

 Jason Grossman

 Panmure Liberum                                                                                                                       +44 (0)20 7886 2500

 (Joint Broker)
 Corporate Finance

 Freddy Crossley/Emma Earl

 Corporate Banking

 Rupert Dearden

 Alma Strategic                                                                                                                        +44 (0)20 3405 0205
 Communications

                                                                                                                                       animalcare@almastrategic.com

 Caroline
 Forde

 Kinvara Verdon

 Rose Docherty

 

About Animalcare

 Animalcare Group plc is a UK AIM-listed international veterinary sales and
marketing organisation. Animalcare operates in seven European countries as
well as Australia, New Zealand and the UAE and exports to approximately 40
countries in Europe and worldwide. The Group is focused on bringing new and
innovative products to market through its own development pipeline,
partnerships and via acquisition.

 

For more information about Animalcare, please visit www.animalcaregroup.com
(http://www.animalcaregroup.com/) .

 

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