Director/PDMR Shareholding
BANGO PLC
("Bango")
Share Options Grant and Director/PDMR Dealings
Cambridge, UK, 28 September 2026 - Bango (AIM: BGO), announces that, in line with the established policy of allocating employee share options, certain Directors and employees were granted options ("Share Options") to subscribe for ordinary shares of 20 pence each in the capital of Bango ("Ordinary Shares") at the nominal value of 20 pence per Ordinary Share under the Bango Employee Share Option Scheme. Details of those Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs) who were granted Share Options can be found below:
Director / PDMR
Role / Position
Number of Share Options Granted
Paul Larbey
Chief Executive Officer & Director
75,000
Matthew Wilson
Chief Financial Officer & Director
50,000
Rachel Ellis
General Counsel & Company Secretary
12,000
Wayne Griffiths
Chief Operating Officer
30,000
All Share Options vest in one tranche after 3 years from date of issue and may be exercised up to the seventh anniversary of the date of grant and have been granted as part of the Bango Employee Share Option Scheme.
The vesting of Share Options for the Executive Directors is subject to certain performance conditions being met. The number of vested Share Options can be less than those listed above depending on the result of the performance condition measurement. Performance conditions have been set against both share price and revenue growth. Vested options may be exercised up to the seventh anniversary of the date of the grant.
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Bango PLC
Paul Larbey, CEO
Matt Wilson, CFO
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Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
Jen Boorer
Daniel Ingram
Carl Diebitsch
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Canaccord Genuity (Joint Broker)
Simon Bridges
Harry Gooden
George Grainger
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Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)
Name
1. Paul Larbey
2. Matthew Wilson
3. Rachel Ellis
4. Wayne Griffiths
2
Reason for notification
a)
Position/Status
1. Chief Executive Officer & Director
2. Chief Financial Officer & Director
3. General Counsel & Company Secretary
4. Chief Operating Officer
b)
Initial notification/Amendment
Initial Notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Bango PLC
b)
LEI
213800V5MWHQCL7RF574
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
Identification code
Options over Ordinary Shares of 20 pence each
GB00B0BRN552
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of Share Options pursuant to The Bango Employee Share Option Scheme.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
1.
20p
75,000
2.
20p
50,000
3.
20p
12,000
4.
20p
30,000
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
N/A Single Transaction
e)
Date of the transaction
28 September 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Off market
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