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RNS Number : 8865N Diales Group PLC 07 January 2026
Diales Group Plc
("Diales" or the "Company " or the "Group")
Exercise of Share Options
and
Total Voting Rights
Diales Group Plc (AIM: DIAL), the leading global professional services
consultancy to the construction and engineering industries, providing
multi-disciplinary consultancy services including expert witness, claims and
dispute resolution services, announces that on 6 January 2026, Thomas
Comerford, Chief Operating Officer and a Person Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ("PDMR"), exercised options ("Options") over 79,500 ordinary
shares of 0.4 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the
Company's Long Term Incentive Plan 2020.
To satisfy the exercise of these Options, 79,500 existing Ordinary Shares were
transferred from treasury (the "Transfer").
Total voting rights
Following the exercise of Options and the Transfer, the issued share capital
of the Company consists of 53,962,868 Ordinary Shares of which 1,310,474 are
held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying
voting rights in the Company is 52,652,394. This figure of 52,652,394 may be
used by the Company's shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by
which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest
in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under
the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Diales Group Plc
Mark Wheeler, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0)207 377 0005
Charlotte Parsons, Chief Financial Officer
Shore Capital (Nominated Adviser and Broker) +44 (0)207 408 4050
Mark Percy
George Payne
Acuitas Communications +44 (0)203 745 0293 / +44 (0)779 976 7676 / 07557 115764
Simon Nayyar simon.nayyar@acuitascomms.com
Arthur Dingemans arthur.dingemans@acuitascomms.com
The information below, set out in accordance with the requirements of the UK
Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
Further details of the PDMR dealing are included below. This information has
been provided in accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 which is part of UK law by virtue of the European
Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Thomas Comerford
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status 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 Diales Group Plc
b) LEI 213800FN83KF8AF4Y572
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 Ordinary Shares of 0.4 pence each
Identification code GB00B0L9C092
b) Nature of the transaction Share Transfer of Ordinary Shares
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
0.4 pence 79,500
d) Aggregated information
N/A - Single transaction
- Aggregated volume
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 6 January 2026
f) Place of the transaction Off-market
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