REG - dotDigital Group plc - Grant of Options
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RNS Number : 9523J dotDigital Group plc 02 December 2025
2 December 2025
Dotdigital Group plc
("Dotdigital", the "Company" or the "Group")
Grant of Options
Dotdigital Group Plc (AIM:DOTD), the leading SaaS provider of an all-in-one
customer experience and data platform (CXDP), announces it has granted a total
of 2,533,175 options over ordinary shares of 0.5 pence in the Company (the
"Options") to Directors of the business and to PDMRs, whom are listed below,
pursuant to the Dotdigital Performance Share Plan 2017, as set out below.
Name Position Number of Options granted Exercise Price
Milan Patel Chief Executive Officer 948,224 0.5 p
Tom Mullan Chief Financial Officer 596,026 0.5 p
George Kasparian Company Secretary 104,027 0.5 p
The Options are exercisable subject to continued employment and hitting
defined performance targets based on the Company's total shareholder return
and earnings per share in the financial year ending 30 June 2028.
The Group has also granted a further 3,355,856 Options which have an exercise
price of 66.6p, being the prevailing share price at the time of grant under
the Company share option plan ('CSOP') to certain other non-PDMR employees of
the business.
In total, these combined awards of Options represent 1.91% of the Company's
total voting rights. Following this grant of Options, the total number of
options outstanding in the Company is 13,975,907, representing 4.54% of the
Company's total voting rights.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by person discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Milan Patel
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial Notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Dotdigital Group plc
b) LEI 2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42
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 0.5 pence each
Identification code ISIN: GB00B3W40C23
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of options over Ordinary Shares
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Exercise Price(s) Volume(s)
0.5p 948,224
d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume N/A - single transaction
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 1 December 2025
f) Place of the transaction Off market
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e)
Date of the transaction
1 December 2025
f)
Place of the transaction
Off market
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Tom Mullan
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial Notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Dotdigital Group plc
b) LEI 2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42
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 0.5 pence each
Identification code ISIN: GB00B3W40C23
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of options over Ordinary Shares
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Exercise Price(s) Volume(s)
0.5p 596,026
d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume N/A - single transaction
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 1 December 2025
f) Place of the transaction Off market
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e)
Date of the transaction
1 December 2025
f)
Place of the transaction
Off market
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name George Kasparian
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Company Secretary
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial Notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Dotdigital Group plc
b) LEI 2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42
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 0.5 pence each
Identification code ISIN: GB00B3W40C23
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of options over Ordinary Shares
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Exercise Price(s) Volume(s)
0.5p 104,027
d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume N/A - single transaction
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 1 December 2025
f) Place of the transaction Off market
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e)
Date of the transaction
1 December 2025
f)
Place of the transaction
Off market
Contacts
Dotdigital Group plc +44 (0)20 3953 3072
Milan Patel, CEO investorrelations@dotdigital.com
Tom Mullan, CFO
Alma Strategic Communications +44 (0)20 3405 0210
Hilary Buchanan dotdigital@almastrategic.com
David Ison
Sarah Peters
Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7523 8000
Bobbie Hilliam
Elizabeth Halley-Stott
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7220 0500
Jonny Franklin-Adams, Corporate Finance
Sunila de Silva, Equity Capital Markets
Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7496 3000
Shaun Dobson
Jen Boorer
About Dotdigital
Dotdigital Group plc (AIM: DOTD) is a leading provider of cross-channel
marketing automation technology to marketing professionals. Dotdigital's
customer experience and data platform (CXDP) combines the power of automation
and AI to help businesses deliver hyper-relevant customer experiences at
scale. With Dotdigital, marketing teams can unify and enrich their customer
data, identify valuable customer segments, and deliver personalised
cross-channel customer journeys that result in engagements, conversions, and
loyalty.
Founded in 1999, Dotdigital is headquartered in London with offices in
Manchester, Southampton, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo, Warsaw
and Cape Town. Dotdigital's solutions empower over 4,000 brands across 150
countries.
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