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RNS Number : 0281I  Focusrite PLC  18 November 2025

Focusrite plc

("the Company")

 FOCUSRITE PLC DISCRETIONARY DIRECTORS BONUS FOR THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD
ENDING 31 AUGUST 2025

DIRECTOR SHARE DEALINGS

Focusrite plc (AIM:TUNE), the global music and audio products company
supplying hardware and software used by professional and amateur musicians and
the entertainment industry, announces that on 18 November 2025 it awarded
ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") to Tim
Carroll, Group CEO of the Company and Sally McKone, Group CFO of the Company
(each Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")), as listed
below.

The Shares were awarded to the PDMRs as part of the Company's discretionary
directors bonus for the twelve month period ending 31 August 2025. Each PDMR
elected to convert a portion of their annual bonus into Shares, and in return
received an award of further Shares on a 1:1 basis.

Neither PDMR may ordinarily sell, transfer, assign or dispose of the Shares
for a period of two years.

The award of the shares was settled in part by the transfer of ordinary shares
and in part with a cash payment equal to the market value of the ordinary
shares to meet each awardee's liability to income tax and employee national
insurance arising on award of the bonus shares.

  Awardee      Number of Shares Awarded  Number of Shares Transferred to Awardee  Number of Shares Representing Awardee's Tax and NI Liability
 Tim Carroll   64,124                    33,985                                   30,139
 Sally McKone  63,380                    33,591                                   29,789

 

Following the award:

Mr. Carroll's beneficial holding is 136,937 Ordinary Shares in the Company
representing 0.23% of the total number of shares in the Company; and

Ms McKone's beneficial holding is 82,519 Ordinary Shares in the Company
representing 0.14% of the total number of shares in the Company.

 The information set out below is provided in accordance with the
requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

  1   Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities I person
      closely associated
 a)   Name                                                                       Tim Carroll
 2    Reason for the notification
 a)   Position/status                                                        Group 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                                                                  Focusrite plc
 b)   Legal Entity Identifier                                               213800JJ51KA4LOTF736
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated
      for (i) each type ofinstrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each placewhere transactions
      have been conducted
 a)   Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument           Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each in Focusrite plc
      Identification code                                                   GB00BSBMW716
 b)   Nature of the transaction                                             Acquisition of shares pursuant to Focusrite plc's discretionary directors
                                                                            bonus for the twelve month period ending 31 August 2025
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

Prices per share  Volumes Acquired
                                                                            Nil               33,985
 d)   Aggregated information                                                Not applicable - single transaction

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price
 e)   Date of the transaction                                               18 November 2025
 f)   Place of the transaction                                              Outside a trading venue

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Not applicable - single transaction

 

e)

Date of the transaction

18 November 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

 1   Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities I person
     closely associated
 a)  Name                                                                       Sally McKone
 2   Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                                        Group 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                                                                  Focusrite plc
 b)  Legal Entity Identifier                                               213800JJ51KA4LOTF736
 4   Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated
     for (i) each type ofinstrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each placewhere transactions
     have been conducted
 a)  Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument           Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each in Focusrite plc
     Identification code                                                   GB00BSBMW716
 b)  Nature of the transaction                                             Acquisition of shares pursuant to Focusrite plc's discretionary directors
                                                                           bonus for the twelve month period ending 31 August 2025
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)

Prices per share  Volumes Acquired
                                                                           Nil               33,591
 d)  Aggregated information                                                Not applicable - single transaction

     - Aggregated volume

     - Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                                               18 November 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                              Outside a trading venue

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Not applicable - single transaction

 

e)

Date of the transaction

18 November 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

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 Enquiries:
 Focusrite plc                                     +44 (0) 1494 462246
 Tim Carroll (CEO) / Sally McKone (CFO)
 Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker)  +44 (0) 20 7597 5970
 David Flin / Nick Prowting / James Smith
 Rosewood Communications (Financial PR)             +44 (0) 20 7653 8702
 John West / Llewellyn Angus / Lily Pearce

 

Notes to Editors

Focusrite plc is a global audio products group that develops and markets
proprietary hardware and software products. Used by audio professionals and
musicians, its solutions facilitate the high-quality production of recorded
and live sound. The Focusrite Group trades under thirteen established brands:
Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, Ampify, ADAM Audio, Martin Audio, Optimal
Audio, Linea Research, Sequential, Oberheim, Sonnox, OutBoard and TiMax.

With a high-quality reputation and a rich heritage spanning decades, its
brands are category leaders in the music-making and audio reproduction
industries. Focusrite and Focusrite Pro offer audio interfaces and other
products for recording musicians, producers and professional audio facilities.
Novation and Ampify products are used in the creation of electronic music,
from synthesizers and grooveboxes to industry-shaping controllers and
inspirational music-making apps. ADAM Audio studio monitors have earned a
worldwide reputation based on technological innovation in the field of studio
loudspeaker technology.  Martin Audio designs and manufactures
performance-ready systems across the spectrum of sound reinforcement
applications. Linea Research designs, develops, manufactures and sells market
innovative professional audio equipment globally. Sequential designs and
manufactures high end analogue synthesizers under the Sequential and Oberheim
brands. Sonnox is a leading designer of innovative, high-quality,
award-winning audio processing software plug-ins for professional audio
engineers. TiMax specialises in innovative immersive audio and show control
technologies. OutBoard manufactures and sells industry standard rigging
control products for live events, together with enterprise-level safety test,
preparation and quality management for global rental companies and venues.

The Group has offices in four continents and a global customer base with a
distribution network covering approximately 240 territories.  Focusrite plc
is traded on the AIM market, London Stock Exchange.

 

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