REG - Gattaca PLC - Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding

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21/07/2025 18:30

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RNS Number : 9466R  Gattaca PLC  21 July 2025

21 July 2025

 

Gattaca plc

 

("Gattaca" or the "Company")

 

Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

Gattaca, the specialist staffing solutions business, announces the exercise of
Long Term Incentive Plan Options ("Options") by Oliver Whittaker, Chief
Financial Officer of the Company.

 

Oliver Whittaker has exercised 20,610 Options over ordinary shares of one
penny each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares").  Following the exercise of
Options the Company has instructed Apex Financial Services (Trust Company)
Limited, which administers the Gattaca Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") to
transfer 20,610 Ordinary Shares to Mr Whittaker at nil cost.  Following the
exercise, Oliver Whittaker has beneficial holdings of 28,475 Ordinary Shares,
representing approximately 0.10% of the Company's issued share capital and
options over a further 559,913 Ordinary Shares in the Company.

 

Further information is contained in the disclosure table below.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 Gattaca plc                                 +44 (0) 1489 898989
 Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer

 Oliver Whittaker, Chief Financial Officer
 Panmure Liberum (Nomad and Broker)          +44 (0) 20 3100 2000
 Edward Mansfield

 Will King
 IFC Advisory (Financial PR and IR)          +44 (0) 203 934 6630

 Tim Metcalfe

 Graham Herring

 Florence Chandler

 

 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                                                         Oliver Whittaker
 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                                                         Gattaca plc
 b)  LEI                                                          213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866
 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 1p each

   Identification code

                                  GB00B1FMDQ43
 b)  Nature of the transaction                                    Exercise of Share Options
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)

                                  20,610 Ordinary Shares
 d)  Aggregated information

   -Aggregated volume                                          20,610

   -Price                                                      Nil cost
 e)  Date of the transaction                                      15 July 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     Off-market transaction

 

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