Grant of Options to Director
26 October 2026
Iomart Group plc
(the "Company")
Grant of Options to Director
Iomart Group plc (AIM: IOM) the secure cloud services company, announces that the Remuneration Committee has granted options over 1,000,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to Matt Waymark (CFO) under the rules of the Company's Performance Share Plan 2020 as amended by the Remuneration Committee on 20 October 2023 and 11 April 2024 (the "Plan") with effect from 24 October 2026.
The options granted under the Plan have an exercise price of 1p each and will vest as follows based on certain performance conditions:
Number of options granted over Ordinary Shares
Vesting date
Date from which options are exercisable
700,000
24 October 2028
24 October 2029
300,000
24 October 2029
24 October 2029
These options result in an additional shareholder dilution of 0.88% which is within the Company's existing levels of authority.
The following table sets out the interest of Matt Waymark in options over the Ordinary Shares:
Name of Director
Number of options granted on 24 October 2026 over Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Plan
Total number of options over Ordinary Shares held
Percentage of issued share capital under option
Matt Waymark
1,000,000
1,000,000
0.88%
For further information:
Iomart Group plc
Tel: 0141 931 6400
Richard Last, Executive Chair
Matt Waymark, Chief Financial Officer
Investec Bank Plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Tel: 020 7597 4000
Patrick Robb, Virginia Bull
Alma Strategic Communications
Tel: 020 3405 0205
Caroline Forde, Hilary Buchanan, Louisa El-Ahwal
1.
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.
Name
Matt Waymark
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
Iomart Group plc
b.
LEI
213800MME6X5NGP7NC68
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 1p each ("Ordinary Shares")
ISIN: GB0004281639
b.
Nature of the transaction
Grant of options over 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares under the Iomart Group plc Performance Share Plan 2020 as amended by the Remuneration Committee on 20 October 2023 and 11 April 2024
c.
Price(s) and volume(s)
Exercise Price(s)
Volume(s)
1p
1,000,000
d.
Aggregated information
·Aggregated volume
·Price
n/a single transaction
e.
Date of the transaction
24 October 2026
f.
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
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