REG - Kistos Holdings PLC - Restricted Share Units, PDMR Dealing, TVR

Kistos HoldingsAnnouncement

10/02/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 3260S  Kistos Holdings PLC  10 February 2026

10 February 2026

Kistos Holdings plc

("Kistos" or "Company")

Release of Restricted Share Units, PDMR Dealing, Total Voting Rights

The board of directors of Kistos Holdings plc (AIM: KIST) provides
notification of the following transactions, effected on 28 January 2026,
relating to certain persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMRs") of
the Company named below in respect of ordinary shares of £0.10 each in the
capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares").

The transactions relate to the release of restricted share units ("RSUs") over
Ordinary Shares, each granted to those PDMRs on the 1 March 2025 pursuant to
the Company's Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and the subsequent sale of
Ordinary Shares by those PDMRs to pay associated income tax and national
insurance contribution liabilities.

 PDMR           RSUs vested  Ordinary Shares received pursuant to RSUs  Total number of Ordinary Shares sold  Number of Ordinary Shares retained
 Andrew Austin  38,708       38,708                                     13,191                                25,517
 Peter Mann     40,027       40,027                                     13,641                                26,386
 James Thomson  5,278        5,278                                      1,793                                 3,485

Following the receipt of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the RSUs and subsequent
sale of the Ordinary Shares, the PDMRs hold the following Ordinary shares, in
aggregate:

 Director/PDMR  Number of Ordinary Shares held
 Andrew Austin  14,333,870
 Peter Mann     1,304,543
 James Thomson  69,587

 

Kistos further announces that an additional 62,199 Ordinary Shares have been
issued to certain employees to satisfy the exercise of options and release of
RSUs over Ordinary Shares by employees of the Company issued pursuant to the
Plan. A total of 146,212 new Ordinary Shares have been issued under the
Company's existing block admission (the "New Ordinary Shares"). The New
Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary
Shares.

Total voting rights

Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, the total number of Ordinary
Shares in issue, for the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's ("FCA")
Disclosure and Transparency Rules, is 68,282,646 with each Ordinary Share
carrying the right to one vote.

In accordance with the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.6.1R,
the above figure of 68,282,646 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders as
the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are
required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the
Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements
of Article 19(3) of Regulation 2014/596/EU, which is part of the domestic law
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland pursuant to the
Market Abuse Amendment (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/310).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1.  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                         Andrew Austin
 2.  Reason for the notification

 a)  Position / status                                            Executive Chairman and PDMR
 b)  Initial notification / amendment                             Initial Notification
 3.  Details of the Issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
     platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)  Name                                                         Kistos Holdings plc

 b)  LEI                                                          LEI: 213800L2ET5KEP3OMV07

 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 £0.01
     ISIN                                                         GB00BP7NQJ77

 b)  Nature of the transaction                                    Exercise of options granted under the Plan

                                                                  Receipt of Ordinary Shares pursuant to vested RSUs awarded under the Plan

                                                                  Sale of Ordinary Shares
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                       RECEIPT OF ORDINARY SHARES PURSUANT TO RSUs
                                                                  Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                                                  Nil       38,708

 

SALE OF SHARES
                                                                  Price(s)   Volume(s)
                                                                  £2.20309   13,191
 d)  Aggregated information

     -     Aggregated volume

     -     Price                                                  As above

 e)  Date of the transaction                                      30/01/2026
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange

 

 SALE OF SHARES
 Price(s)   Volume(s)
 £2.20309   13,191

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

 

 

As above

e)

Date of the transaction

30/01/2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

 

 

 

 1.  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                         Peter Mann
 2.  Reason for the notification

 a)  Position / status                                            Chief Executive Officer and PDMR
 b)  Initial notification / amendment                             Initial Notification
 3.  Details of the Issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
     platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)  Name                                                         Kistos Holdings plc

 b)  LEI                                                          LEI: 213800L2ET5KEP3OMV07

 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 £0.01
     ISIN                                                         GB00BP7NQJ77

 b)  Nature of the transaction                                    Exercise of options granted under the Plan

                                                                  Receipt of Ordinary Shares pursuant to vested RSUs awarded under the Plan

                                                                  Sale of Ordinary Shares
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                       RECEIPT OF ORDINARY SHARES PURSUANT TO RSUs
                                                                  Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                                                  Nil       40,027

 

SALE OF SHARES
                                                                  Price(s)   Volume(s)
                                                                  £2.20309   13,641
 d)  Aggregated information

     -     Aggregated volume

     -     Price                                                  As above

 e)  Date of the transaction                                      30/01/2026
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange

 

 SALE OF SHARES
 Price(s)   Volume(s)
 £2.20309   13,641

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

 

 

As above

e)

Date of the transaction

30/01/2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 1.  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                         James Thomson
 2.  Reason for the notification

 a)  Position / status                                            Chief Financial Officer and PDMR
 b)  Initial notification / amendment                             Initial Notification
 3.  Details of the Issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
     platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)  Name                                                         Kistos Holdings plc

 b)  LEI                                                          LEI: 213800L2ET5KEP3OMV07

 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 £0.01
     ISIN                                                         GB00BP7NQJ77

 b)  Nature of the transaction                                    Exercise of options granted under the Plan

                                                                  Receipt of Ordinary Shares pursuant to vested RSUs awarded under the Plan

                                                                  Sale of Ordinary Shares
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                       RECEIPT OF ORDINARY SHARES PURSUANT TO RSUs
                                                                  Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                                                  Nil       5,278

 

SALE OF SHARES
                                                                  Price(s)   Volume(s)
                                                                  £2.20309   1,793
 d)  Aggregated information

     -     Aggregated volume

     -     Price                                                  As above

 e)  Date of the transaction                                      30/01/2026
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange

 

 SALE OF SHARES
 Price(s)   Volume(s)
 £2.20309   1,793

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

 

 

As above

e)

Date of the transaction

30/01/2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

 

Enquiries

 Kistos Holdings plc                                   via Hawthorn Advisors

 Andrew Austin
 Panmure Liberum (NOMAD, Joint Broker)                 Tel: 0207 886 2500

 James Sinclair-Ford / Freddie Wooding / Mark Murphy
 Berenberg (Joint Broker)                              Tel: 0203 207 7800

 Matthew Armitt / Ciaran Walsh
 Hawthorn Advisors (Public Relations Advisor)          Tel: 0203 745 4960

 Henry Lerwill / Simon Woods
 Camarco (Public Relations Advisor)                    Tel: 0203 757 4983

 Billy Clegg

 

 

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