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RNS Number : 3319G Kromek Group PLC 01 June 2026
1 June 2026
Kromek Group plc
("Kromek", the "Company" or the "Group")
PDMR/Director Shareholding, Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights
Kromek (AIM: KMK), a global detection company delivering best-in-class
solutions for the advanced imaging and CBRN detection markets, announces that
it has issued and allotted a total of 163,071 ordinary shares of 1p each in
the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options by
employees of the Company. This includes the exercise of 150,000 options by
Berry Beumer, an Executive Director of the Company, on 28 May 2026. Following
this exercise, Mr. Beumer has an interest in 230,000 Ordinary Shares,
representing 0.03% of the Company's enlarged issued share capital.
Total voting rights
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the 163,071
Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is
expected that Admission will become effective at 8 a.m. on or around 4 June
2026. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary
Shares in the Company.
Following Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be
655,299,911. This figure 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 share capital of the
Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.
Enquiries
Kromek Group plc
Arnab Basu, CEO +44 (0)1740 626 060
Claire Burgess, CFO
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Geoff Nash/Giles Balleny/Seamus Fricker - Corporate Finance +44 (0)20 7220 0500
Andrew Burdis - ECM
Michael Johnson - Sales
Gracechurch Group (Financial PR)
Harry Chathli/Claire Norbury +44 (0)20 4582 3500
Kromek Group plc
Kromek Group plc is a leading developer of radiation detection and
bio-detection technology solutions for the advanced imaging and CBRN detection
segments. Headquartered in County Durham, UK, Kromek has manufacturing
operations in the UK and US, delivering on the vision of enhancing the quality
of life through innovative detection technology solutions.
The advanced imaging segment comprises the medical (including CT and SPECT),
security and industrial markets. Kromek provides its OEM customers with
detector components, based on its core cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) platform,
to enable better detection of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's,
contamination in industrial manufacture and explosives in aviation
settings.
In CBRN detection, the Group provides nuclear radiation detection solutions
to the global homeland defence and security market. Kromek's compact,
handheld, high-performance radiation detectors, based on advanced
scintillation and solid-state readout technology, are primarily used to
protect critical infrastructure, events, personnel and urban environments from
the threat of 'dirty bombs'.
The Group is also developing bio-security solutions in the CBRN detection
segment. These consist of fully automated and autonomous systems to detect a
wide range of airborne pathogens.
Kromek is listed on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange, under the
trading symbol 'KMK'.
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 Berry Beumer
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Operating Officer and President of the Advanced Imaging Division
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Kromek Group plc
b) LEI 213800VLHYXGHEX5VQ48
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 Options over ordinary shares of 1 penny each
Identification code GB00BD7V5D43
b) Nature of the transaction Exercise of options
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
1p 150,000
d)
Aggregated information N/A
- Aggregated volume
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 28 May 2026
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
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