REG - M. P. Evans Group - Director/PDMR Shareholding

M P EvansAnnouncement

18/12/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 0178M  M. P. Evans Group PLC  18 December 2025

M.P. Evans Group PLC

(the "Company" or "M.P. Evans")

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

M.P. Evans, a producer of sustainable Indonesian palm oil, has been notified
of the exercise of share options under the M.P. Evans Group PLC Long Term
Incentive Scheme by Mr. M H Coulson, a director of the Company.

 

Mr. M H Coulson exercised options over 19,880 shares of 10p each in the
capital of the Company ("Shares"), granted at nil cost per Share and which
were due to expire on 12 December 2032. Simultaneously, Mr. M H Coulson sold
9,330 Shares at £12.325 per Share in order to fund the tax and national
insurance liabilities resulting from the exercise of the share options. In
addition, Mr. M H Coulson transferred the remaining 10,550 Shares to his wife,

Mrs. N Coulson.

 

As a result of dealings in Shares, Mr. M H Coulson's attributable shareholding
is 43,250 Shares, representing approximately 0.08% of the Company's issued
share capital.

 

This award was satisfied out of Shares held by the Trustee of the M.P. Evans
Group 2018 Employees' Benefit Trust. Therefore, the total number of Shares
with voting rights in the Company remains at 52,256,292. 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 Group under the Financial Conduct Authority's
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

The notification below, provided in accordance with the requirements of the UK
Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details.

 

  1   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
      associated
 a)   Name                                                         Matthew Harrison Coulson

 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              Chief executive

 b)   Initial notification/Amendment                               Initial notification

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
      platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                                                         M.P. Evans Group PLC

 b)   LEI                                                           2138003IBXJUCR4SZG26

 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  Shares of 10 pence per share in M.P. Evans Group PLC ("Shares").

                                                                   Identification code: ISIN GB007538100

 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    a)   Exercise of options over Shares

                                                                   b)   Sale of shares

                                                                   c)   Transfer of shares

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                       a)   Price: Nil                 Volume: 19,880

                                                                   b)   Price:1232.5 pence  Volume: 9,330

                                                                   c)   Price: Nil                  Volume:10,550

 d)   Aggregated information                                       a)   N/A

                                                                   b)   N/A

                                                                   c)   N/A

      Date of transaction                                          17 December 2025

 f)   Place of transaction                                         a)   Outside a trading venue
                                                                   b)   London Stock Exchange (XLON): AIM

                                                                   c)   Outside a trading venue

 

Enquiries:

 M.P. Evans Group PLC                                Telephone: +44 (0) 1892 516333
 Peter Hadsley-Chaplin, chairman
 Matthew Coulson, chief executive
 Luke Shaw, chief financial officer

 Cavendish Capital Markets (Nomad and joint broker)  Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500
 Matt Goode, George Lawson (Corporate finance)
 Tim Redfern, Harriet Ward (ECM)

 Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint broker)            Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7523 4500
 Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor, George Grainger

 Hudson Sandler (Financial PR)                       Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7796 4133
 Charlie Jack, Nick Moore, Francesca Rosser

 

 

 

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