Grant of Options & Director/PDMR Shareholdings

MS International

14/04/2026 13:50

RNS Number : 4457A

MS International PLC

14 April 2026

 

 

14 April 2026

 

MS INTERNATIONAL plc

(the "Company")

 

Grant of Options and

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

The Company announces that on 13 April 2026, it granted options over a total of 220,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain employees exerciseable at a price of £13.70, being the share price at the time of grant (the "Options"), pursuant to the Company Share Option Plan ("CSOP"). This included a grant of 35,000 Options to Mrs Shelley Ashcroft, Finance Director, and 50,000 Options to Mr John Meldrum, Executive Director. The Options will vest as to one third on each of the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the award date. Vested options will expire if they have not been exercised after ten years from the date of grant.

Following the grants, options over 703,717 Ordinary Shares are in issue, representing approximately 4.28% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding Ordinary Shares held in treasury).

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

For further information please contact:

 

MS INTERNATIONAL plc                                                                             Tel: +44 (0)13 0232 2133

Michael Bell

 

Shore Capital

Nomad and Broker                                                                                        Tel: +44 (0)20 7408 4090

Patrick Castle/Daniel Bush/Lucy Bowden

 

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
Mrs Shelley Ashcroft
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Finance Director
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
MS INTERNATIONAL plc
b)
LEI
213800Q34ZAXQ582YL41
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
ISIN: GB0005957005
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of CSOP options
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Nil
35,000
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Aggregated volume: N/A
Aggregated price: N/A
e)
Date of the transaction
13 April 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Off market transaction

 

1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Mr John Meldrum
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Executive Director
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
MS INTERNATIONAL plc
b)
LEI
213800Q34ZAXQ582YL41
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
ISIN: GB0005957005
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of CSOP options
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Nil
50,000
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Aggregated volume: N/A
Aggregated price: N/A
e)
Date of the transaction
13 April 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Off market transaction

 

 

 

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