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RNS Number : 1984B  Nanoco Group PLC  20 April 2026

20 April 2026

NANOCO GROUP PLC

("Nanoco", the "Group" or the "Company")

 

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Nanoco (LSE: NANO), a world leader in the development and manufacture of
cadmium-free quantum dots and other specific nanomaterials emanating from our
technology platform, announces that on 20 April 2026 nil-cost options over
ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") were
granted under the Nanoco 2015 Deferred Bonus Plan (the "DBP") to the executive
director and others as noted below.

 Name of Director / PDMR                   Options granted under DBP  Total resultant options held
 Liam Gray (Interim CEO - Director, PDMR)  628,591                    2,605,163
 Others                                    2,090,133                  n/a
 Total number of options granted           2,718,724                  n/a

These DBP options relate to the year ended 31 July 2025. The number of options
awarded has been calculated by reference to the average closing mid-market
share price for the three days after the announcement of the Group's results
for the year ending 31 July 2025. This was 9.3467 pence.

The DBP options are subject to a two-year holding period and ordinarily will
vest following the announcement of Nanoco's results for its financial year
ending 31 July 2027. There are no further performance conditions for the DBP
options.

This notification is made pursuant to the requirements under the UK Market
Abuse Regulation.

For further information, please contact:

 

Nanoco Group plc:

Jalal Bagherli, Executive
Chairman
      +44 (0)1928 761 404

Liam Gray, Interim CEO & Company Secretary

 

Sodali & Co

Elly
Williamson
       +44 (0)79 3535 1934

Pete Lambie

Oliver Banks

Nanoco@sodali.com (mailto:Nanoco@sodali.com)

 

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker):

Ed Frisby / George Lawson (Corporate Finance)
 
           +44 (0) 20 7220 0500

Ella Bedford (Corporate Broking)

Jasper Berry (Sales)

 

Notes for editors:

About Nanoco Group plc

Nanoco (LSE: NANO) is a nanomaterial production and licensing group,
specialising in the production of its patented cadmium free quantum dots
(CFQD®) and other patented nanomaterials for use in the electronics
industries. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Runcorn, UK, Nanoco continues
to build out a world-class, patent-protected IP portfolio alongside its
existing scaled up production facilities for commercial orders.

Nanomaterials are materials with dimensions typically in the range 1 - 100 nm.
Nanomaterials have a range of useful properties, including optical and
electronic. Quantum dots are a subclass of nanomaterial that have
size-dependent optical and electronic properties. Within the sphere of quantum
dots, the Group exploits different characteristics of the quantum dots to
target different performance criteria that are attractive to specific markets
or end-user applications such as the Sensor, Electronics and Display markets.
Nanoco's CFQD® quantum dots are free of cadmium and other toxic heavy metals,
and can be tuned to emit light at different wavelengths across the visible and
infrared spectrum, rendering them useful for a wide range of display
applications. Nanoco's HEATWAVE™ quantum dots can be tuned to absorb light
at different wavelengths across the near-infrared spectra, rendering them
useful for applications including cameras and image sensors.

Nanoco is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, holds the
LSE's Green Economy Mark, and trades under the ticker symbol NANO. For further
information please visit: www.nanocotechnologies.com
(http://www.nanocotechnologies.com)

 

Notification of Dealing Forms

 1.  Details of the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") /
     person closely associated with them ("PCA")
 a)  Name                                    LIAM GRAY
 2.  Reason for the notification
 a)  Position /status                        INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NANOCO GROUP PLC
 b)  Initial notification / amendment        INITIAL NOTIFICATION
 3.  Details of the Issuer
 a)  Name                                    NANOCO GROUP PLC
 b)  LEI code                                213800HOSJEZO1KOCV33
 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)  Type of instrument                      ORDINARY SHARES OF 1O PENCE EACH

Identification code
     ISIN: GB00B01JLR99
 b)  Nature of the transaction               GRANT OF AN OPTION OVER ORDINARY SHARES UNDER THE NANOCO 2015 DEFERRED BONUS
                                             PLAN
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                  Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                             Nil cost  628,591
 d)  Aggregated information:                 N/A

- Aggregated volume

- Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                 20 APRIL 2026
 f)  Place of the transaction                OUTSIDE A TRADING VENUE

d)

Aggregated information:

- Aggregated volume

- Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

20 APRIL 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

OUTSIDE A TRADING VENUE

 

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