REG - Nichols PLC - Exercise of Options and Director / PDMR Dealing

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RNS Number : 4477M  Nichols PLC  11 June 2025

Nichols plc

(the "Company" or "Group")

Exercise of Options and Director / PDMR Dealing

Nichols plc, the diversified soft drinks Group, announces that on 4 June 2025
Andrew Milne, PDMR and Chief Executive Officer, exercised options
over 1,513 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"),
under the Company's 2020 5-year Save As You Earn Scheme (the 2020 "SAYE"
Scheme), at an exercise price of 793 pence per Ordinary Share. To satisfy
the exercise of options, 1,513 Ordinary Shares have been transferred from the
Nichols Employee Share Ownership Trust.

As a result of the above transaction, Andrew Milne's interest in
the Company is 55,407 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.152% of the issued
share capital.

   Enquiries

Nichols plc                                             0192 522 2222

 Andrew Milne, Chief Executive Officer

 David Taylor, Interim Finance Director

 Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Broker)   0207 496 3000

 Jen Boorer

 Tom Salvesen                                            Website: www.singercm.com (http://www.singercm.com)

 Oliver Platts

 Berenberg (Joint Broker)                                0203 207 7800

 Clayton Bush

 Alix Mecklenburg-Solodkoff                              Website: www.berenberg.de (http://www.berenberg.de)

 Hudson Sandler (Financial PR)                           0207 796 4133

 Alex Brennan

 Hattie Dreyfus                                          Email: nichols@hudsonsandler.com (mailto:nichols@hudsonsandler.com)

 Harry Griffiths

 

 Notes to Editors

 Established in 1908, Nichols operates within the resilient soft drinks
 category and owns or licenses several brands. Nichols is geographically and
 operationally diversified, operating across three routes to market of UK
 Packaged, International Packaged and Out of Home.

 In the UK, Nichols operates across five soft drinks sub-categories: squash,
 flavoured carbonates, fruit drinks, energy and flavoured water. Nichols'
 portfolio includes the iconic Vimto brand plus a growing portfolio of licensed
 brands including Levi Roots, ICEE, SLUSH PUPPiE and Sunkist.

 Under its asset-light model, Vimto is prominent in areas such as the Middle
 East and Africa and is enjoyed in over 60 countries worldwide.

 For more information, visit the website: https://www.nicholsplc.co.uk/
 (https://www.nicholsplc.co.uk/)

 Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
 managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 

Notes to Editors

Established in 1908, Nichols operates within the resilient soft drinks
category and owns or licenses several brands. Nichols is geographically and
operationally diversified, operating across three routes to market of UK
Packaged, International Packaged and Out of Home.

In the UK, Nichols operates across five soft drinks sub-categories: squash,
flavoured carbonates, fruit drinks, energy and flavoured water. Nichols'
portfolio includes the iconic Vimto brand plus a growing portfolio of licensed
brands including Levi Roots, ICEE, SLUSH PUPPiE and Sunkist.

Under its asset-light model, Vimto is prominent in areas such as the Middle
East and Africa and is enjoyed in over 60 countries worldwide.

For more information, visit the website: https://www.nicholsplc.co.uk/
(https://www.nicholsplc.co.uk/)

 

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                                                         Andrew Milne

 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              PDMR (Chief Executive Officer)

 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial Notification

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction

    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                                                         Nichols plc

 b)   LEI                                                          213800EF5CMR3K8PND54

 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 10p each

      Identification code                                          ISIN Code: GB0006389398
 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Exercise of options under the SAYE scheme

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                     Price(s)          Volume(s)
                                                                                      793 pence        1,513

 d)   Aggregated information

      - Aggregated volume                                          N/A - Single transaction

      - Price

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      4 June 2025

 f)   Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

 

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