Director/PDMR Shareholding

Optima Health

28/04/2026 07:00

RNS Number : 1102C

Optima Health PLC

28 April 2026

 

28 April 2026

Optima Health plc

("Optima", the "Company", and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

Director / PDMR Dealings

Optima Health (AIM: OPT), the UK's leading provider of technology enabled corporate health and wellbeing solutions, announces that following Admission of the Open Offer shares on 23 April 2026, the Directors / PDMRs, Julie Robertson, Jonathan Thomas, Heidi Giles, Simon Arnold, Adam Councell and Joanne Newey have subscribed for an aggregate of 51,560 Open Offer Shares, representing approximately 0.05% of the Company's enlarged issued share capital.

Details of the Ordinary Shares held by each of the Directors/PDMRs are detailed below:

Director/PDMR
Current shareholding
% of issued share capital
Shareholding immediately following Admission
% of the enlarged issued share capital following Admission
Julia Robertson
21,500 Ordinary Shares
0.02
26,343
0.02
Jonathan Thomas
218,356 Ordinary Shares
0.25
229,856
0.21
Heidi Giles
83,228 Ordinary Shares
0.09
92,000
0.08
Simon Arnold
20,451 Ordinary Shares
0.02
32,100
0.03
Adam Councell
34,608 Ordinary Shares
0.04
42,404
0.04
Joanne Newey
84,080 Ordinary Shares
0.09
91,080
0.08

Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Circular unless the context requires otherwise.

               

Optima Health
Jonathan Thomas, CEO
Heidi Giles, CFO
+44(0) 33 0008 5113
media@OptimaHealth.co.uk
Nominated Adviser and Joint Corporate Broker
Panmure Liberum Limited
Emma Earl / Will Goode/ Mark Rogers
Rupert Dearden
Debt Advisory (sole debt adviser on the transaction):
Dan Howlett / Ben Handler
+44 (0)20 3100 2000
Joint Corporate Broker
Cavendish Capital Markets
Geoff Nash / Ben Jeynes / George Lawson
Julian Morse / Michael Johnson/ Nigel Birks
+ 44 (0)20 7220 0500
UK Financial PR Adviser
ICR Healthcare
Mary-Jane Elliott / Angela Gray / Lindsey Neville
optimahealth@icrinc.com


About Optima

Optima is the UK's leading provider of occupational health and wellbeing services, directly influencing and improving people's lives for 25 years. Optima's incredible team of professionals quickly and effectively encapsulate client's needs, supporting organisations of all shapes and sizes. Through tailored solutions and innovative systems, Optima offers unparalleled clinical expertise to its clients. These solutions ensure that processes are simple and allow its clients to spend more time focusing on their employees driving a healthy, high-performing workplace. For more information visit www.optima health.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
1. Julia Robertson
2. Jonathan Thomas
3. Heidi Giles
4. Simon Arnold
5. Adam Councell
6. Joanne Newey
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
1. Non-Executive Chairman
2. Chief Executive Officer
3. Chief Financial Officer
4. Non-Executive Director
5. Non-Executive Director
6. Chief Commercial Officer (PDMR)
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Optima Health plc
b)
LEI
213800TOPWJSRCW4ON08
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 £0.01 each
Identification code
GB00BRSCY602
b)
Nature of the transaction
Purchase of shares
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Purchase Price
Volume
175 pence per Ordinary Share
1. 4,843
2. 11,500
3. 8,772
4. 11,649
5. 7,796
6. 7,000
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
51,560 shares
175.00 pence
- Price
e)
Date of the transaction
23 April 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, AIM Market

 

 

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