Grant of Share Option Awards
RNS Number : 0613WSDI Group PLC24 September 2026SDI Group plc
(“SDI”, the “Company” or the “Group”)
Grant of Share Option Awards
24 September 2026 – SDI Group plc, the buy and build group, focused on companies which design and manufacture specialist lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and industrial & scientific products, announces details of the grant of share option awards on 23 September 2026 to the Company’s Executive Directors in respect of Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each in the Company.
Two separate awards were granted to each Executive Director. The first award is a deferred bonus award in respect of SDI’s financial year ended 30 April 2026 granted under the Company’s Long Term Incentive Plan 2025 ("LTIP"). The second award is a performance based LTIP award, also granted under the Company’s Long Term Incentive Plan 2025 (together, the "Grants").
The deferred bonus awards have an exercise price per share of 1 pence and are exercisable one year from the grant date and have no performance conditions.
The LTIP awards have an exercise price per share of 1 pence and are ordinarily exercisable three years from the grant date subject to continued service and to the extent that performance conditions measured over a 3-year performance period are met. The LTIP awards are also subject to net of tax post vesting holding period to be determined by the Remuneration Committee. The performance conditions for the awards are linked to the Company's growth in EPS and total shareholder return.
Each of the awards is subject to the rules of the LTIP including its good/bad leaver terms and its malus and claw back provisions.
The following awards have been made:
Name
Role
LTIP award
(no. of shares)
Vesting Date
Deferred bonus award
(no. of shares)
Vesting Date
Total options following the Grants
(no of shares)
Stephen Brown
Chief Executive Officer
353,863
24 September 2029
303,589
23 September 2027
1,947,580
Amitabh Sharma
Chief Financial Officer
302,612
24
September 2029
240,196
23 September 2027
1,627,664
Enquiries:
SDI Group plc
Stephen Brown, Chief Executive Officer
Amitabh Sharma, Chief Financial Officer
James Dimitriou, Group Head of Corporate Development
+44 (0)1223 727144
Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd (NOMAD & Joint Corporate Broker)
Ed Frisby / Seamus Fricker - Corporate Finance
Andrew Burdis / Sunila de Silva – Corporate Broking
+44 (0)20 7220 0500
Stifel (Joint Corporate Broker)
Fred Walsh / Brough Ransom / Ben Good
+44 (0)20 7710 7600
Vigo Consulting (Financial Communications)
Tim McCall / Rozi Morris / Fiona Hetherington
+44 (0)20 7390 0230
About SDI Group plc
SDI Group plc, is a buy and build group, focused on companies which design and manufacture specialist lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and industrial & scientific products. The Group includes small to medium size companies with specialist industrial and scientific products in growth sector niches which help solve customers’ key challenges.
It specialises in the acquisition and development of companies that design and manufacture specialist products for use in lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and industrial & scientific products.
Its portfolio of businesses serves a broad spectrum of specialised markets, ranging from advanced industrial technologies (aerospace & defence, manufacturing, semiconductors and precision measurement) to scientific and medical applications (life sciences, healthcare, astronomy). SDI aims to continue its growth through driving the organic growth of its portfolio companies and by the acquisition of complementary technology businesses with established reputations in global markets.
For more information, please see: www.SDIGroup.com
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
Stephen Brown
2.
Reason for the Notification
a)
Position/status
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
SDI Group plc
b)
LEI
213800YA3XW7JRE46Z70
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 1 pence each
Identification code
GB00B3FBWW43
b)
Nature of the transaction
- Grant of a deferred bonus award under the SDI Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2025.
- Grant of a LTIP award under the SDI Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2025.
Each award is structured as an option over Ordinary Shares and have an associated exercise price of 1 pence per Ordinary Share.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price (s)
Volume(s)
- Nil
303,589
- Nil
353,863
d)
Aggregated information:
- Aggregated volume
- Price
657,452
Nil
e)
Date of the transaction
23 September 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
1.
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Amitabh Sharma
2.
Reason for the Notification
a)
Position/status
Chief Financial Officer
b)
Initial notification/Amendment
Initial notification
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
SDI Group plc
b)
LEI
213800YA3XW7JRE46Z70
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 1 pence each
Identification code
GB00B3FBWW43
b)
Nature of the transaction
- Grant of a deferred bonus award under the SDI Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2025.
- Grant of a LTIP award under the SDI Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2025.
Each award is structured as an option over Ordinary Shares and have an associated exercise price of 1 pence per Ordinary Share.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price (s)
Volume(s)
- Nil
240,196
- Nil
302,612
d)
Aggregated information:
- Aggregated volume
- Price
542,808
Nil
e)
Date of the transaction
23 September 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
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