Shaftesbury Capital - Director/PDMR Shareholding
22/04/2026 13:30
RNS Number : 5263B Shaftesbury Capital PLC 22 April 2026 SHAFTESBURY CAPITAL PLC (THE "COMPANY") Director/PDMR Shareholding Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them The Company announces that on 21 April 2026 the following nil cost options, awarded to the Executive Directors in 2023 as PSP awards and deferred bonus awards, were exercised at a price of £1.3985 per share. Each of the Executive Directors sold sufficient of the shares to cover income tax and national insurance liabilities that arose on vesting and retained the net shares in their own name. Following these transactions, Ian Hawksworth has an interest in 3,428,041 (0.18%) ordinary shares in the Company and Situl Jobanputra has an interest in 1,748,867 (0.09%) ordinary shares in the Company.
| Number of nil-cost share option awards exercised: | Shares sold to cover tax liabilities | Net shares retained | Resulting total shareholding (including connected persons): | |
| Ian Hawksworth | 2,240,964 | 1,058,546 | 1,182,418 | 3,428,041 |
| Situl Jobanputra | 1,588,377 | 750,289 | 838,088 | 1,748,867 |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name: | Ian Hawksworth | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status: | Chief Executive | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment: | Initial notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | Shaftesbury Capital PLC | |
| b) | LEI | 549300TTXXZ1SHUI0D54 | |
| 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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each GB00B62G9D36 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of nil cost options pursuant to the Company's Performance Share Plan 2017 | |
| c) | Currency | GBP | |
| d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Nil Cost | Volume(s) 2,240,964 |
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 2,240,964 Nil Cost | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 2026-04-21 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name: | Ian Hawksworth | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status: | Chief Executive | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment: | Initial notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | Shaftesbury Capital PLC | |
| b) | LEI | 549300TTXXZ1SHUI0D54 | |
| 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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each GB00B62G9D36 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale ofsufficient ordinary sharesacquired pursuant to the Company's Performance Share Plan 2017to cover tax and NI liabilities on such shares. | |
| c) | Currency | GBP | |
| d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £1.3895 | Volume(s) 1,058,546 |
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 1,058,546 £1,480,376.58 | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 2026-04-21 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name: | Situl Jobanputra | |
| 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 | Shaftesbury Capital PLC | |
| b) | LEI | 549300TTXXZ1SHUI0D54 | |
| 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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each GB00B62G9D36 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of nil cost options pursuant to the Company's Performance Share Plan 2017 | |
| c) | Currency | GBP | |
| d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Nil Cost | Volume(s) 1,588,377 |
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 1,588,377 Nil Cost | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 2026-04-21 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name: | Situl Jobanputra | |
| 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 | Shaftesbury Capital PLC | |
| b) | LEI | 549300TTXXZ1SHUI0D54 | |
| 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 | Ordinary shares of 25p each GB00B62G9D36 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale ofsufficient ordinary sharesacquired pursuant to the Company's Performance Share Plan 2017to cover tax and NI liabilities on such shares. | |
| c) | Currency | GBP | |
| d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £1.3895 | Volume(s) 750,289 |
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 750,289 £1,049,279.17 | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 2026-04-21 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |