REG - Skillcast Group PLC - Grant of share options

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28/05/2026 11:00

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RNS Number : 0707G  Skillcast Group PLC  28 May 2026

 

 

28 May 2026

 

Skillcast Group plc

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

 

Grant of share options

 

Skillcast Group plc (AIM: SKL), the provider of SaaS compliance software and
off-the-shelf e-learning, announces the grant of 335,000 share options (the
"Options") over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to a
number of employees of the Company, under the Skillcast Group plc
Non-Qualifying Share Option Plan. The Options, granted today, have an exercise
price of 44.5 pence per option, being the closing mid-market price of an
Ordinary Share on 27 May 2026.

 

Of the 335,000 Options granted, 250,000 Options have been granted to a
director of the Company as follows:

 

 Director              Existing options over Ordinary Shares held  Number of Options granted  Total options held following grant  % of current issued share capital
 Richard Steele (CFO)  1,360,000                                   250,000                    1,610,000                           1.79%

 

All 335,000 Options will vest equally over four years based on continuing
service.

 

Following today's grant of Options, the Company currently has options
outstanding over a total of 8,305,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.3% of
the Company's current issued share capital.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 Skillcast Group plc                                      +44 (0)20 7929 5000
 Richard Amos, Chairman

 Vivek Dodd, Chief Executive Officer
 Richard Steele, Chief Financial Officer

 Cavendish (Nominated Adviser & Broker)                   +44 (0)20 7220 0500
 Jonny Franklin-Adams / Isaac Hooper (Corporate Finance)
 Sunila de Silva (Corporate broking)

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                                                         Richard Steele
 2    Reason for the notification
 a)   Position/status                                              CFO
 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial notification

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

    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                                                         Skillcast Group plc
 b)   LEI                                                          213800OV1WLNFL7YRY20
 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  Options over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Skillcast Group plc

      Identification code

                                                                   Identification code (ISIN) for Skillcast Group plc ordinary shares:
                                                                   GB00BNLXS042
 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Grant of options
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Price(s)              Volume(s)
                                                                   44.5p exercise price  250,000
 d)   Aggregated information

      - Aggregated volume                                          n/a

      - Price                                                      n/a
 e)   Date of the transaction                                      28 May 2026
 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Outside a trading venue - grant of options

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

n/a

n/a

e)

Date of the transaction

28 May 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue - grant of options

 

 

 

 

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