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28/11/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 3554J  Smiths News PLC  28 November 2025

Smiths News plc
Director/PDMR Shareholding

Smiths News plc (the "Company") announces that it has been notified of the
following transactions in the Company's ordinary 5p shares undertaken by
directors / persons discharging managerial responsibility:

Deferred Bonus Plan - Grant

Pursuant to an award representing 50% of an annual bonus for FY2025 earned by
each participant and deferred into shares, the following award was granted,
and accepted, as a nil cost option, on terms that whilst the participant is
entitled to immediately exercise the option upon grant, the net number of
shares awarded as a result and after deduction of relevant income taxes and
national insurance liability shall be subject to a dealing restriction for a
period of two (2) years calculated from the Date of Grant (i.e. until 27
November 2027).  No consideration was paid for the grant of the award. No
price is payable on the exercise of the award. For the purposes of this award,
the grant was made at a share price of £0.6846 (being the average of the
three-day middle market quotation price of the Company's shares in the period
25-27 November 2025).

 

 Name of Participant  Share Price (£)   Form of Award    Normal Vesting Date  Maximum Number of Options
 Jonathan Bunting     0.6846            Nil-cost option  27 November 2025     313,163
 Paul Baker           0.6846            Nil-cost option  27 November 2025     194,818

The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the
requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely

    associated

 a)   Name                                                         Jonathan Bunting

 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                                                         Smiths News plc

 b)   LEI                                                          2138004033ONVOOQXB02

 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 5p shares

      Identification code                                          ISIN: GB00B17WCR61

 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Grant of 313,163 nil cost options pursuant to the Deferred Bonus Plan (2025)

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                         Price(s)              Volume(s)
                                                                                         Nil consideration     313,163

 d)   Aggregated information                                       n/a single transaction

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      27 November 2025

 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Grant of the options took place outside of a trading venue

 

 

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely

    associated

 a)   Name                                                         Paul Baker

 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                                                         Smiths News plc

 b)   LEI                                                          2138004033ONVOOQXB02

 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 5p shares

      Identification code                                          ISIN: GB00B17WCR61

 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Grant of 194,818 nil cost options pursuant to the Deferred Bonus Plan (2025)

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                         Price(s)              Volume(s)
                                                                                         Nil consideration     194,818

 d)   Aggregated information                                       n/a single transaction

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      27 November 2025

 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Grant of the options took place outside of a trading venue

 

 

 

 

 

Person responsible for arranging release of this announcement:

Karen Mills, Deputy Company Secretary

Smiths News plc

Rowan House

Cherry Orchard North

Kembrey Park

Swindon

SN2 8UH

Email: cosec@smithsnews.co.uk

LEI: 2138004O33ONVOOQXB02

 

 

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