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RNS Number : 6490Y Staffline Group PLC 30 March 2026
30 March 2026
Staffline Group plc
("Staffline", the "Company" or the "Group")
Director / PDMR Shareholding
Staffline (AIM: STAF), the recruitment and training group, announces that on
26 March 2026 awards under the Staffline Long Term Incentive Plan ("the LTIP
2023 awards") vested with certain PDMRs in respect of an aggregate of
1,815,518 LTIP 2023 share options (the "LTIP 2023 Options"). All of these LTIP
2023 Options have been immediately exercised by the respective LTIP 2023 share
option holders (the "Participants").
Further details of the exercise of the LTIP 2023 Options are set out at the
end of this announcement.
Upon the exercise of the LTIP 2023 Options, the tax and national insurance
liabilities of the Participants arising on exercise of the options were
settled at source by the Company, with a balancing net number of ordinary
shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") transferred into the
Participants' names by the Trustee of the Staffline Employee Benefit Trust
(the "EBT").
The Ordinary Shares awarded to PDMRs are set out in the table below.
Director/ PDMR Position Total LTIP 2023 Options vesting Ordinary Shares to be received net of tax and NIC liability
Albert Ellis Chief Executive Officer 1,043,485 553,047
Daniel Quint Chief Financial Officer 819,881 434,537
Martina McKenzie MD Recruitment Ireland 159,286 84,422
Frank Atkinson MD Recruitment GB 327,952 173,815
Accordingly, the Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") is transferring to the above
listed individuals a total of 1,245,821 Ordinary Shares.
Albert Ellis and Daniel Quint now hold 1,844,519 and 1,440,040 Ordinary
Shares, respectively, representing 1.5% and 1.2% of the issued share
capital of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Staffline Group plc via Vigo Consulting
www.stafflinegroupplc.co.uk (http://www.stafflinegroupplc.co.uk/)
Albert Ellis, Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Quint, Chief Financial Officer
Panmure Liberum Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker) 020 3100 2222
www.liberum.com (http://www.liberum.com/)
Nick How / Satbir Kler
Zeus (Joint Broker) 020 3829 5000
www.zeuscapital.co.uk (http://www.zeuscapital.co.uk/)
David Foreman (Investment Banking)
Nick Searle (Sales)
Vigo Consulting (Financial PR) 020 7390 0230
www.vigoconsulting.com (http://www.vigoconsulting.com/) Staffline@vigoconsulting.com
Jeremy Garcia / Anna Sutton
About Staffline - Recruitment
Enabling the Future of Work™
Staffline is one of the UK's leading Recruitment groups. It has two divisions:
Recruitment GB
The Recruitment GB business is a leading provider of flexible blue-collar
workers, supplying up to c.38,000 staff per day from around 550 sites, across
a wide range of industries including supermarkets, drinks, driving, food
processing, logistics and manufacturing.
Recruitment Ireland
The Recruitment Ireland business is a leading end to end solutions provider
operating across multiple industries, ten branch locations and ten onsite
customer locations, supplying up to c.4,700 staff per day, and offering RPO,
MSP, temporary and permanent solutions across public and private sectors
throughout the island of Ireland.
Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No.
596/2014
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
a. Name Albert Ellis
2 Reason for notification
a. Position/Status Chief Executive Officer
b. Initial notification/ Amendment Initial
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a. Name Staffline Group plc
b. LEI 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828
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 10p each
Identification Code
ISIN: GB00B040L800
b. Nature of the transaction Exercise of LTIP 2023 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary
Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust
c. Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
N/A 553,047
d. Aggregated information N/A - single transaction
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
e. Date of the transaction 26 March 2026
f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
d.
Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e.
Date of the transaction
26 March 2026
f.
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No.
596/2014
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
a. Name Daniel Quint
2 Reason for notification
a. Position/Status Chief Financial Officer
b. Initial notification/ Amendment Initial
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a. Name Staffline Group plc
b. LEI 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828
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 10p each
Identification Code
ISIN: GB00B040L800
b. Nature of the transaction Exercise of LTIP 2023 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary
Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust
c. Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
N/A 434,537
d. Aggregated information N/A - single transaction
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
e. Date of the transaction 26 March 2026
f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
d.
Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e.
Date of the transaction
26 March 2026
f.
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No.
596/2014
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
a. Name Martina McKenzie
2 Reason for notification MD Recruitment Ireland
a. Position/Status
b. Initial notification/ Amendment Initial
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a. Name Staffline Group plc
b. LEI 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828
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 10p each
Identification Code
ISIN: GB00B040L800
b. Nature of the transaction Exercise of LTIP 2023 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary
Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust
c. Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
N/A 84,422
d. Aggregated information N/A - single transaction
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
e. Date of the transaction 26 March 2026
f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
d.
Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e.
Date of the transaction
26 March 2026
f.
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No.
596/2014
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
a. Name Frank Atkinson
2 Reason for notification MD Recruitment GB
a. Position/Status
b. Initial notification/ Amendment Initial
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a. Name Staffline Group plc
b. LEI 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828
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 10p each
Identification Code
ISIN: GB00B040L800
b. Nature of the transaction Exercise of LTIP 2023 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary
Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust
c. Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
N/A 173,815
d. Aggregated information N/A - single transaction
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
e. Date of the transaction 26 March 2026
f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
d.
Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e.
Date of the transaction
26 March 2026
f.
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
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