REG - Staffline Group PLC - Exercise of Options under SAYE Scheme
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RNS Number : 9421J Staffline Group PLC 03 December 2025
3 December 2025
Staffline Group plc
("Staffline", the "Company" or the "Group")
Exercise of Options under SAYE Scheme
Director / PDMR Shareholding
Staffline (AIM: STAF), the recruitment group, announces that awards under the
Staffline Save As You Earn 2022 Scheme vested on 1 December 2025 including
certain Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") in respect
of an aggregate 222,296 SAYE 2022 share options (the "SAYE 2022 Options"). All
of the SAYE 2022 Options that vested have been immediately exercised by the
PDMRs listed below.
Upon the exercise of the SAYE 2022 Options, 222,296 ordinary shares of 10p
each ("Ordinary Shares") will be transferred to the following PDMRs by the
Trustee of the Staffline Employee Benefit Trust (the "EBT").
PDMR Position Total SAYE 2022 Options exercised
Albert Ellis Chief Executive Officer 60,080
Daniel Quint Chief Financial Officer 60,080
Martina McKenzie Managing Director, Recruitment Ireland 60,080
Frank Atkinson Managing Director, Recruitment GB 42,056
The scheme was open to all permanent employees in the UK, giving them the
opportunity to participate in the future growth of the Group. Eligible
employees were invited to subscribe for options in Staffline's Ordinary Shares
with an exercise price of 29.96p, a 20% discount to the closing middle market
price of 37.45p on the trading day before the invitation to participate was
made on 12 October 2022. The options had a contract start date of 1 December
2022 and are exercisable between 1 December 2025 and 31 May 2026.
The notifiable interest of Albert Ellis and Daniel Quint is now 1,291,472 and
1,005,503 Ordinary Shares, respectively, representing 1.0% and 0.8% 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 (Nominated Adviser and Broker) 020 3100 2222
www.panmureliberum.com (http://www.panmureliberum.com/)
Nick How / Satbir Kler
Zeus (Joint Broker) 020 3829 5000
https://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.35,000 staff per day on average from around 400
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 c.4,500 staff per day on average, 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 SAYE 2022 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary
Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust
c. Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Vesting of SAYE 2022 Options
Volume(s)
N/A 60,080
d. Aggregated information N/A - single transaction
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
e. Date of the transaction 1 December 2025
f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
d.
Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e.
Date of the transaction
1 December 2025
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 SAYE 2022 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary
Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust
c. Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Vesting of SAYE 2022 Options
Volume(s)
N/A 60,080
d. Aggregated information N/A - single transaction
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
e. Date of the transaction 1 December 2025
f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
d.
Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e.
Date of the transaction
1 December 2025
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 Managing Director, 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 SAYE 2022 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary
Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust
c. Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Vesting of SAYE 2022 Options
Volume(s)
N/A 60,080
d. Aggregated information N/A - single transaction
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
e. Date of the transaction 1 December 2025
f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
d.
Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e.
Date of the transaction
1 December 2025
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 Managing Director, 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 SAYE 2022 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary
Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust
c. Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Vesting of SAYE 2022 Options
Volume(s)
N/A 42,056
d. Aggregated information N/A - single transaction
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
e. Date of the transaction 1 December 2025
f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
d.
Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e.
Date of the transaction
1 December 2025
f.
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
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