Director/PDMR Shareholding
RNS Number : 3144P
Windar Photonics PLC
16 January 2026
16 January 2026
("Windar" or the "Company")
Director/PDMR Dealing
Windar Photonics plc (AIM: WPHO), the technology group behind the LiDAR-assisted monitoring and optimisation solution for multiple wind turbine platforms, announces that it has been notified of a transaction in the Company's ordinary shares by Paul Hodges, Non-Executive Director of the Company, who is classified as a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR").
On 16 January 2026, Mr Hodges transferred 769,310 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company (the "Shares") to a trust established for the benefit of a family member. Mr Hodges has no beneficial interest in the trust but is a trustee of it. The transaction was executed at £0.50 per Ordinary Share.
Following this transfer, Mr Hodges' total beneficial and non‑beneficial interest in the Company's issued share capital is 2,832,276 Ordinary Shares, representing 2.94 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
For further information, please contact:
| Windar Photonics plc | |
| David Lis, Interim Executive Chairman Søren Belmar, CFO / COO | Via Novella Tel: +45 53527276 |
| Zeus (Nominated Adviser and Broker) | |
| David Foreman / James Bavister | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3829 5000 |
| Novella Communications | |
| Tim Robertson / Aeliya Bilgrami | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3151 7008 |
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a. | Name | Paul Hodges | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a. | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | ||||
| b. | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a. | Name | Windar Photonics PLC | ||||
| b. | LEI | 2138003JZZMKJGOOCR02 | ||||
| 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 £0.01 per share GB00BTFR4F17 | ||||
| b. | Nature of the transaction | Transfer of Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d. | Aggregated information ·Aggregated volume ·Price | N/A - single transaction | ||||
| e. | Date of the transaction | 16 January 2026 | ||||
| f. | Place of the transaction | AIM | ||||
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