Grant of Awards & PDMR Dealing

Cirata PLC

21 April 2026

 

21 April 2026

Cirata plc

("Cirata" or the "Company")

Grant of Awards & PDMR Dealing

Cirata (LSE: CRTA) announces that on 20 April 2026, a grant of awards was made to Stephen Kelly (CEO), Paul Scott Murphy (CTO) and Dominic Arcari (CRO) under the Company's Share Options Plan (as amended and restated) (together, the "Awards").

The Company's Remuneration Committee has approved the Awards in relation to the Company wide FY25 bonus and regards long term incentives as an important part of the remuneration of members of the leadership team to align them with shareholder interests. The Awards are set out in further detail below.

The exercise price of the Awards is 16.9p (equal to the 60-day volume weighted average price to 14 April 2026) and carry no performance conditions.

Options granted as part of the Awards:

Name	Position	Number of Options Granted	% of Issued Share capital[1]	Exercise price	Vesting Date
Stephen Kelly	Chief Executive Officer	354,617	0.28%	16.9p	20 April 2026
Dominic Arcari	Chief Revenue Officer	93,750	0.07%	16.9p	20 April 2026
Paul Scott Murphy	Chief Technology Officer	60,000	0.05%	16.9p	20 April 2026

Resulting beneficial interest in options and shares:

Name	Position	Total Interest in Options	% of Issued Share Capital	Total Interest in Ordinary Shares	% of Issued Share Capital1	Total % of ISC
Stephen Kelly	Chief Executive Officer	2,754,617	2.18%	1,820,841	1.44%	3.62%
Dominic Arcari	Chief Revenue Officer	743,750	0.59%	14,500	0.01%	0.60%
Paul Scott Murphy	Chief Technology Officer	1,285,000	1.02%	22,907	0.02%	1.03%

For further information, please contact: 

Cirata	Via FTI Consulting
Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive Officer
Ed Kee, Financial Director
Daniel Hayes, Investor Relations
FTI Consulting	[phone]
Matt Dixon / Kwaku Aning / Usama Ali
Stifel (Nomad and Joint Broker)	[phone]
Fred Walsh / Brough Ransom / Ben Good / Dan Dearden-Williams
Panmure Liberum (Joint Broker)	[phone]
James Sinclair-Ford / Rupert Dearden / John More

About Cirata

Cirata, accelerates data-driven revenue growth by automating data transfer and integration to modern cloud analytics and AI platforms without downtime or disruption. With Cirata, data leaders can leverage the power of AI and analytics across their entire enterprise data estate to freely choose analytics technologies, avoid vendor, platform, or cloud lock-in while making AI and analytics faster, cheaper, and more flexible. Cirata's portfolio of products and technology solutions make strategic adoption of modern data analytics efficient and automated. For more information about Cirata, visit www.cirata.com

The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of MAR.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Stephen Kelly
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Cirata plc
b)	LEI	213800Y1A75RSC698O04
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	Options over Ordinary Shares of 10p each ISIN: JE00B6Y3DV84
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Share options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 16.9 354,617
d)	Aggregated information	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	20 April 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Dominic Arcari
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CRO
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Cirata plc
b)	LEI	213800Y1A75RSC698O04
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	Options over Ordinary Shares of 10p each ISIN: JE00B6Y3DV84
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Share options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 16.9  93,750
d)	Aggregated information	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	20 April 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Paul Scott Murphy
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CTO
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Cirata plc
b)	LEI	213800Y1A75RSC698O04
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	Options over Ordinary Shares of 10p each ISIN: JE00B6Y3DV84
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Share options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 16.9p 60,000
d)	Aggregated information	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	20 April 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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[1] Issued share capital as at 17 April 2026 consisted of 126,447,055 ordinary shares of ten pence per share each with voting rights admitted to trading. The Company holds no ordinary shares in Treasury.

 

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