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CLS Holdings plc announced that Chief Executive Officer Fredrik Widlund and Chief Financial Officer Harry Stokes were awarded nil cost options under the Long Term Incentive Plan on April 29, 2026. Widlund received 950,407 performance share awards and 475,203 restricted share awards, while Stokes received 443,877 performance share awards and 221,938 restricted share awards. These awards align with the company's new hybrid award policy and will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to continued service and performance conditions, with an additional two-year holding period required for vested awards.

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CLS Holdings PLC
30 April 2026
 

CLS Holdings plc

 

(the "Company", the "Group")

 

Notification of Transaction of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")

 

CLS Holdings plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP")

 

 

CLS Holdings plc announces that Fredrik Widlund, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, and Harry Stokes, Chief Financial Officer and Director of the Company, have been awarded nil cost options over a number of ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as set out below (the "Awards") on 29 April 2026.

 

PDMR Plan Participant

Award Plan

No of Ordinary Shares granted pursuant to Awards

Award Type

Fredrik Widlund

 

LTIP

 

950,407

Performance Share Award

475,203

Restricted Share Award

Harry Stokes

LTIP

443,877

Performance Share Award

221,938

Restricted Share Award

 

The terms of the Awards align to the new hybrid award policy envisaged under the new Directors' Remuneration Policy approved at the 2026 Annual General Meeting and as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2025.

 

Subject to the LTIP rules, the Awards will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to continued service and the achievement of performance targets or underpin conditions (as relevant). Details of performance targets and underpin conditions can be found in the Directors' Remuneration Report within the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2025.

 

Vested Awards will be subject to an additional two-year holding period (net of sales for tax).

 

The notification is made in accordance with the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

 

Enquiries:

David Fuller

Company Secretary

CLS Holdings plc

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7582 7766

 

Notification of Dealing Form

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name(s)

Fredrik Widlund

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

 

CLS Holdings plc

b)

LEI

 

213800A357TKB2TD9U78

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

Ordinary Shares of 2.5p

 

Identification code: GB00BF044593

 

b)

Nature of the transaction

Award of nil cost options under the CLS Holdings plc Long Term Incentive Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 Price

 

Volume

 


1.   Nil

2.   Nil

1. 950,407 (PSA)

2. 475,203 (RSA)

d)

-     Aggregated information

-     Price

 

N/A single transactions

Nil

e)

Date of the transaction

 

29 April 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name(s)

Harry Stokes

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

 

CLS Holdings plc

b)

LEI

 

213800A357TKB2TD9U78

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

Ordinary Shares of 2.5p

 

Identification code: GB00BF044593

 

b)

Nature of the transaction

Award of nil cost options under the CLS Holdings plc Long Term Incentive Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 Price

 

Volume

 


1.   Nil

2.   Nil

1.   443,877 (PSA)

2.   221,938 (RSA)

d)

-     Aggregated information

-     Price

 

N/A single transactions

Nil

e)

Date of the transaction

 

29 April 2026

 

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

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