Grant of Awards under LTIP PDMR Dealing

Eden Research plc

17 September 2026

 

Eden Research plc

(“Eden” or “Company)

Grant of Awards under Long-Term Incentive Plan PDMR Dealing

Eden Research plc (AIM: EDEN), a leader in sustainable biopesticide and biocontrol technology, confirms the grant of 33,737,659 options over new Ordinary Shares under the Company’s Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") to its members of staff (“the Options”)

Of these 7,101,189 Options have been awarded to Sean Smith, Chief Executive Officer and 5,334,928 have been awarded to Alex Abrey, Chief Finance Officer (together the "Executives"). A further 21,301,542 Options have been issued to other employees.

The grant is in respect of CY2025 in order to ensure continuity of long term incentive and is at a strike price of 1p each.

Performance conditions

• 50% of the grant is subject to an absolute Total Shareholder Return –(share price plus dividends) condition:
  • This vests in a straight line with 20% of this portion of award vesting at a threshold of 4.36p and increasing up to full vesting at 8.72p;
  • Share price test is volume weighted average for the final 20 trading days of the two year performance period ending on second anniversary of grant;
• 50% of the grant is subject to revenue performance target to 31 March 2028 (aggregate audited revenue for FY2027 and FY2028)

Further terms

• Awards have a ten year life – i.e. a seven year exercise window;
• Following exercise, 50% of the awards are subject to 6 month holding period;

The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.

For further information contact:

Eden Research plc		www.edenresearch.com
Sean Smith, Chief Executive Officer		Via Walbrook PR
Alex Abrey, Chief Financial Officer
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated advisor and joint broker)			Tel: [phone]
Giles Balleny / Elysia Bough (Corporate Finance)
Harriet Ward (Corporate Broking) / Dale Bellis (Sales)
Oberon Capital (Joint Broker)		Tel: [phone]
Nick Lovering / Mike Seabrook / Adam Pollock
Walbrook PR (Media Relations & Investor Relations)		Tel: [phone] or [e-mail]
Paul McManus / Nick Rome / Anna Dunphy	Mob: [phone]

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Sean Smith
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	Eden Research plc
b)	LEI	213800ZWTYTVQQSM3J85
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 1 pence each GB0001646941
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 7,101,189
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	16 September 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Alex Abrey
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	Eden Research plc
b)	LEI	213800ZWTYTVQQSM3J85
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 1 pence each GB0001646941
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 5,334,928
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	16 September 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of trading venue

Notes to Editors:

Eden Research is the only UK-listed company focused on biopesticides for sustainable agriculture. It develops and supplies innovative biopesticide products and natural microencapsulation technologies to the global crop protection, animal health and consumer products industries.

Eden's products are formulated with terpene active ingredients, based on natural plant defence metabolites. To date, they have been primarily used on high-value fruits and vegetables, improving crop yields and marketability, with equal or better performance when compared with conventional pesticides. Eden has three products currently on the market:

Based on plant-derived active ingredients, Mevalone® is a foliar biofungicide which initially targets a key disease affecting grapes and other high-value fruit and vegetable crops.  It is a useful tool in crop defence programmes and is aligned with the requirements of integrated pest management programmes. It is approved for sale in a number of key countries whilst Eden and its partners pursue regulatory clearance in new territories thereby growing Eden's addressable market globally.

Cedroz™ is a bionematicide that targets free living nematodes which are parasitic worms that affect a wide range of high-value fruit and vegetable crops globally.  Cedroz is registered for sale on two continents and Eden's commercial collaborator, Eastman Chemical, is pursuing registration and commercialisation of this important new product in numerous countries globally.

Eden's seed treatment product (approval expected in 2026), Ecovelex was developed to safely tackle crop destruction caused by birds - a major cause of losses in maize and other crops. Ecovelex works by creating an unpleasant taste or odour that repels birds, leaving the seeds safely intact and the birds unaffected and free to find alternative food sources. The product is based on Eden's plant-derived chemistry, registered in the EU, US and elsewhere, and formulated using Eden's Sustaine® microencapsulation system.

Eden's Sustaine® encapsulation technology is used to harness the biocidal efficacy of naturally occurring chemicals produced by plants (terpenes) and can also be used with both natural and synthetic compounds to enhance their performance and ease-of-use. Sustaine microcapsules are naturally-derived, plastic-free, biodegradable micro-spheres derived from yeast. It is one of the only viable, proven and immediately registerable solutions to the microplastics problem in formulations requiring encapsulation.

Eden was admitted to trading on AIM on 11 May 2012 and trades under the symbol EDEN. It was awarded the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark in January 2021, which recognises London-listed companies that derive over 50% of their total annual revenue from products and services that contribute to the global green economy. Eden derives 100% of its total annual revenues from sustainable products and services.

For more information about Eden, please visit:  www.edenresearch.com.

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