Exercise of Options, PDMR Shareholding & TVR

Intercede Group PLC

08 September 2026

 

 8 September 2026

INTERCEDE GROUP plc

('Intercede', the 'Company' or the 'Group')

Exercise of Options, PDMR Shareholding & Total Voting Rights

Intercede, the leading cybersecurity software company specialising in digital identities, announces that it received notification of exercise, in relation to 150,000 share options ("Options") over ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 38.0 pence pursuant to the Company's Enterprise Management Incentive Plan (the "Exercise").

Accordingly, application has be made for 150,000 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to occur at 8.00 a.m. on or around 11 September 2026.

The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing shares of the Company. Following Admission, The Company will have 61,186,452 Ordinary Shares, each with voting rights. The Company holds 373,906 Ordinary Shares in treasury, therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 60,812,546. Accordingly, the figure of 60,812,546 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In addition, the Company has been notified that Royston Hoggarth, Non- Executive Chair,  has purchased 51,352 Ordinary Shares at a price of 111.0 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this transaction, Royston Hoggarth will have a beneficial interest in 873,206 Ordinary Shares in total (724,766 held directly and 148,440 held by his wife), representing 1.44 per cent of the Company's total voting rights following Admission.

ENQUIRIES

Intercede Group plc	Tel. + 44 (0)1455 558111
Klaas van der Leest	CEO
Nitil Patel	CFO
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited	Tel. + 44 (0)20 7220 0500
Marc Milmo/Fergus Sullivan/Trisyia Jamaludin	Corporate Finance
Matt Lewis/Brittany Stevens	Corporate Broking

About Intercede

Intercede is a cybersecurity software company specialising in digital identities, and its innovative solutions enable organisations to protect themselves against the number one cause of data breach: compromised user credentials.

The Intercede suite of products allows customers to choose the level of security that best fits their needs, from Secure Registration and ID Verification to Password Security Management, One-Time Passwords, FIDO and PKI. Uniquely, Intercede provides the entire set of authentication options from Passwords to PKI, supporting customers on their journey to passwordless and stronger authentication environments. In addition to developing and supporting Intercede software, the Group offers professional services and custom development capabilities as well as managing the world's largest password breach database.

For over 24 years, global customers in government, aerospace and defence, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, cloud services and information technology have trusted Intercede solutions and expertise in protecting their mission critical data and systems at the highest level of assurance.

For more information visit: www.intercede.com

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Royston Hoggarth
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive Chairman
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Intercede Group plc
b)	LEI	2138001HHZHVUMKZ8968
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 1 pence
	Identification code	GB0003287249
b)	Nature of the transactions	Purchase of Shares
c)	Date(s), Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 111.0 p 51,352
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volumes ·      Prices	As above
e)	Date of the transaction	7 September 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of trading venue

 

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