Grant of Options

James Halstead PLC

09 April 2026

 

9 April 2026

James Halstead plc

("James Halstead" or the "Company")

PDMR Grant of Share Options

James Halstead plc (AIM: JHD) announces that in accordance with the rules of the James Halstead plc Long-term Incentive Plan 2024, the Remuneration Committee has granted 280,000 options to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") as listed below. 

PDMR	Position	Number of Options granted	Exercise Price (p)	Total No. of Options now held	Total No. of Options held as percentage of current issued share capital
Mark Halstead	Group Executive Chairman	80,000	100.00	460,000	0.110%
Gordon R Oliver	Group Chief Executive	100,000	100.00	480,000	0.115%
David W Drillingcourt	Group Finance Director	100,000	100.00	370,000	0.089%

The date of the grant is 9 April 2026, and the period of exercise is between the third and tenth anniversary from the date of the grant. The vesting of the award is dependent upon the achievement of a performance criteria and is subject to the operation of Malus and Clawback provisions, as set out in the rules of the James Halstead plc Long-term Incentive Plan 2024.  

Following the grant of the Options the total number of ordinary shares in the Company under option is 3,644,950 representing 0.88% of the current issued share capital.

The notification set out below, made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	1.   Mark Halstead 2.   Gordon Richard Oliver 3.   David William Drillingcourt
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Classified as PDMRs of the Company
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor
a)	Name	James Halstead plc
b)	LEI	213800C8FFBYVO6UL498
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 5p each GB00B0LS8535
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Share Options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Exercise Prices per share Volume(s) 1.   100 p 2.   100 p 3.   100 p 1.   80,000 2.   100,000 3.   100,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	280,000 100 p
e)	Date of the transaction	9 April 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange - AIM

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:

David Fletcher, Company Secretary to James Halstead plc

 

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