Director/PDMR Shareholding

M. P. Evans Group PLC

23 January 2026

 

M.P. Evans Group PLC

(the "Company" or "M.P. Evans")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

M.P. Evans Group PLC, a producer of sustainable Indonesian palm oil, announces that on 22 January 2026 it was notified of the exercise of share options under the M.P. Evans Group PLC Long Term Incentive Scheme by Mr. M H Coulson, the chief executive. Mr. M H Coulson exercised share options over 18,000 shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") that were granted at nil cost per Share and were due to expire on 15 January 2033. Simultaneously, Mr. M H Coulson sold 8,450 Shares at £12.385 per Share in order to fund the tax and National Insurance liabilities resulting from the exercise of the share options. In addition, Mr M H Coulson transferred the remaining 9,550 Shares to his wife Mrs. N Coulson.

As a result of this exercise of options, Mr. M H Coulson's attributable shareholding is now 52,800 Shares, representing approximately 0.10% of the Company's issued share capital.

This award was satisfied out of Shares held by the Trustee of the M.P. Evans Group 2018 Employees' Benefit Trust. Therefore, the total number of Shares with voting rights in the Company remains at 52,256,292.This figure 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 Group under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The notification below, provided in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Matthew Harrison Coulson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief executive
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	M.P. Evans Group PLC
b)	LEI	2138003IBXJUCR4SZG26
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	Shares of 10 pence per share in M.P. Evans Group PLC ("Shares"). Identification code: ISIN GB007538100
b)	Nature of the transaction	a)   Exercise of options over Shares b)   Sale of shares c)   Transfer of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	a)   Price: Nil                 Volume: 18,000 b)   Price:1238.5 pence Volume: 8,450 c)   Price: Nil                  Volume: 9,550
d)	Aggregated information	a)   N/A b)   N/A c)   N/A
	Date of transaction	22 January 2026
f)	Place of transaction	a)   Outside a trading venue b)   London Stock Exchange (XLON): AIM c)   Outside a trading venue

23 January 2026

Enquiries:

M.P. Evans Group PLC	Tel: [phone]
Peter Hadsley-Chaplin, chairman
Matthew Coulson, chief executive
Luke Shaw, chief financial officer
Cavendish Capital Markets (Nomad and joint broker)	Tel: [phone]
Matt Goode, George Lawson (Corporate finance)
Tim Redfern, Harriet Ward (ECM)
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint broker)	Tel: [phone]
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor, George Grainger
Alma Strategic Communications (Financial PR)	Tel:  [phone]
Rebecca Sanders-Hewett, Josh Royston, David Ison

 

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