Exercise of Options, TVR & Director Shareholdings

Summary by AI BETAClose X

MS International plc announced the exercise of 4,150 options at £7.20 and 1,334 options at £1.41, satisfied by treasury shares, resulting in 16,410,890 total voting rights. Finance Director Shelley Ashcroft sold 103 shares at £12.70 and bought 101 shares at £12.70, and also transferred 2,663 shares to her spouse, Gareth Ashcroft, at no cost. Following these transactions, the Ashcrofts beneficially hold 20,357 shares, representing approximately 0.12% of the issued share capital.

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MS International PLC
19 January 2026
 

 

19 January 2026

 

MS INTERNATIONAL plc

(the "Company")

 

Exercise of Options,

Total Voting Rights, and

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

 

Exercise of Options

MS International plc announces that a former employee has exercised in aggregate 4,150 options over ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of £7.20 each. Additionally, an employee has exercised in aggregate 1,334 options over Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of £1.41 each. Both of these exercises are today being satisfied from existing Ordinary Shares which were held by the Company in treasury. 

Total Voting Rights

The Company's issued share capital comprises 17,841,073 Ordinary Shares. Following the exercises of options, the Company holds 1,430,183 shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is  16,410,890.

The above figure of 16,410,890 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.

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

The Company has further been informed [today] that, in order to effect a transfer of Ordinary Shares, Mrs Shelley Ashcroft, Finance Director of the Company, has sold 103 Ordinary Shares at a price of £12.70 per Ordinary Share from her personal holding and purchased 101 Ordinary Shares at a price of £12.70 per Ordinary Share into an ISA in her own name.

Additionally, the Company has been informed [today] that Mrs Shelley Ashcroft has also transferred 2,663 Ordinary Shares from her personal holding to the personal holding of Mr Gareth Ashcroft, PCA and spouse of Mrs Ashcroft, at no cost.

Following the transactions above, the aggregate beneficial interest in the Company of Mrs Ashroft and her spouse is 20,357 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.12% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding shares held in treasury).

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

For further information please contact:

 

MS INTERNATIONAL plc                                                                                               Tel: +44 (0)13 0232 2133

Michael Bell

 

Shore Capital

Nomad and Broker                                                                                                         Tel: +44 (0)20 7408 4090
Patrick Castle/Daniel Bush/Lucy Bowden

 

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

 

Mrs Shelley Ashcroft

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Finance Director

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

Initial notification

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 

a)

 

Name

 

MS INTERNATIONAL plc

b)

 

LEI

 

213800Q34ZAXQ582YL41

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

 

ISIN: GB0005957005

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

1. Sale of Ordinary Shares from personal holding

2. Purchase of Ordinary Shares into ISA

3. Transfer of Ordinary Shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)


Price(s)

Volume(s)

1.

£12.70

103

2.

£12.70

101

3.

£nil

2,663

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

- Price

 

 

Aggregated volume: N/A

Aggregated price: N/A

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

19 January 2026

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

1.    AIMX

2.    AIMX

3.    Off market

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

Mr Gareth Ashcroft

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

PCA, Spouse of Finance Director

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

Initial notification

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 

a)

 

Name

 

MS INTERNATIONAL plc

b)

 

LEI

 

213800Q34ZAXQ582YL41

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

 

ISIN: GB0005957005

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Receipt of transfer of Ordinary Shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£nil

2,663

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

- Price

 

 

Aggregated volume: N/A

Aggregated price: N/A

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

19 January 2026

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

Off market

 

 

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