Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Optima Health PLC announced that following the Admission of Open Offer shares on April 23, 2026, six Directors and PDMRs subscribed for an aggregate of 51,560 Open Offer Shares at 175 pence per share, representing approximately 0.05% of the Company's enlarged issued share capital. This transaction involved the purchase of ordinary shares by individuals including the Non-Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and other Non-Executive Directors and a Chief Commercial Officer.

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Optima Health PLC
28 April 2026
 

28 April 2026

Optima Health plc

("Optima", the "Company", and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

Director / PDMR Dealings

Optima Health (AIM: OPT), the UK's leading provider of technology enabled corporate health and wellbeing solutions, announces that following Admission of the Open Offer shares on 23 April 2026, the Directors / PDMRs, Julie Robertson, Jonathan Thomas, Heidi Giles, Simon Arnold, Adam Councell and Joanne Newey have subscribed for an aggregate of 51,560 Open Offer Shares, representing approximately 0.05% of the Company's enlarged issued share capital.

Details of the Ordinary Shares held by each of the Directors/PDMRs are detailed below:

Director/PDMR

Current shareholding

% of issued share capital

Shareholding immediately following Admission

% of the enlarged issued share capital following Admission

Julia Robertson

21,500 Ordinary Shares

0.02

26,343

0.02

Jonathan Thomas

218,356 Ordinary Shares

0.25

229,856

0.21

Heidi Giles

83,228 Ordinary Shares

0.09

92,000

0.08

Simon Arnold

20,451 Ordinary Shares

0.02

32,100

0.03

Adam Councell

34,608 Ordinary Shares

0.04

42,404

0.04

Joanne Newey

84,080 Ordinary Shares

0.09

91,080

0.08

Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Circular unless the context requires otherwise.

               

Optima Health

Jonathan Thomas, CEO

Heidi Giles, CFO

 

+44(0) 33 0008 5113

media@OptimaHealth.co.uk

Nominated Adviser and Joint Corporate Broker

Panmure Liberum Limited

Emma Earl / Will Goode/ Mark Rogers

Rupert Dearden

Debt Advisory (sole debt adviser on the transaction):

Dan Howlett / Ben Handler

 

 

+44 (0)20 3100 2000

Joint Corporate Broker

Cavendish Capital Markets

Geoff Nash / Ben Jeynes / George Lawson

Julian Morse / Michael Johnson/ Nigel Birks

+ 44 (0)20 7220 0500

 



UK Financial PR Adviser

ICR Healthcare

Mary-Jane Elliott / Angela Gray / Lindsey Neville

optimahealth@icrinc.com

 


About Optima

Optima is the UK's leading provider of occupational health and wellbeing services, directly influencing and improving people's lives for 25 years. Optima's incredible team of professionals quickly and effectively encapsulate client's needs, supporting organisations of all shapes and sizes. Through tailored solutions and innovative systems, Optima offers unparalleled clinical expertise to its clients. These solutions ensure that processes are simple and allow its clients to spend more time focusing on their employees driving a healthy, high-performing workplace. For more information visit www.optima health.co.uk.

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

 

 

1.     Julia Robertson

2.     Jonathan Thomas

3.     Heidi Giles

4.     Simon Arnold

5.     Adam Councell

6.     Joanne Newey

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

1.     Non-Executive Chairman

2.     Chief Executive Officer

3.     Chief Financial Officer

4.     Non-Executive Director

5.     Non-Executive Director

6.     Chief Commercial Officer (PDMR)

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

 

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

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

Optima Health plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

213800TOPWJSRCW4ON08

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 £0.01 each



Identification code

GB00BRSCY602



b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Purchase of shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)







Purchase Price

Volume




175 pence per Ordinary Share

1.     4,843

2.     11,500

3.     8,772

4.     11,649

5.     7,796

6.     7,000







d)

 

Aggregated information




- Aggregated volume

51,560 shares


175.00 pence

- Price




e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

23 April 2026

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

 

London Stock Exchange, AIM Market

 

 

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