28 May 2026
Skillcast Group plc
("Skillcast", the "Group", or the "Company")
Grant of share options
Skillcast Group plc (AIM: SKL), the provider of SaaS compliance software and off-the-shelf e-learning, announces the grant of 335,000 share options (the "Options") over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to a number of employees of the Company, under the Skillcast Group plc Non-Qualifying Share Option Plan. The Options, granted today, have an exercise price of 44.5 pence per option, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 27 May 2026.
Of the 335,000 Options granted, 250,000 Options have been granted to a director of the Company as follows:
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Director |
Existing options over Ordinary Shares held |
Number of Options granted |
Total options held following grant |
% of current issued share capital |
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Richard Steele (CFO) |
1,360,000 |
250,000 |
1,610,000 |
1.79% |
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All 335,000 Options will vest equally over four years based on continuing service.
Following today's grant of Options, the Company currently has options outstanding over a total of 8,305,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.3% of the Company's current issued share capital.
For further information, please contact:
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Skillcast Group plc |
+44 (0)20 7929 5000 |
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Richard Amos, Chairman Vivek Dodd, Chief Executive Officer |
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Richard Steele, Chief Financial Officer |
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Cavendish (Nominated Adviser & Broker) |
+44 (0)20 7220 0500 |
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Jonny Franklin-Adams / Isaac Hooper (Corporate Finance) |
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Sunila de Silva (Corporate broking)
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Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
Richard Steele |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
CFO |
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Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Skillcast Group plc |
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LEI |
213800OV1WLNFL7YRY20 |
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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 |
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a)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
Options over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Skillcast Group plc
Identification code (ISIN) for Skillcast Group plc ordinary shares: GB00BNLXS042 |
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Nature of the transaction |
Grant of options |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
n/a n/a |
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Date of the transaction |
28 May 2026 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue - grant of options |
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