Grant of share options

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Skillcast Group plc has granted 335,000 share options to employees under its Non-Qualifying Share Option Plan, with an exercise price of 44.5 pence per option, reflecting the closing mid-market price on May 27, 2026. Notably, 250,000 of these options were awarded to CFO Richard Steele, increasing his total holdings to 1,610,000 options, representing 1.79% of the current issued share capital. All granted options will vest equally over four years, contingent on continued service. Following this grant, the company has a total of 8,305,000 options outstanding, equating to 9.3% of its issued share capital.

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Skillcast Group PLC
28 May 2026
 

 

 

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:

 

Director

Existing options over Ordinary Shares held

Number of Options granted

Total options held following grant

% of current issued share capital

Richard Steele (CFO)

1,360,000

250,000

1,610,000

1.79%






 

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:

 

Skillcast Group plc

+44 (0)20 7929 5000

Richard Amos, Chairman

Vivek Dodd, Chief Executive Officer


Richard Steele, Chief Financial Officer






Cavendish (Nominated Adviser & Broker)

+44 (0)20 7220 0500

Jonny Franklin-Adams / Isaac Hooper (Corporate Finance)


Sunila de Silva (Corporate broking)

 


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

Richard Steele

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

CFO

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

 

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

a)

Name

Skillcast Group plc

b)

LEI

213800OV1WLNFL7YRY20

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

Options over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Skillcast Group plc

 

 

 

Identification code (ISIN) for Skillcast Group plc ordinary shares: GB00BNLXS042

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

44.5p exercise price

250,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

n/a

n/a

e)

Date of the transaction

28 May 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue - grant of options

 

 

 

 

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