Director/PDMR Shareholding

Windar Photonics PLC

16 January 2026

 

16 January 2026

("Windar" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Dealing

Windar Photonics plc (AIM: WPHO), the technology group behind the LiDAR-assisted monitoring and optimisation solution for multiple wind turbine platforms, announces that it has been notified of a transaction in the Company's ordinary shares by Paul Hodges, Non-Executive Director of the Company, who is classified as a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR").

On 16 January 2026, Mr Hodges transferred 769,310 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company (the "Shares") to a trust established for the benefit of a family member. Mr Hodges has no beneficial interest in the trust but is a trustee of it. The transaction was executed at £0.50 per Ordinary Share.

Following this transfer, Mr Hodges' total beneficial and non‑beneficial interest in the Company's issued share capital is 2,832,276 Ordinary Shares, representing 2.94 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

For further information, please contact:

Windar Photonics plc
David Lis, Interim Executive Chairman Søren Belmar, CFO / COO	Via Novella Tel:  [phone]
Zeus (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
David Foreman / James Bavister	Tel: [phone]
Novella Communications
Tim Robertson / Aeliya Bilgrami	Tel: [phone]

Appendix - 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	Paul Hodges
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	Non-Executive Director
b.	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Windar Photonics PLC
b.	LEI	2138003JZZMKJGOOCR02
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 of £0.01 per share GB00BTFR4F17
b.	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of Ordinary Shares
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.50 769,310
d.	Aggregated information ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A - single transaction
e.	Date of the transaction	16 January 2026
f.	Place of the transaction	AIM

 

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