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discoverIE Group plc announced that Group Finance Director Simon Gibbins acquired 4,603 ordinary shares for 782.778 pence each on August 3, 2026, and Non-Executive Director Clive Watson acquired 343 ordinary shares for 831.0 pence each on August 12, 2026, both through a dividend reinvestment plan. Following these transactions, Mr. Gibbins now holds 442,686 shares, representing approximately 0.45% of the issued share capital, and Mr. Watson holds 37,479 shares, approximately 0.04%.

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discoverIE Group plc
13 August 2026
 

13 August 2026

 

discoverIE Group plc

 

Director / PDMR Shareholding

 

discoverIE Group plc (LSE: DSCV, "discoverIE" or "the Company"), a leading international designer and manufacturer of customised electronics to industry, announces that, on Monday 3 August 2026, Simon Gibbins, Group Finance Director, acquired 4,603 Ordinary Shares pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan ("DRIP") and that, on Wednesday 12 August 2026, Clive Watson, Non-Executive Director of the Company, acquired 343 Ordinary Shares pursuant to a DRIP.

 

Following the acquisitions, Mr Gibbins has an interest in 442,686 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.45% of the Company's issued share capital and Mr Watson has an interest in 37,479 Ordinary Shares (approximately 0.04%).

 

The following disclosures are made in accordance with the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

discoverIE Group plc

Greg Davidson - Company Secretary     01483 544 500

 

 

Buchanan

Jamie Hooper, Toto Berger                    020 7466 5000

discoverIE@buchanan.uk.com

           

 

Notes to Editors:

 

About discoverIE Group plc

 

discoverIE Group plc is a leading international group of businesses that design and manufacture customised electronic components for industrial applications.

 

The Group supplies application-specific components to original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") internationally through its two divisions, Magnetics & Controls and Sensing & Connectivity. By designing components that meet customers' unique requirements, which are then manufactured and supplied throughout the life of their production, a high level of long-term repeating revenue is generated.

 

The Group focuses on key target markets driven by structural growth, increasing electronic content and sustainability, namely industrial automation & connectivity, security, renewable energy, medical and the electrification of transportation. With this focus, the Group aims to grow well ahead of GDP through the economic cycle and to supplement that with complementary acquisitions, compounding growth. The Group is committed to reducing the impact of its operations on the environment in order to reach net-zero.

 

The Group, which has made 30 acquisitions in the last 15 years, employs c.4,600 people across 21 countries with its principal operating units located in Mainland Europe, the UK, China, Sri Lanka, India and North America.

 

discoverIE is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250, classified within the Electrical Components and Equipment subsector.

 


 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Simon Gibbins

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Group Finance Director

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of issuer

a)

Name

discoverIE Group plc

b)

LEI

213800BMDLQU1VEEAN68

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

 

GB0000055888

b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price

Volume

782.778 pence per share

4,603

d)

Aggregated information

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

3/8/2026

f)

Place of the transaction

LSE

 

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Clive Watson

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of issuer

a)

Name

discoverIE Group plc

b)

LEI

213800BMDLQU1VEEAN68

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

 

GB0000055888

b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price

Volume

831.0 pence per share

343

d)

Aggregated information

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

12/8/2026

f)

Place of the transaction

LSE

 

 

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