Grant of Options and Director/PDMR dealing

Gattaca PLC

19 December 2025

 

19 December 2025

Gattaca plc

("Gattaca" or the "Company")

Grant of Options and Director/PDMR dealing

Gattaca, the specialist staffing solutions business, announces the following conditional share awards over ordinary shares in Gattaca were granted to the Company's PDMRs under the Matchtech Group Plc 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"):

Executive Directors	Title	Number of Shares
Matthew Wragg	Chief Executive Officer	270,000
Oliver Whittaker	Chief Financial Officer	206,000

The LTIP award is a conditional grant of shares, which vest and become exercisable at nil-cost on the third anniversary of the Grant Date, subject to the individual's continued employment with the Group.  Vesting of the LTIP awards are subject to the achievement of earnings per share targets (the "EPS Targets") over the year ended 31 July 2028 and total shareholder performance (the "TSR Targets") over the three-year period to 31 July 2028; with 25% of the maximum award vesting for threshold performance in both cases.

For Executive Directors, 50% of the award is subject to the achievement of EPS Targets and 35% is subject to the achievement of TSR Targets, with the balance being subject to the rate of all staff attrition and gender diversity amongst leadership and management.

Further, Matthew Wragg and Oliver Whittaker, on 16 December 2025, each sold 20,000 Ordinary Shares to assist satisfying tax liabilities resulting from the exercise options on 16 December 2025.

The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details of the transaction on 10 December 2025.

For further information please contact:

Gattaca plc	[phone]
Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer Oliver Whittaker, Chief Financial Officer
Panmure Liberum Limited (Nomad and Broker)	[phone]
Edward Mansfield Will King
IFC Advisory
Tim Metcalfe Graham Herring Florence Staton	[phone]

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Matthew Wragg
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Gattaca plc
b)	LEI	213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866
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 1 penny each
	Identification code	GB00B1FMDQ43
b)	Nature of the transaction	1              Issue of share awards under LTIP 2              Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		1              Issue of share awards under LTIP
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			1 pence	270,000
			2.     Sale of Ordinary Shares
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			96 pence	20,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume - Price	1.             Issue of share awards under LTIP Price Volume £2,700 270,000 2.             Sale of Ordinary Shares Price Volume £19,200 20,000
e)	Date of the transaction	1.     Issue of share awards under LTIP 10 December 2025 2.     Sale of Ordinary Shares 16 December 2025
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1		Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name		Oliver Whittaker
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		Gattaca plc
b)	LEI		213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866
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 1 penny each
	Identification code		GB00B1FMDQ43
b)	Nature of the transaction		3              Issue of share awards under LTIP 4              Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)			2              Issue of share awards under LTIP
				Price(s)	Volume(s)
				1 pence	206,000
				3.     Sale of Ordinary Shares
				Price(s)	Volume(s)
				96 pence	20,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume - Price		1.             Issue of share awards under LTIP Price Volume £2,060 206,000 2.             Sale of Ordinary Shares Price Volume £19,200 20,000
e)	Date of the transaction		3.     Issue of share awards under LTIP 10 December 2025 4.     Sale of Ordinary Shares 16 December 2025
f)	Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange

 

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