Grant and Cancellation of Options

Summary by AI BETAClose X

Rosslyn Data Technologies plc announced the cancellation of 8,230,942 historical share options and the concurrent grant of 13,026,380 new options, with the aim of re-aligning incentives with the current share price and capital structure. This includes grants to CEO Paul Watts and CFO Ed Riddell, who received 6,475,119 and 3,631,497 new options respectively, with an exercise price of 1.85 pence each. Following these transactions, the company has 13,026,380 options outstanding, representing 11.0% of its issued share capital.

Disclaimer*

Rosslyn Data Technologies PLC
23 July 2026
 

23 July 2026

 

Rosslyn Data Technologies plc

("Rosslyn" or the "Company")

 

Grant and Cancellation of Options

 

Rosslyn (AIM: RDT), the provider of a leading cloud-based spend intelligence platform, announces the grant of options over ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") and the concurrent cancellation of options over Ordinary Shares. This includes the grant of options to, and cancellation of options held by, a Director and a PDMR of the Company.

 

Following a review of employee incentives, the Remuneration Committee of the Board recommended that, given the prevailing share price of the Company and the increase in the issued share capital following the recent fundraise, the existing awards of share options were no longer a reasonable incentive and should be replaced to re-align the option scheme with the current share price and share capital.

 

Accordingly, on 22 July 2026, the Company cancelled, in aggregate, 8,230,942 options over Ordinary Shares ("Historical Options"), including those held by a Director and a PDMR of the Company as detailed below. The holders of the Historical Options have agreed to their cancellation with immediate effect.

 

On the same date, the Company granted, in aggregate, 13,026,380 options over Ordinary Shares (the "New Options"), a portion of which are to replace the Historical Options. This includes the grant of options to a Director and PDMR of the Company as detailed below.

 

Director/PDMR

Number of New Options granted

Exercise price of New Options granted

Number of Historic Options cancelled

Total number of options held following the grant and cancellation of options

Paul Watts, CEO

6,475,119 

1.85p

4,899,371

6,475,119 

Ed Riddell, CFO

3,631,497 

1.85p

2,449,686

3,631,497 

 

The New Options vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, expire on the tenth anniversary of the grant date, and are exercisable subject to the individual remaining an employee of the Company.

 

Following the cancellation of the Historical Options and grant of the New Options, the Company now has options outstanding over a total of 13,026,380 Ordinary Shares, representing 11.0% of the current issued share capital of the Company.

 

Enquiries

 

Rosslyn


Paul Watts, Chief Executive Officer

James Appleby, Chairman

+44 (0)20 3285 8008

 

                                           


Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated adviser and Broker)


Stephen Keys/George Lawson/Joe Smith

+44 (0)20 7220 0500

                                           


Gracechurch Group (Financial PR)


Claire Norbury/Anysia Virdi

++44 (0)20 4582 3500

 

 

About Rosslyn

 

Rosslyn (AIM: RDT) provides an award-winning spend intelligence and predictive analytics platform. The Rosslyn Platform helps organizations with diverse supply chains mitigate risk and make informed strategic decisions. It leverages automated workflows, artificial intelligence and machine learning to extract and consolidate procurement data providing visibility of complex supplier data, enabling supplier spend savings and delivering rapid ROI. For more information visit www.rosslyn.ai. Investors wishing to contact the Company should email investors@rosslyn.ai.

 

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 Watts

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

Executive Director and CEO

b)

 

Initial notification/amendment

 

 

Initial Notification

3

 

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

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

Rosslyn Data Technologies plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

213800UJ7YTBGGXGJN09

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

Options over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each



Identification code

GB00BMV2DB09



b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Grant and cancellation of options

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)







Price(s)

Volume(s)




1.85 pence (GRANT)

6,475,119 (GRANT)




5.00 pence (CANCELLATION)

4,899,371 (CANCELLATION)







d)

 

Aggregated information




- Aggregated volume

N/A



- Price

N/A



e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

22 July 2026

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

 

Off market

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

Edward Riddell

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

CFO and PDMR

b)

 

Initial notification/amendment

 

 

Initial Notification

3

 

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

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

Rosslyn Data Technologies plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

213800UJ7YTBGGXGJN09

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

Options over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each



Identification code

GB00BMV2DB09



b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Grant and cancellation of options

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)







Price(s)

Volume(s)




1.85 pence (GRANT)

3,631,497 (GRANT)




5.00 pence (CANCELLATION)

2,449,686 (CANCELLATION)







d)

 

Aggregated information




- Aggregated volume

N/A



- Price

N/A



e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

22 July 2026

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

 

Off market

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 
UK 100

Latest directors dealings