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On 11 September 2025, Cirata plc granted its Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Kelly, a total of 2,400,000 share options under its Share Options Plan. These options consist of 850,000 options with a 10 pence exercise price subject to a 75 pence market price vesting condition by June 2027, and 1,600,000 options with a 22 pence exercise price vesting quarterly or at the end of June 2027 without performance conditions. Concurrently, 700,000 options of the new 22 pence awards replaced a prior award of 700,000 options with an 86 pence exercise price, originally granted on 10 May 2023, which have been cancelled.
| Date | 12 Sept 2025 |
| Time | 11:02:51 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 1700Z |
12 September 2025
Cirata plc
("Cirata" or the "Company")
Grant of Awards & PDMR Dealing
Cirata (LSE: CRTA), announces a grant of awards to Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, under the Company's Share Options Plan (as amended and restated) ("SOP") (the "Award").
The Company's Remuneration Committee has approved the Awards and regards long term incentives as an important part of the remuneration of members of the leadership team to align them with shareholder interests.
Award Details
The Awards shall be structured in the form of equity-based payments. The Award is comprised of 50% share options and 50% performance-based share options. Each performance-based share option entitles the holder to receive one ordinary share of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") upon vesting, subject to the achievement of the performance-based conditions detailed below.
· Options over 850,000 Ordinary Shares have been awarded which will vest at the end of June 2027 with an exercise price of 10 pence per share, being the nominal value of the shares on the grant date. This vesting will be subject to the achievement of a closing market price of the Company's Ordinary shares of at least 75 pence on the vesting date.
· Options over 850,000 Ordinary Shares have been awarded which will vest on a quarterly basis to the end of June 2027 with an exercise price of 22 pence per share. The options carry no performance conditions.
In addition
· Options over 700,000 Ordinary Shares have been awarded which will vest on a quarterly basis through to the end of June 2027 with an exercise price of 22 pence per share. The options carry no performance conditions. This grant replaces a prior award, which has now been retired (as detailed below).
The Option strike price of 22[1] pence has been determined as the 60-day volume weighted average price to 9 September 2025.
Any shares issued upon exercise or vesting will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares of the Company. The Awards are subject to continued service and applicable malus and clawback provisions.
Retirement of Prior Award
Options over 700,000 Ordinary Shares with an exercise price of 86 pence per Ordinary Share, originally awarded to Stephen Kelly upon his appointment to the Company's board of directors on 10 May 2023, have been cancelled and replaced by the SOP Award.
The Awards to Stephen Kelly are summarised in the following schedule.
Option Grants
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Award |
Number of Options |
Total Options held post award |
% of Issued Share capital[2] |
Strike |
Vesting Conditions |
Vesting Date |
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Options |
850,000 |
850,000 |
0.67% |
Nominal Value (10 pence per share) |
Closing price of Ordinary Shares of at least 75 pence on vesting date |
End of June 2027 |
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Options |
850,000 |
850,000 |
0.67% |
22 pence |
None |
Quarterly to end June 2027 |
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Options |
700,000 |
700,000 |
0.55% |
22 pence |
None |
Quarterly to end June 2027 |
Following the grant of the Awards, Stephen Kelly is beneficially interested in 2,400,000 options over Ordinary Shares in the Company.
In addition, Stephen Kelly is the beneficial owner of 1,802,660 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.43% of the Company's total issued share capital.
For further information, please contact:
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Cirata |
Via FTI Consulting |
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Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive Officer |
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Ricardo Moura, Chief Financial Officer |
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Daniel Hayes, Investor Relations |
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FTI Consulting |
+44 (0)20 3727 1137 |
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Matt Dixon / Kwaku Aning / Usama Ali |
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Stifel (Nomad and Joint Broker) |
+44 (0)20 7710 7600 |
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Fred Walsh / Brough Ransom / Ben Good |
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Panmure Liberum (Joint Broker) |
+44 (0)20 3100 2000 |
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Max Jones / John More |
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About Cirata
Cirata, accelerates data-driven revenue growth by automating data transfer and integration to modern cloud analytics and AI platforms without downtime or disruption. With Cirata, data leaders can leverage the power of AI and analytics across their entire enterprise data estate to freely choose analytics technologies, avoid vendor, platform, or cloud lock-in while making AI and analytics faster, cheaper, and more flexible. Cirata's portfolio of products and technology solutions make strategic adoption of modern data analytics efficient and automated. For more information about Cirata, visit www.cirata.com
The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of MAR.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
Stephen Kelly |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
CEO |
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Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Cirata plc |
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LEI |
213800Y1A75RSC698O04 |
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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 |
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary Shares 10p each
ISIN: JE00B6Y3DV84 |
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Nature of the transaction |
Grant of Share options |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information |
n/a |
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Date of the transaction |
11 September 2025 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |
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