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MS International plc announced on 1 July 2025 that employees exercised a total of 59,994 options over ordinary shares at an exercise price of £1.41 each, which were satisfied from existing treasury shares. Following this, the company's total voting rights stand at 16,233,744, with 1,607,329 shares remaining in treasury. Separately, Finance Director Mrs Shelley Ashcroft exercised 6,666 options, increasing her beneficial interest to 20,363 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.13% of the issued share capital (excluding treasury shares).
| Date | 1 Jul 2025 |
| Time | 16:01:01 |
| Category | Miscellaneous |
| ID | 2789P |
1 July 2025
MS INTERNATIONAL plc
(the "Company")
Exercise of Options,
Total Voting Rights, and
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Exercise of Options
MS International plc announces that employees have exercised in aggregate 59,994 options over ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of £1.41 each. The exercise of options is today being satisfied from existing Ordinary Shares which were held by the Company in treasury.
Total Voting Rights
The Company's issued share capital comprises 17,841,073 Ordinary Shares. Following this exercise of options, the Company holds 1,607,329 shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 16,233,744.
The above figure of 16,233,744 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Director/PDMR Shareholding
As part of the exercise described above, Mrs Shelley Ashcroft, Finance Director of the Company, has exercised 6,666 options over Ordinary Shares. Accordingly, Mrs Ashcroft's beneficial interest in Ordinary Shares has increased by 6,666 and now comprises 20,363 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.13% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding shares held in treasury).
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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Name
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Mrs Shelley Ashcroft |
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Reason for the notification
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Position/status
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Finance Director |
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Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
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Name
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MS INTERNATIONAL plc |
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b)
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LEI
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213800Q34ZAXQ582YL41 |
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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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a)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
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Employee share options with an exercise price of £1.41 each
ISIN: GB0005957005 |
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Nature of the transaction
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Exercise of employee share options
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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Aggregated volume: N/A Aggregated price: N/A |
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Date of the transaction
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1 July 2025 |
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Place of the transaction
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Off-market |
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For further information please contact:
MS INTERNATIONAL plc Tel: +44 (0)13 0232 2133
Michael Bell
Shore Capital
Nomad and Broker Tel: +44 (0)20 7408 4090
Patrick Castle/Daniel Bush/Lucy Bowden