NIOX Group plc

("NIOX" or the "Company")

Grant of options

Oxford, UK - 28 March 2023: NIOX Group plc (AIM: NIOX) announces that it has today granted options to the Executive Directors over a total of 2,767,744 new ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the 2023 Performance Share Plan (the "Options").

The Options are exercisable at nominal value over the same number of Ordinary Shares and will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant (the "Vesting Date"). The Options then remain exercisable until the tenth anniversary of the date of grant, subject also to the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share reaching or exceeding a specified price either: (a) over a period of 30 consecutive dealing days prior to the Vesting Date or (b) as a result of a liquidity event occurring above the specified price (in each case, the "Vesting Level").

33 percent of the Options will vest in the event that a Vesting Level of 55p is attained, 66 percent of the Options will vest in the event that a Vesting Level of 62.5p is attained, with 100 per cent. vesting in the event that a Vesting Level of 70p is attained.  

The Options awarded to each Executive Director are shown below and additional disclosure in relation to PDMR dealing is included at the end of this announcement.

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