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Skillcast Group plc granted a total of 335,000 share options to employees on 28 May 2026 under its Non-Qualifying Share Option Plan, with an exercise price of 44.5 pence per option. Of these, 250,000 options were granted to Richard Steele, the Chief Financial Officer. Following this grant, the Company has 8,305,000 options outstanding, representing 9.3% of its current issued share capital.
| Date | 28 May 2026 |
| Time | 10:54:05 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 0707G |
28 May 2026
Skillcast Group plc
("Skillcast", the "Group", or the "Company")
Grant of share options
Skillcast Group plc (AIM: SKL), the provider of SaaS compliance software and off-the-shelf e-learning, announces the grant of 335,000 share options (the "Options") over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to a number of employees of the Company, under the Skillcast Group plc Non-Qualifying Share Option Plan. The Options, granted today, have an exercise price of 44.5 pence per option, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 27 May 2026.
Of the 335,000 Options granted, 250,000 Options have been granted to a director of the Company as follows:
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Director |
Existing options over Ordinary Shares held |
Number of Options granted |
Total options held following grant |
% of current issued share capital |
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Richard Steele (CFO) |
1,360,000 |
250,000 |
1,610,000 |
1.79% |
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All 335,000 Options will vest equally over four years based on continuing service.
Following today's grant of Options, the Company currently has options outstanding over a total of 8,305,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.3% of the Company's current issued share capital.
For further information, please contact:
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Skillcast Group plc |
+44 (0)20 7929 5000 |
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Richard Amos, Chairman Vivek Dodd, Chief Executive Officer |
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Richard Steele, Chief Financial Officer |
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Cavendish (Nominated Adviser & Broker) |
+44 (0)20 7220 0500 |
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Jonny Franklin-Adams / Isaac Hooper (Corporate Finance) |
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Sunila de Silva (Corporate broking)
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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 |
Richard Steele |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
CFO |
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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 |
Skillcast Group plc |
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LEI |
213800OV1WLNFL7YRY20 |
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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 |
Options over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Skillcast Group plc
Identification code (ISIN) for Skillcast Group plc ordinary shares: GB00BNLXS042 |
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Nature of the transaction |
Grant of options |
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
n/a n/a |
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Date of the transaction |
28 May 2026 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue - grant of options |
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