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On 1 May 2026, The Property Franchise Group PLC announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Gareth Samples, exercised 109,107 options from the 2023 Share Option Scheme at an exercise price of 1p per share. Following a net settlement, Mr. Samples received 57,723 Ordinary Shares, resulting in a total holding of 683,374 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.07% of the Company's issued share capital.
| Date | 1 May 2026 |
| Time | 07:00:06 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 6903C |
1 May 2026
THE PROPERTY FRANCHISE GROUP PLC
("TPFG", the "Company" or the "Group")
Exercise of Options, Share Awards and PDMR Shareholdings
The Property Franchise Group Plc (LON:TPFG) the UK's largest multi-brand property franchisor announces that options are being exercised by a PDMR in the Company, with shares being transferred to the PDMR from the Company's Employee Benefit Trust. These options vested and were exercised pursuant to the Company's Share Option Schemes issued in 2023 ("2023 Scheme") and recognise the full achievement of the targets set.
The executive who exercised options and to whom a share award has been made under the 2023 Scheme is as follows:
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PDMR |
Role |
Number of options exercised |
Exercise price per Share (Share Option Schemes) |
Number of Ordinary Shares received pursuant to the exercise* |
Total resultant holding in Company's issued share capital |
Total resultant percentage holding of issued share capital |
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Gareth Samples |
Chief Executive Officer |
109,107 |
1p |
57,723 |
683,374 |
1.07% |
* The options have been exercised on a net settlement basis, after deductions for exercise price, income tax and national insurance contributions.
PDMR Shareholdings
Further information is provided below in accordance with Article 19(3) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014:
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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Name
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Gareth Samples |
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Reason for the notification
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Position/status
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Chief Executive Officer |
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Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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Name
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The Property Franchise Group plc |
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LEI
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2138008J5PTJ8C77I535 |
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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 of 1 penny each
ISIN: GB00BH0WFH67
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Nature of the transaction
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(i) Exercise of Options, with shares being delivered on a net settlement basis after giving effect to the exercise price of the options, tax and national insurance obligations
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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N/A - single transaction |
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Date of the transaction
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1 May 2026 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |
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For further information, please contact:
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The Property Franchise Group PLC Gareth Samples, Chief Executive Officer Ben Dodds, Chief Financial Officer |
01202 405 549
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Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Max Hartley Harry Rees |
020 7523 8000
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Berenberg (Joint Broker) Harry Nicholas / Michael Burke / James Thompson
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020 7496 3000
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Alma Strategic Communications Justine James Joe Pederzolli Kinvara Verdon |
020 3405 0209 |
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About The Property Franchise Group PLC:
The Property Franchise Group PLC (AIM: TPFG) is the UK's largest multi-brand property franchisor, with a network of over 1,946 outlets delivering high quality services to residential clients, combined with an established Financial Services business.
The Company was founded in 1986 and has since strategically grown to a diverse portfolio of 18 brands operating throughout the UK, comprising longstanding high-street focused brands and two hybrid brands. The Property Franchise Group is also a member of two leading mortgage networks through its mortgage brokers, Brook Financial (MAB) and The Mortgage Genie (Primis).
TPFG's brands are: Belvoir, CJ Hole, Country Properties, Ellis & Co, EweMove, Fine & Country, Hunters, Lovelle, Martin & Co, Clarke & Partners, Mullucks, Newton Fallowell, Nicholas Humphreys, Northwood, Parkers, The Guild of Property Professionals and Whitegates.
Headquartered in Bournemouth, the Company was listed on AIM on the London Stock Exchange in 2013 and entered the AIM 100 in July 2024.
More information is available at www.propertyfranchise.co.uk