5th Nov 2025 07:00
5 November 2025
Hercules plc
("Hercules" or "the Company")
Director Dealing
Hercules plc (AIM: HERC), a leading technology enabled labour supply company for the UK infrastructure and construction sectors, announces that it has been informed of a share dealing by Martin Tedham, a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
Mr Tedham has an extensive business background, including the successfully launch of his own business which he later expanded and sold to a multi-national company.
Mr Tedham later bought his former employer's business Wasdell Group, the Swindon-based packaging firm. He turned that business around, increasing turnover from under £2 million to over £65 million within ten years.
Mr Tedham joined the Board of Hercules in September 2024, after acquiring £5 million of shares in the Company.
On 31 October 2025, Mr Tedham purchased a total of 56,004 ordinary shares at a price of 35.7 pence per ordinary share. Following this purchase, Martin Tedham is interested in 10,165,047 ordinary shares, representing 12.61% of the Company's issued share capital, through his personal holdings and control of Wasdell Packaging Limited.
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For further information and enquiries, please contact:
Hercules plc Brusk Korkmaz (CEO) Paul Wheatcroft (CFO) | c/o SEC Newgate |
SP Angel (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Matthew Johnson / Adam Cowl (Corporate Finance) Grant Barker / Rob Rees (Sales and Broking) | +44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
SEC Newgate (Financial Communications) Robin Tozer / Ian Silvera / Nina Renata Pop | +44 (0) 20 3757 6882
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The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014.
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name | Martin Tedham | |||
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| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status | Non-Executive Director
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b)
| 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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a)
| Name | Hercules plc | |||
b)
| LEI | 213800P7Z6MXNSM4OQ50 | |||
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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)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 0.001p each | |||
Identification code | ISIN: GB00BPVBVZ82 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
35.7p
| 56,004 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | N/A - Single transaction | ||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 31 October 2025 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, AIM | |||
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