28th May 2026 10:54
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:
Director | Existing options over Ordinary Shares held | Number of Options granted | Total options held following grant | % of current issued share capital |
Richard Steele (CFO) | 1,360,000 | 250,000 | 1,610,000 | 1.79% |
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:
Skillcast Group plc | +44 (0)20 7929 5000 |
Richard Amos, Chairman Vivek Dodd, Chief Executive Officer | |
Richard Steele, Chief Financial Officer | |
Cavendish (Nominated Adviser & Broker) | +44 (0)20 7220 0500 |
Jonny Franklin-Adams / Isaac Hooper (Corporate Finance) | |
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.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Richard Steele | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | 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 | |||||
a) | Name | Skillcast Group plc | ||||
b) | 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 | |||||
a)
| 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 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
n/a n/a | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 28 May 2026 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue - grant of options | ||||
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