Grant of Options
ARCONTECH GROUP PLC
(“Arcontech” or the “Company”)
Grant of Options
Arcontech (AIM: ARC), the provider of products and services for real-time financial market data processing and trading, announces that on 17 December 2025 it granted a total of 262,500 options (“Options”) over ordinary shares of £0.125 in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) under the Company’s EMI and non-EMI schemes to various employees.
Options were granted to the following persons disclosing managerial responsibility (“PDMRs”): Matthew Jeffs (Chief Executive), Ben Hodges (Chief Financial Officer), Darren Lewis (Head of Development) and Mark Maguire (Head of Customer Support).
The Options have been granted at a price of 84.50p pence per Ordinary Share, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 16 December 2025. They will be exercisable from 30 June 2028.
All Options will vest subject to the Company achieving £4 million in annual revenue by the end of the financial year 30 June 2028.
| Director/PDMR | Number of Options |
| Matthew Jeffs | 100,000 |
| Darren Lewis | 50,000 |
| Mark Maguire | 40,000 |
| Ben Hodges | 12,500 |
Any Ordinary Shares arising from the exercising of Options must be held for a period of two years.
Following this grant, there are a total of 803,000 options outstanding, representing approximately 6.0% of the current issued share capital of the Company.
Further detail is set out in the PDMR disclosure tables below.
| Enquiries: | |
| Arcontech Group plc | 020 7256 2300 |
| Geoff Wicks, Chairman and Non-Executive Director | |
| Matthew Jeffs, Chief Executive | |
| Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nomad & Broker) | 020 7220 0500 |
| Jonny Franklin-Adams/Isaac Hooper/Joe Smith | |
| To access more information on the Group please visit: www.arcontech.com | |
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 | Matthew Jeffs |
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification |
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
| a) | Name | Arcontech Group Plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800O7PM9V79TP7523 |
| 4. | 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 | Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.125 |
| Identification code | ARC GB00BDBBJZ03 | |
| b) | Nature of the transactions | Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) 84.50p 100,000 |
| d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volumes Prices | See 4(c) above |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 17 December 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market transaction |
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Darren Lewis |
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Head of Development |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification |
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
| a) | Name | Arcontech Group Plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800O7PM9V79TP7523 |
| 4. | 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 | Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.125 |
| Identification code | ARC GB00BDBBJZ03 | |
| b) | Nature of the transactions | Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) 84.50p 50,000 |
| d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volumes Prices | See 4(c) above |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 17 December 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market transaction |
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Ben Hodges |
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification |
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
| a) | Name | Arcontech Group Plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800O7PM9V79TP7523 |
| 4. | 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 | Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.125 |
| Identification code | ARC GB00BDBBJZ03 | |
| b) | Nature of the transactions | Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) 84.50p 12,500 |
| d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volumes Prices | See 4(c) above |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 17 December 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market transaction |
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Mark Maguire |
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |
| a) | Position/status | |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification |
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
| a) | Name | Arcontech Group Plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800O7PM9V79TP7523 |
| 4. | 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 | Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.125 |
| Identification code | ARC GB00BDBBJZ03 | |
| b) | Nature of the transactions | Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) 84.50p 40,000 |
| d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volumes Prices | See 4(c) above |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 17 December 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market transaction |