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Exercise of Options under SAYE Scheme
Staffline Group plc announced that awards under its 2022 Save As You Earn (SAYE) scheme vested on December 1, 2025, leading to the exercise of an aggregate of 222,296 SAYE 2022 share options by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs). The Chief Executive Officer, Albert Ellis, and Chief Financial Officer, Daniel Quint, each exercised 60,080 options, while Martina McKenzie and Frank Atkinson exercised 60,080 and 42,056 options respectively. These options were granted in October 2022 with an exercise price of 29.96p, a 20% discount to the market price at that time. Following these exercises, Albert Ellis's notifiable interest is 1.0% and Daniel Quint's is 0.8% of the company's issued share capital. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n3 December 2025\nStaffline Group plc\n(\"Staffline\", the \"Company\" or the \"Group\")\nExercise of Options under SAYE Scheme\nDirector / PDMR Shareholding\nStaffline (AIM: STAF), the recruitment group, announces that awards under the Staffline Save As You Earn 2022 Scheme vested on 1 December 2025 including certain Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (\"PDMRs\") in respect of an aggregate 222,296 SAYE 2022 share options (the \"SAYE 2022 Options\"). All of the SAYE 2022 Options that vested have been immediately exercised by the PDMRs listed below.\n \nUpon the exercise of the SAYE 2022 Options, 222,296 ordinary shares of 10p each (\"Ordinary Shares\") will be transferred to the following PDMRs by the Trustee of the Staffline Employee Benefit Trust (the \"EBT\").\n \n\n\n\n\nPDMR\n\n\nPosition\n\n\nTotal SAYE 2022 Options exercised\n\n\n\n\nAlbert Ellis\n\n\nChief Executive Officer\n\n\n60,080\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Quint\n\n\nChief Financial Officer\n\n\n60,080\n\n\n\n\nMartina McKenzie\n\n\nManaging Director, Recruitment Ireland\n\n\n60,080\n\n\n\n\nFrank Atkinson\n\n\nManaging Director, Recruitment GB\n\n\n42,056\n\n\n\n\n \nThe scheme was open to all permanent employees in the UK, giving them the opportunity to participate in the future growth of the Group. Eligible employees were invited to subscribe for options in Staffline's Ordinary Shares with an exercise price of 29.96p, a 20% discount to the closing middle market price of 37.45p on the trading day before the invitation to participate was made on 12 October 2022. The options had a contract start date of 1 December 2022 and are exercisable between 1 December 2025 and 31 May 2026.\n \nThe notifiable interest of Albert Ellis and Daniel Quint is now 1,291,472 and 1,005,503 Ordinary Shares, respectively, representing 1.0% and 0.8% of the issued share capital of the Company.\nFor further information, please contact: \n\n\n\n\nStaffline Group plc\nwww.stafflinegroupplc.co.uk\nAlbert Ellis, Chief Executive Officer\nDaniel Quint, Chief Financial Officer\n\n\nvia Vigo Consulting\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanmure Liberum (Nominated Adviser and Broker)\nwww.panmureliberum.com\nNick How / Satbir Kler\n\n\n020 3100 2222\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZeus (Joint Broker)\nhttps://zeuscapital.co.uk/\nDavid Foreman (Investment Banki...