Exercise of Options under SAYE Scheme

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3 December 2025 Staffline Group plc ("Staffline", the "Company" or the "Group") Exercise of Options under SAYE Scheme Director / PDMR Shareholding Staffline (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.   Upon the exercise of the SAYE 2022 Options, 222,296 o rdinary shares of 10p each ("Ordinary Shares") will be transferred to the following PDMRs by the Trustee of the Staffline Employee Benefit Trust (the "EBT").   PDMR Position Total SAYE 2022 Options e xercised Albert Ellis Chief Executive Officer 60,080 Daniel Quint Chief Financial Officer 60,080 Martina McKenzie Managing Director, Recruitment Ireland 60,080 Frank Atkinson Managing Director, Recruitment GB 42,056   The 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  37.45 p 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.   The 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. For further information, please contact:   Staffline Group plc www.stafflinegroupplc.co.uk Albert Ellis, Chief Executive Officer Daniel Quint, Chief Financial Officer via Vigo Consulting   Panmure Liberum (Nominated Adviser and Broker) www.panmureliberum.com Nick How / Satbir Kler 020 3100 2222   Zeus (Joint Broker) https://zeuscapital.co.uk/ David Foreman (Investment Banking) Nick Searle (Sales) 020 3829 5000   Vigo Consulting (Financial PR) www.vigoconsulting.com Jeremy Garcia / Anna Sutton 020 7390 0230 [email protected]       About Staffline -  Recruitment Enabling the Future of Work™ Staffline is one of the UK's leading Recruitment groups. It has two divisions:   Recruitment GB The Recruitment GB business is a leading provider of flexible blue-collar workers, supplying up to c.35,000 staff per day on average from around 400 sites, across a wide range of industries including supermarkets, drinks, driving, food processing, logistics and manufacturing.   Recruitment Ireland  The Recruitment Ireland business is a leading end to end solutions provider operating across multiple industries, ten branch locations and ten onsite customer locations, supplying c.4,500 staff per day on average, and offering RPO, MSP, temporary and permanent solutions across public and private sectors throughout the island of Ireland.   Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated a. Name Albert Ellis 2 Reason for notification a. Position/Status Chief Executive Officer b. Initial notification/ Amendment Initial 3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a. Name Staffline Group plc b. LEI 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 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 Identification Code Ordinary Shares of 10p each   ISIN: GB00B040L800 b. Nature of the transaction Exercise of SAYE 2022 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust   c. Price(s) and volume(s)   Price(s) Vesting of SAYE 2022 Options Volume(s) N/A 60,080 d. Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Price N/A - single transaction   e. Date of the transaction 1 December 2025 f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue       Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated a. Name Daniel Quint 2 Reason for notification a. Position/Status Chief Financial Officer b. Initial notification/ Amendment Initial 3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a. Name Staffline Group plc b. LEI 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 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 Identification Code Ordinary Shares of 10p each   ISIN: GB00B040L800 b. Nature of the transaction Exercise of SAYE 2022 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust   c. Price(s) and volume(s)   Price(s) Vesting of SAYE 2022 Options Volume(s) N/A 60,080 d. Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Price N/A - single transaction   e. Date of the transaction 1 December 2025 f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue     Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated a. Name Martina McKenzie 2 Reason for notification Managing Director, Recruitment Ireland a. Position/Status b. Initial notification/ Amendment Initial 3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a. Name Staffline Group plc b. LEI 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 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 Identification Code Ordinary Shares of 10p each   ISIN: GB00B040L800 b. Nature of the transaction Exercise of SAYE 2022 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust   c. Price(s) and volume(s)   Price(s) Vesting of SAYE 2022 Options Volume(s) N/A 60,080 d. Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Price N/A - single transaction   e. Date of the transaction 1 December 2025 f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue     Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated a. Name Frank Atkinson 2 Reason for notification Managing Director, Recruitment GB a. Position/Status b. Initial notification/ Amendment Initial 3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a. Name Staffline Group plc b. LEI 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 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 Identification Code Ordinary Shares of 10p each   ISIN: GB00B040L800 b. Nature of the transaction Exercise of SAYE 2022 Options over Ordinary Shares and transfer of Ordinary Shares by Staffline Employee Benefit Trust   c. Price(s) and volume(s)   Price(s) Vesting of SAYE 2022 Options Volume(s) N/A 42,056 d. Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Price N/A - single transaction   e. Date of the transaction 1 December 2025 f. Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue    

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