16 December 2025
Gattaca plc
("Gattaca" or the "Company")
Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding
Gattaca, the specialist staffing solutions business, announces the exercise of Long Term Incentive Plan Options ("Options") by Matthew Wragg, CEO, Oliver Whittaker, CFO, (the "Executives"), and other employees of the Company for an aggregate of 243,593 ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") of which 202,925 are being exercised by the Executives.
Following the exercise of Options the Company has instructed Apex Financial Services (Trust Company) Limited, which administers the Gattaca Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") to transfer the 202,925 Ordinary Shares ("Transfer") at cost of 1p per share to the Executives. Following the Transfer the EBT is interested in 644,351 Ordinary Shares.
Further information is contained in the disclosure table below.
For further information, please contact:
| Gattaca plc |
+44 (0) 1489 898989 |
| Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer Oliver Whittaker, Chief Financial Officer |
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| Panmure Liberum (Nomad and Broker) |
+44 (0) 20 3100 2000 |
| Edward Mansfield Will King |
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| IFC Advisory (Financial PR and IR) Tim Metcalfe Graham Herring Florence Chandler |
+44 (0) 203 934 6630 |
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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 |
Matthew Wragg |
| 2 |
Reason for the notification |
| a) |
Position/status |
Chief Executive Officer |
| b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
| 3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
| a) |
Name |
Gattaca plc |
| b) |
LEI |
213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866 |
| 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 1p each GB00B1FMDQ43 |
| b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Exercise of Share Options |
| c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
| Price |
Volume |
| 1p each |
128,045 |
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| d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
| Price |
Volume |
| £1,280.45 |
128,045 |
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| e) |
Date of the transaction |
11 December 2025 |
| f) |
Place of the transaction |
Off-market transaction |
| 1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
| a) |
Name |
Oliver Whittaker |
| 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 |
Gattaca plc |
| b) |
LEI |
213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866 |
| 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 1p each GB00B1FMDQ43 |
| b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Exercise of Share Options |
| c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
| Price |
Volume |
| 1p each |
74,880 |
|
| d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
| Price |
Volume |
| £748.80 |
74,880 |
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| e) |
Date of the transaction |
11 December 2025 |
| f) |
Place of the transaction |
Off-market transaction |
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