13 August 2025
Cirata plc
("Cirata" or the "Company")
Grant of Share Options to PDMRs
Cirata plc (LSE: CRTA), announces that on 12 August 2025 it awarded 560,000 options at an exercise price of 18.98p per ordinary share of 10 pence ("Options") and 50,000 Options at an exercise price of 23.01p per ordinary share to acquire under the 2025 Cirata plc Amended and Restated Share Option Plan ("SOP") to the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs").
| PDMR | Scheme | Number of new Options | Total Options held post new award | % of issued share capital[1] | Vesting |
| Ricardo Moura, CFO |
SOP | 210,000 |
260,000 | 0.21% | 25% vest on 31-Dec-25 75% vest on 31-Dec-26 |
| Dominic Arcari, CRO |
SOP | 350,000 |
350,000 | 0.28% | 3-year vesting schedule; 1/3 on first anniversary, quarterly vesting thereafter |
| Gillian Shaw, Legal Counsel |
SOP | 50,000 |
50,000 | 0.04% | 3-year vesting schedule; 1/3 on first anniversary, quarterly vesting thereafter |
The Company's Remuneration Committee has approved the awards and regards long term incentives as an important part of the remuneration of members of the leadership team to align them with shareholder interests.
For further information, please contact:
| Cirata | +1 (925) 380 1728 |
| Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive Officer | |
| Ricardo Moura, Interim Chief Financial Officer | |
| Daniel Hayes, Investor Relations | |
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| FTI Consulting | +44 (0)20 3727 1137 |
| Matt Dixon / Kwaku Aning / Usama Ali | |
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| Stifel (Nomad and Joint Broker) | +44 (0)20 7710 7600 |
| Fred Walsh / Brough Ransom / Ben Good | |
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| Panmure Liberum (Joint Broker) | +44 (0)20 3100 2000 |
| Max Jones / John More | |
About Cirata
Cirata, accelerates data-driven revenue growth by automating data transfer and integration to modern cloud analytics and AI platforms without downtime or disruption. With Cirata, data leaders can leverage the power of AI and analytics across their entire enterprise data estate to freely choose analytics technologies, avoid vendor, platform, or cloud lock-in while making AI and analytics faster, cheaper, and more flexible. Cirata's portfolio of products and technology solutions make strategic adoption of modern data analytics efficient and automated. For more information about Cirata, visit www.cirata.com
The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of MAR.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Ricardo Moura | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | CFO (PDMR for notification) | ||||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Cirata plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800Y1A75RSC698O04 | ||||
| 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 10p each
ISIN: JE00B6Y3DV84 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of Share options | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information | n/a | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 12 August 2025 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Dominic Arcari | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | CRO (PDMR for notification) | ||||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Cirata plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800Y1A75RSC698O04 | ||||
| 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 10p each
ISIN: JE00B6Y3DV84 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of Share options | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
| d) | Aggregated information | n/a | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 12 August 2025 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Gillian Shaw | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Legal Counsel (PDMR for notification) | ||||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Cirata plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800Y1A75RSC698O04 | ||||
| 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 10p each
ISIN: JE00B6Y3DV84 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of Share options | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
| d) | Aggregated information | n/a | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 12 August 2025 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
[1] The issued share capital as at 12 August 2025 consisted of 126,340,251 ordinary shares of ten pence each with voting rights admitted to trading. The Company holds no ordinary shares in Treasury.
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