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10 February 2026
Kistos Holdings plc
("Kistos" or "Company")
Release of Restricted Share Units, PDMR Dealing, Total Voting Rights
The board of directors of Kistos Holdings plc (AIM: KIST) provides notification of the following transactions, effected on 28 January 2026, relating to certain persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMRs") of the Company named below in respect of ordinary shares of £0.10 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares").
The transactions relate to the release of restricted share units ("RSUs") over Ordinary Shares, each granted to those PDMRs on the 1 March 2025 pursuant to the Company's Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and the subsequent sale of Ordinary Shares by those PDMRs to pay associated income tax and national insurance contribution liabilities.
PDMR | RSUs vested | Ordinary Shares received pursuant to RSUs | Total number of Ordinary Shares sold | Number of Ordinary Shares retained |
Andrew Austin | 38,708 | 38,708 | 13,191 | 25,517 |
Peter Mann | 40,027 | 40,027 | 13,641 | 26,386 |
James Thomson | 5,278 | 5,278 | 1,793 | 3,485 |
Following the receipt of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the RSUs and subsequent sale of the Ordinary Shares, the PDMRs hold the following Ordinary shares, in aggregate:
Director/PDMR | Number of Ordinary Shares held |
Andrew Austin | 14,333,870 |
Peter Mann | 1,304,543 |
James Thomson | 69,587 |
Kistos further announces that an additional 62,199 Ordinary Shares have been issued to certain employees to satisfy the exercise of options and release of RSUs over Ordinary Shares by employees of the Company issued pursuant to the Plan. A total of 146,212 new Ordinary Shares have been issued under the Company's existing block admission (the "New Ordinary Shares"). The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.
Total voting rights
Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue, for the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's ("FCA") Disclosure and Transparency Rules, is 68,282,646 with each Ordinary Share carrying the right to one vote.
In accordance with the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.6.1R, the above figure of 68,282,646 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of Regulation 2014/596/EU, which is part of the domestic law of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland pursuant to the Market Abuse Amendment (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/310).
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | Andrew Austin | ||||||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position / status | Executive Chairman and PDMR | ||||||||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial Notification | ||||||||||||
3. | Details of the Issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | Kistos Holdings plc
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b) | LEI | LEI: 213800L2ET5KEP3OMV07
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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 | Ordinary shares of £0.01 | ||||||||||||
ISIN | GB00BP7NQJ77
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options granted under the Plan Receipt of Ordinary Shares pursuant to vested RSUs awarded under the Plan Sale of Ordinary Shares | ||||||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
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As above | ||||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 30/01/2026 | ||||||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | Peter Mann | ||||||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position / status | Chief Executive Officer and PDMR | ||||||||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial Notification | ||||||||||||
3. | Details of the Issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | Kistos Holdings plc
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b) | LEI | LEI: 213800L2ET5KEP3OMV07
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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 | Ordinary shares of £0.01 | ||||||||||||
ISIN | GB00BP7NQJ77
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options granted under the Plan Receipt of Ordinary Shares pursuant to vested RSUs awarded under the Plan Sale of Ordinary Shares | ||||||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
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As above | ||||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 30/01/2026 | ||||||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | James Thomson | ||||||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position / status | Chief Financial Officer and PDMR | ||||||||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial Notification | ||||||||||||
3. | Details of the Issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | Kistos Holdings plc
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b) | LEI | LEI: 213800L2ET5KEP3OMV07
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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 | Ordinary shares of £0.01 | ||||||||||||
ISIN | GB00BP7NQJ77
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options granted under the Plan Receipt of Ordinary Shares pursuant to vested RSUs awarded under the Plan Sale of Ordinary Shares | ||||||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
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As above | ||||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 30/01/2026 | ||||||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
Enquiries
Kistos Holdings plc Andrew Austin | via Hawthorn Advisors |
Panmure Liberum (NOMAD, Joint Broker) James Sinclair-Ford / Freddie Wooding / Mark Murphy | Tel: 0207 886 2500 |
Berenberg (Joint Broker) Matthew Armitt / Ciaran Walsh | Tel: 0203 207 7800 |
Hawthorn Advisors (Public Relations Advisor) Henry Lerwill / Simon Woods | Tel: 0203 745 4960 |
Camarco (Public Relations Advisor) Billy Clegg | Tel: 0203 757 4983 |
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