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22 May 2026
ON THE BEACH GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
Notification of transaction by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")
The Company announces that it has been notified that Simon Cooper (Founder and Non-Executive Director) and Adam Hansen (Chief Strategy Officer) of the Company have exercised a number of vested nil‐cost options which were granted to them under On the Beach Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), and have retained the resulting shares, as outlined below. The options exercised by Simon Cooper were granted to him while he was an Executive Director.
The associated income tax and National Insurance (NI) liabilities arising from the exercise have been self-funded by the respective PDMRs so all shares arising out of the exercise are retained.
PDMR | Grant date | Number of nil‐cost options exercised and retained |
Simon Cooper | 20 May 2016
| 27,522 |
26 May 2017
| 22,776 | |
25 February 2022
| 16,731 | |
24 February 2023 | 15,967 | |
Total | 82,996 | |
Adam Hansen
| 24 February 2023 | 73,637 |
Total | 73,637 | |
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name | Simon Cooper | ||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position / status | Founder and Non-Executive Director | ||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial Notification | ||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a) | Name | On the Beach Group plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800K51Y9BZY7F9R69 | ||||||
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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1 pence GB00BYM1K758 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options granted under On the Beach Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan (self-funded tax payment)
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 18 May 2026 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||||
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name | Adam Hansen | ||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position / status | Chief Strategy Officer | ||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial Notification | ||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a) | Name | On the Beach Group plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800K51Y9BZY7F9R69 | ||||||
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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1 pence GB00BYM1K758 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options granted under On the Beach Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan (self-funded tax payment) | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 21 May 2026 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||||
For further information:
On the Beach Group plc Kirsteen Vickerstaff, General Counsel & Company Secretary
| c/o FTI Consulting |
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