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24 February 2026
Porvair plc
("Porvair" or the "Group" or the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholdings
Porvair, the specialist filtration and environmental technologies group, announces it has been informed of the following transactions by Directors of the Company:
Purchase of ordinary shares
Hooman Caman Javvi, Chief Executive Officer, purchased 7,034 ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares").
Following this transaction, Hooman Caman Javvi's holding in the Company is 12,735 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.03% of the Company's issued share capital.
Exercise of options and sale of ordinary shares
James Mills, Group Finance Director, exercised options over 90,350 Ordinary Shares, as set out below
Scheme | Year of grant | Exercise price | Options exercised |
LTSP | 2021 | 2.0p | 46,200 |
LTSP | 2022 | 2.0p | 44,150 |
Subsequent to the above exercise of options, James Mills sold 37,000 Ordinary Shares to, in part, meet the cost of exercise of options, the personal taxation liabilities arising on the options, and certain other liabilities.
Following these dealings, James Mills' holding in the Company increased by 53,350 Ordinary Shares to 69,390 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.15% of the Company's issued share capital.
LTSP and SAYE options
Separate to the PDMR dealing noted above, on 24 February 2026, the Company issued 1,152 Ordinary Shares in relation to an early exercise on the SAYE scheme granted in 2021.
Following these transactions, the total number of LTSP and SAYE options in issue is 741,541, representing approximately 1.6% of the shares in issue.
For further information, please contact:
Porvair plc | +44 (0)1553 765 500 | |
Andrew Douglass, Group Company Secretary | ||
Notes to editors
Porvair plc
Porvair is a group of specialist filtration, laboratory and environmental technology businesses. Its businesses design and manufacture a range of bespoke consumable filtration products that are used in a range of niche filtration markets. It operates in three divisions: Aerospace & Industrial; Laboratory; and Metal Melt Quality.
The information below (set out in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation) provides further detail:
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||
a. | Name | Hooman Caman Javvi | |||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
a. | Position/status | CEO | |||||||||
b. | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
a. | Name | Porvair plc | |||||||||
b. | LEI | 213800ECKHS8LAQO3C45 | |||||||||
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
GB0006963689 | |||||||||
b. | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Ordinary Shares
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c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d. | Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price
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7,034 Ordinary Shares £58,620.54
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e. | Date of the transaction |
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f. | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | |||||||||
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a. | Name | James Mills | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a. | Position/status | Group Finance Director | ||||
b. | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a. | Name | Porvair plc | ||||
b. | LEI | 213800ECKHS8LAQO3C45 | ||||
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
GB0006963689 | ||||
b. | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options over Ordinary Shares
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c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d. | Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price
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n/a - single transaction | ||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 23 February 2026 | ||||
f. | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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
GB0006963689 | ||||
b. | Nature of the transaction | Sale of Ordinary Shares
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c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d. | Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price
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n/a - single transaction | ||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 23 February 2026 | ||||
f. | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||
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