PDMR Announcement and TR-1 Notification

10 August 2023

KASEI HOLDINGS PLC

(“Kasei” or the “Company”)

PDMR Announcement and TR-1 Notification

Kasei Holdings PLC (AQSE: KASH) announces that the Company’s directors (PDMR) sold and purchased ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) as set out below.

Director	Position	Sold or purchased	Ordinary Shares	Share Price	Resultant Holding	% of total voting rights
Jai Patel	Chief Investment Officer	Sold from his dealing account	66,833	£0.06	1,437,157	4.33%
Jai Patel	Chief Investment Officer	Purchased in his Lifetime ISA account	66,833	£0.0605
Brendan Kearns	Chief Financial Officer	Purchased	200,000	£0.05	200,000	0.60%
Bryan Coyne	Non-Executive Director	Purchased	300,000	£0.05	5,018,750	15.10%

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended, provides further detail.

The directors of Kasei accept responsibility for this announcement.

For further information please contact:

Jai Patel Chief Investment Officer	[e-mail]
First Sentinel Corporate Adviser Brian Stockbridge Gabrielle Cordeiro	[phone] [e-mail] [e-mail]

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
1.1	Name	Jai Patel
1.2	Position / status	Chief Investment Officer
1.3	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
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
2.1	Issuer	Kasei Holdings Plc LEI: 984500556C45AE388547
2.2	Description of the financial instrument	66,833 Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
2.3	ISIN	GB00BN950D98
2.4	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of ordinary shares by Lifetime ISA accounts from dealing account – both held by Jai Patel
2.5	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.06 sold £0.0605 Purchased 66,833
2.6	Aggregated information	66,833 shares
2.7	Aggregated volume Price	£4,009.98 sold £4,043.40 purchased
2.8	Date of the transaction	2023-08-10 GMT
2.9	Place of the transaction	Aquis Exchange Growth Market (AQSE)

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
1.1	Name	Brendan Kearns
1.2	Position / status	Chief Financial Officer
1.3	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
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
2.1	Issuer	Kasei Holdings Plc LEI: 984500556C45AE388547
2.2	Description of the financial instrument	200,000 Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each
2.3	ISIN	GB00BN950D98
2.4	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of ordinary shares
2.5	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.05 200,000
2.6	Aggregated information	200,000 shares
2.7	Aggregated volume Price	£10,000 in total
2.8	Date of the transaction	2023-08-10 GMT
2.9	Place of the transaction	Aquis Exchange Growth Market (AQSE)

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
1.1	Name	Bryan Coyne
1.2	Position / status	Non-Executive Director
1.3	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
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
2.1	Issuer	Kasei Holdings Plc LEI: 984500556C45AE388547
2.2	Description of the financial instrument	300,000 Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each
2.3	ISIN	GB00BN950D98
2.4	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of ordinary shares
2.5	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.05 300,000
2.6	Aggregated information	300,000 shares
2.7	Aggregated volume Price	£15,000 in total
2.8	Date of the transaction	2023-08-10 GMT
2.9	Place of the transaction	Aquis Exchange Growth Market (AQSE)

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) i
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:			KASEI HOLDINGS PLC
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify) iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
Name			Bryan Coyne
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:			10 August 2023
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			10 August 2023
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer (8.A + 8.B) vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	15.10%	0		15.10%	5,018,750
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	14.20%	0		14.20%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights ix					% of voting rights
		Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect  (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect (DTR5.2.1)
Ordinary shares GB00BN950D98		5,018,750					15.10%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		5,018,750					15.10%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date x	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date x		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash Settlement xii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an “X”)
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer xiii				X
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary) xiv
Name xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional information xvi

Place of completion	UK
Date of completion	10 August 2023

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