Director/PDMR Shareholding

SDI Group PLC

07 December 2023

 

SDI Group plc

("SDI", the "Company", or the "Group")

Director / PDMR Shareholding

SDI Group plc, the AIM quoted group focused on the design and manufacture of scientific and technology products for use in digital imaging and sensing and control applications, announces that it has been notified that Ken Ford, Chaiman, Stephen Brown, Chief Operating Officer and Amitabh Sharma, Chief Financial Officer have purchased 10,000, 3,250 and 10,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence in each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), respectively.

Details of Mr' Ford's, Mir Brown's and Mr Sharma's holdings pre and post-purchase is listed below.

Director	Current shareholding	Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	Purchase price (pence)	Number of Ordinary Shares after purchase	% of Ordinary Shares held after purchase
Ken Ford	895,217	10,000	87.00	905,217	0.87%
Stephen Brown	8,323	3,250	90.74	11,573	0.01%
Amitabh Sharma	18,762	10,000	90.70	28,762	0.03%

Enquiries

SDI Group plc

Mike Creedon, CEO                                                                                                         01223 727144

Ami Sharma, CFO

www.sdigroup.com

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited                                                                         020 7220 0500

Ed Frisby/Seamus Fricker - Corporate Finance

Andrew Burdis/Sunila de Silva - ECM

About SDI Group plc:

SDI designs and manufactures scientific and technology products for use in digital imaging and sensing and control applications including life sciences, healthcare, astronomy, plastics and packaging, manufacturing, precision optics, measurement instrumentation and art conservation. SDI operates through its subsidiaries: Atik Cameras, Synoptics, Graticules Optics, Sentek, Astles Control Systems, Applied Thermal Control, MPB Industries, Chell Instruments, Monmouth Scientific, Uniform Engineering, Scientific Vacuum Systems, Safelab Systems, LTE Scientific, Fraser Anti-Static Techniques and Peak Sensors.

SDI continues to grow by developing its own technology advancements and by improving its global sales channels, as well as through pursuing strategic, complementary acquisitions.

The notification below, made in accordance with requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Ken Ford
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	SDI Group plc
b)	LEI	213800YA3XW7JRE46Z70
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 1p each
	Identification code	GB00B3FBWW43
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Purchase of Ordinary Shares 87.00 10,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	·    10,000 shares ·    87.00 pence
e)	Date of the transaction	7 December 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (AIM - XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Stephen Brown
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Operating Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	SDI Group plc
b)	LEI	213800YA3XW7JRE46Z70
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 1p each
	Identification code	GB00B3FBWW43
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Purchase of Ordinary Shares 90.74 3,250
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	·    3,250 shares ·    90.74 pence
e)	Date of the transaction	7 December 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (AIM - XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Amitabh Sharma
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	SDI Group plc
b)	LEI	213800YA3XW7JRE46Z70
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 1p each
	Identification code	GB00B3FBWW43
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Purchase of Ordinary Shares 90.70 10,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	·    10,000 shares ·    90.70 pence
e)	Date of the transaction	7 December 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (AIM - XLON)

 

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