MERCIA ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC

Director's Dealing • Jul 29, 2025

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 8794S

Mercia Asset Management PLC

29 July 2025

RNS	29 July 2025

Mercia Asset Management PLC

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

Director/PDMR Dealings

Mercia Asset Management PLC (AIM: MERC), the regionally focused, private capital asset manager with c.£2.0billion of assets under management, announces that it has received notifications of the following transactions relating to Ordinary shares of £0.00001 each in the capital of Mercia ("Ordinary Shares") by Directors and PDMRs of the Company as follows:

·    Mark Payton, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, became beneficially interested in a further 190,689 Ordinary Shares. These shares were bought at 32.45, 32.50, 32.88 and 32.95 pence per share.

·    Martin Glanfield, Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, became beneficially interested in a further 157,475 Ordinary Shares. These shares were bought at 33.24 pence per share.

·    Jocelyne Bath, Chief Operating Officer of the Company, became beneficially interested in 97,570 Ordinary Shares. These shares were bought at 32.45 pence per share.

The personal share purchases by Messrs Payton, Glanfield and Bath (445,734 shares in total) are the re-investment of part of their 31 March 2025 net bonuses, and the shares will be held for a minimum period of one year.

Following the above transactions, Messrs Payton, Glanfield and Bath are beneficially interested in the following number of Ordinary Shares:

Director/PDMR	Number of Ordinary Shares	Percentage of issued and voting Ordinary share capital
Mark Payton*	7,521,405	1.74%
Martin Glanfield**	2,151,269	0.50%
Jocelyne Bath	97,570	0.02%

*     Including 12,793 Ordinary Shares held by Katharine Yeo

**   Including 125,784 Ordinary Shares held by Bryonie Glanfield

The notifications below are made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulations.

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Mark Payton

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Director (PDMR)

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Mercia Asset Management PLC

b)

LEI

213800A1Q4CF57NECG66

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 of £0.00001 each

ISIN: GB00BSL71W47

b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition of 190,689 Ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
32.45p 32.50p 32.88p 32.95p	45,422 90,849 51,479 2,939

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

190,689

32.60p

e)

Date of the transaction

28 July 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

AIM (AIMX)

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Martin Glanfield

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

Director (PDMR)

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Mercia Asset Management PLC

b)

LEI

213800A1Q4CF57NECG66

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 of £0.00001 each

ISIN: GB00BSL71W47

b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition of 157,475 Ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
33.24p	157,475

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

157,475

33.24p

e)

Date of the transaction

28 July 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

AIM (AIMX)

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Jocelyne Bath

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

PDMR

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Mercia Asset Management PLC

b)

LEI

213800A1Q4CF57NECG66

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 of £0.00001 each

ISIN: GB00BSL71W47

b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition of 97,570 Ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
32.45p	97,570

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

97,570

32.45p

e)

Date of the transaction

28 July 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

AIM (AIMX)

- Ends -

For further information, please contact:

Mercia Asset Management PLC Mark Payton, Chief Executive Officer Martin Glanfield, Chief Financial Officer www.mercia.co.uk		+44 (0)330 223 1430
Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker)		+44 (0)20 7523 8000
Simon Bridges, Andrew Potts, Harry Gooden
Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker)		+44 (0)20 7496 3000
Charles Leigh-Pemberton ​
FTI Consulting		+44 (0)20 3727 1051
Tom Blackwell, Jenny Boyd
mercia@fticonsulting.com

About Mercia Asset Management PLC

Mercia is a private capital asset manager focused on supporting regional SMEs to achieve their growth aspirations. Mercia provides capital across its four asset classes of venture, debt, private equity and proprietary capital: the Group's 'Complete Connected Capital'.

The Group has a strong UK footprint through its 11 regional offices, extensive local adviser and personal networks, and university partnerships, providing it with access to high-quality deal flow.

Mercia Asset Management PLC is quoted on AIM with the EPIC "MERC".

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.

END

DSHPKFBKOBKDBOB