PETARDS GROUP PLC

Director's Dealing • May 16, 2018

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Petards Group PLC

16 May 2018

16 May 2018

Petards Group plc

("Petards" or "the Company")

Exercise of Options

PDMR Shareholding

Petards, the AIM quoted developer of advanced security and surveillance systems announces that is has issued 700,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") following the exercise of 700,000 options at 11.625 pence per share, to an entity controlled by Paul Negus, Director, under the Company's share option scheme.

Application has been made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, which is expected to take place on 22 May 2018. The new Ordinary Shares will rank, pari passu, with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue.

Following the transaction outlined above Mr Negus' interest in the share capital of the Company  is 700,000 Ordinary Shares representing 1.2 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital enlarged pursuant to the exercise of options. Neither Mr Negus nor any entity controlled by him, has any further interest in any options.

Total Voting Rights

Following the issue of the new Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 56,468,229 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in issue. No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. The figure of 56,468,229 may be used by the Company's shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information:

Petards Group plc	www.petards.com
Raschid Abdullah, Chairman	Mb:  07768 905 004
WH Ireland Limited, Nomad and Joint Broker	www.whirelandcb.com
Mike Coe, Ed Allsopp	Tel:  0117 945 3470
Hybridan LLP, Joint Broker	www.hybridan.com
Claire Louise Noyce	Tel:  020 3764 2341

The below notification made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail:

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Paul Negus

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

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

a)

Name

Petards Group plc

b)

LEI

213800YPE3U45S6TZT05

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 1p each

n/a

b)

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Option Price(s)	Volume(s)
11.625p each	700,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

700,000

£81,375

e)

Date of the transaction

16 May 2018

f)

Place of the transaction

London

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