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Gattaca PLC

21 July 2025

Gattaca plc

("Gattaca" or the "Company")

Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding

Gattaca, the specialist staffing solutions business, announces the exercise of Long Term Incentive Plan Options ("Options") by Oliver Whittaker, Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Oliver Whittaker has exercised 20,610 Options over ordinary shares of one penny each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). Following the exercise of Options the Company has instructed Apex Financial Services (Trust Company) Limited, which administers the Gattaca Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") to transfer 20,610 Ordinary Shares to Mr Whittaker at nil cost. Following the exercise, Oliver Whittaker has beneficial holdings of 28,475 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.10% of the Company's issued share capital and options over a further 559,913 Ordinary Shares in the Company.

Further information is contained in the disclosure table below.

For further information, please contact:

Gattaca plc	+44 (0) 1489 898989
Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer Oliver Whittaker, Chief Financial Officer
Panmure Liberum (Nomad and Broker)	+44 (0) 20 3100 2000
Edward Mansfield Will King
IFC Advisory (Financial PR and IR) Tim Metcalfe Graham Herring Florence Chandler	+44 (0) 203 934 6630

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	Oliver Whittaker
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	Gattaca plc
b)	LEI	213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866
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 GB00B1FMDQ43
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of Share Options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	20,610 Ordinary Shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	20,610 Nil cost
e)	Date of the transaction	15 July 2025
f)	Place of the transaction	Off-market transaction

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Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding.

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