Trakm8 Holdings PLC Launch of SAYE and Directors' Dealings (9074X)

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Trakm8 Holdings PLC

03 September 2015

TRAKM8 HOLDINGS PLC

("Trakm8", the "Group" or the "Company")

Launch of SAYE and Directors' Dealings

Trakm8, the AIM-listed designer, developer and manufacturer of GPRS based hardware and software for the vehicle placement and security market, is pleased to announce that it has launched a Save As You Earn Scheme ("SAYE"). All employees, including the Executive Directors of the Company ("Qualifying Employees") may participate in the scheme.

The SAYE, which is a HM Revenue and Customs approved share option scheme, will run for an initial three year period. Qualifying Employees will subscribe, through payroll deductions, a total monthly sum of up to GBP4,658 into the scheme. At the end of the three year period the Qualifying Employee will have the option ("Option") to purchase ordinary shares of one pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). In the subscription window which has just closed, 26 Qualifying Employees have applied to participate in the SAYE. As a result a total of 91,622 Options have been granted to such Qualifying Employees (including Executive Directors). The Options are priced at 183 pence per Ordinary Share, being the closing price of an Ordinary Share on 5 August 2015, the time that the subscription window opened to employees.

Executive Directors John Watkins, James Hedges, and Paul Wilson have been granted Options at a price of 183 pence per share under the terms of the SAYE as follows:

 
 Director        Number of Options   Total number of 
                           granted      Options held 
--------------  ------------------  ---------------- 
 John Watkins            19,672(1)           544,672 
--------------  ------------------  ---------------- 
 James Hedges                9,836           334,836 
--------------  ------------------  ---------------- 
 Paul Wilson                 5,901           205,901 
--------------  ------------------  ---------------- 
 

(1) includes Options held by Linda Watkins

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For further information please contact:

 
 Trakm8 Holdings plc                 [phone] 
 John Watkins, Executive Chairman 
  James Hedges, Finance Director 
 finnCap (Nomad & Broker to 
  Trakm8)                            [phone] 
 Ed Frisby / Simon Hicks - 
  corporate finance 
  Jo Weaving - corporate broking 
 MHP Communications (Financial 
  PR to Trakm8)                      [phone] 
 Reg Hoare / Jade Neal 
 

About Trakm8

Trakm8, the M2M telematics company using Big Data analytics to improve driver behaviour is a leading technology designer, developer and manufacturer of telematics products and solutions.

The Group, based in Shaftesbury, Dorset, distributes its hardware and software through a network of distributors worldwide. In addition the Group provides vehicle monitoring and tracking services direct to the B2B market. Trakm8's IP owned products and services allow vehicles and drivers to be monitored, allowing organisations to manage deliveries and services, or track stolen vehicles down to five metres.

In June 2015, the Group acquired the business and assets of DCS Ltd, who specialise in the design and distribution of camera systems for the motor vehicle, bicycle and security markets. This further strengthens Trakm8's offering into the Telematics marketplace, with the acquisition based on the market's demand for forward facing vehicle cameras to record driving incidents and mitigate the risk from "crash to cash" accidents.

Trakm8's most recent generation of hardware is the T10 product range, which includes a self-install telematics device. The Group's services also include a driver behaviour management solution that reduces fuel consumption by 10% or more and reduces the risk of accidents. This is complemented by a logistics routing and scheduling package, integrated tachograph data reporting facilities, and the ability to read vehicle DTCs (Diagnostic Trouble Codes) reducing serviceability downtime. The Group's customers include the AA, St Gobain, EON, Direct Line Group, & Young Marmalade.

Trakm8 has been listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since 2005.

www.trakm8.com / @Trakm8

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