Petards Group plc
("Petards" or the “Company” or “the Group”)

Grant of Share Options

Petards, the AIM quoted developer of advanced security and surveillance systems, announces that its Remuneration Committee in accordance with the rules of the Company’s Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) Plan approved by shareholders in January 2015, has granted options over 120,000 ordinary shares to Tim Coker, a senior employee of the Group.

All the options granted have an exercise price of 24.50p, being the closing mid-market share price on 20 July 2018 (the latest possible date prior to the date of grant), vest three years from the date of grant and once vested are exercisable at any time up to ten years after the date of grant.

The information below, set out in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.