23rd Jul 2013 16:01
Date: | 23 July 2013 |
On behalf of: | Entertainment One Ltd. ('the Company') |
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Entertainment One Ltd.
Director Share Awards
Following the Company's announcement of 1 July 2013 in relation to the transfer of the Company's Common Shares to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority, the Company makes the following announcement in respect of the Management Participation Scheme ('the Scheme') in relation to Darren Throop, Patrice Theroux and Giles Willits ('Management').
As outlined in previous announcements, the conditions of the Scheme have been met and on 1 July 2013 Management delivered irrevocable put notices to the Company to exercise their put options in relation to the Scheme.
As required under the Scheme, notice of the put price was delivered to Management on 15 July 2013, and the Company elected to pay the put price on the put completion date in Common Shares of the Company.
Completion of the exercise of the put options took place on 23 July 2013. Accordingly, the Company intends to issue Common Shares as follows:
§ Darren Throop: 3,970,227 Common Shares
§ Patrice Theroux: 3,488,987 Common Shares
§ Giles Willits: 2,165,578 Common Shares
Following the issue, Management will own the following Common Shares in the Company:
§ Darren Throop: 9,185,789 Common Shares (3.2% of issued share capital)
§ Patrice Theroux: 4,598,188 Common Shares (1.6% of issued share capital)
§ Giles Willits: 3,061,322 Common Shares (1.1% of issued share capital, including shares beneficially held via the Employee Benefit Trust)
Application is being made to the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock Exchange for 9,624,792 Common Shares to be admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. It is expected that dealings will commence at 8.00am on 26 July 2013.
Following admission, the Company's increased share capital will comprise 283,244,106 Common Shares with voting rights. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 283,244,106.
The total number of voting rights may be used by 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 Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Redleaf Polhill |
Emma Kane/ Rebecca Sanders-Hewett
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+44(0)20 7382 4730 |
Entertainment One Ltd. | Giles Willits
| Via Redleaf Polhill
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J. P. Morgan Cazenove | Hugo Baring/Virginia Khoo | +44(0)20 7742 4000
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Cenkos Securities plc
| Stephen Keys/Adrian Hargrave
| +44(0)20 7397 8926 |
Notes to Editors:
About Entertainment One
Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE:ETO) is a leading international entertainment company that specialises in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content. The company's comprehensive network extends around the globe including Canada, the US, the UK, Ireland, Spain, Benelux, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South Korea.
The company provides extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production, family programming and merchandising and licensing. Its current rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 35,000 film and television titles, 2,800 hours of television programming and 45,000 music tracks.
Further information is available at www.entertainmentonegroup.com or email Redleaf Polhill at [email protected].
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