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Director Share Option Exercises

2nd Jul 2020 15:57

RNS Number : 9032R

Share PLC

02 July 2020

2 July 2020

Share plc

("the Company")

Director Share Option Exercises

On 17 February 2020 the Boards of Antler Holdco Limited ("ii") (the holding company of Interactive Investor and the ii Group) and Share plc announced that they had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Share plc by ii ("the Acquisition"). It was proposed that the Acquisition would be implemented by way of a court sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act ("the Scheme").

Share plc (AIM:SHRE.LN) announces that on 30 June Gavin Oldham (Chairman), Richard Stone (Chief Executive Officer) and Mike Birkett (Finance Director) each exercised all of their remaining share options capable of being exercised pursuant to the terms of the applicable share option scheme rules under which those options were granted and in accordance with the Rule 15 letter to share option holders issued on 29 May 2020 in consequence of the Scheme.

Gavin Oldham exercised options over a total of 259,894 Ordinary Shares all granted under the Company's Unapproved Share Option Schemes. Richard Stone exercised options over a total of 3,582,406 Ordinary Shares granted under the Company's Unapproved Share Option Schemes, the Long Term Equity Incentive Plan Scheme and the EMI Share Option Scheme. Mike Birkett exercised options over a total of 1,247,442 Ordinary Shares granted under the Company's Unapproved Share Option Schemes and the Long Term Equity Incentive Plan Scheme. Full details of the exercises by each director under each scheme grant with applicable exercise prices are set out in the table below:

Gavin Oldham (Chairman)

Scheme	Number of Options exercised	Exercise Price
Unapproved	162,707	25 pence
Unapproved	11,145	22.5 pence
Unapproved	11,176	23 pence
Unapproved	10,958	24.5 pence
Unapproved	10,887	24 pence
Unapproved	10,899	39 pence
Unapproved	10,655	38 pence
Unapproved	10,655	30 pence
Unapproved	10,406	28.5 pence
Unapproved	10,406	27.5 pence

Richard Stone (CEO)

Scheme	Number of Options exercised	Exercise Price
Unapproved	103,074	25 pence
Unapproved	9,863	22.5 pence
Unapproved	1,063,750	1 pence
Unapproved	1,063,750	1 pence
Unapproved	10,899	39 pence
Unapproved	12,076	38 pence
Unapproved	12,076	30 pence
Unapproved	12,400	28.5 pence
Unapproved	12,400	27.5 pence
EMI	9,894	28.5 pence
EMI	40,931	25 pence
EMI	9,934	23 pence
EMI	10,714	24.5 pence
EMI	10,645	24 pence
LTEIP	600,000	Nil
LTEIP	600,000	Nil

Mike Birkett (Finance Director)

Scheme	Number of Options exercised	Exercise Price
Unapproved	9,446	39 pence
Unapproved	9,511	38 pence
Unapproved	9,511	30 pence
Unapproved	9,487	28.5 pence
Unapproved	9,487	27.5 pence
LTEIP	600,000	Nil
LTEIP	600,000	Nil

Following these share option exercises, Gavin Oldham's aggregate shareholding has increased to 34,909,971 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 23.15% of the current issued Ordinary Shares. The total holding of the Gavin Oldham family concert party (which includes Mr Oldham) is now 99,196,957 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 65.78% of the current issued Ordinary Shares.

Richard Stone's aggregate shareholding has increased to 4,702,724 Ordinary Shares (representing 3.12% of the current issued Ordinary Shares). Mr Stone and persons closely associated with him now hold 4,779,643 Ordinary Shares (representing 3.17% of the current issued Ordinary Shares).

Mike Birkett's aggregate shareholding has increased to 1,361,030 Ordinary Shares (representing 0.9% of the current issued Ordinary Shares).

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and their Closely Associated Persons

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

Name

Gavin Oldham

Reason for the notification

Position/status

Chairman

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

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

Name

Share plc

LEI

213800GEZ4DHXJKGPB78

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

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5

PENCE EACH

ISIN: GB0001977866

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of Unapproved Share Scheme Share Options

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.25

£0.22

£0.23

£0.24

£0.39

£0.38

£0.30

£0.28

162,707

11,145

11,176

10,958

10,887

10,899

10,655

10,406

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

259,894

£0.263

Date of the transaction

30/06/20

Place of the transaction

XOFF

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

Name

Richard Stone

Reason for the notification

Position/status

CEO

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

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

Name

Share plc

LEI

213800GEZ4DHXJKGPB78

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

Transaction 1

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5

PENCE EACH

ISIN: GB0001977866

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of Unapproved Share Scheme Share Options

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.25

£0.22

£0.01

£0.39

£0.38

£0.30

£0.28

103,074

9,863

1,063,750

10,899

12,076

12,400

10,406

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

2,310,694

£0.031

Date of the transaction

30/06/20

Place of the transaction

XOFF

Transaction 2

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5

PENCE EACH

ISIN: GB0001977866

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of Long Term Equity Incentive Plan Share Options

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.00

600,000

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

1,200,000

nil

Date of the transaction

30/06/20

Place of the transaction

XOFF

Transaction 3

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5

PENCE EACH

ISIN: GB0001977866

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of Enterprise Management Incentive Share Scheme Share Options

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.28

£0.25

£0.23

£0.24

9,894

40,931

9,934

10,714

10,645

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

82,118

£0.25

Date of the transaction

30/06/20

Place of the transaction

XOFF

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

Name

Mike Birkett

Reason for the notification

Position/status

Finance Director

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

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

Name

Share plc

LEI

213800GEZ4DHXJKGPB78

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

Transaction 1

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5

PENCE EACH

ISIN: GB0001977866

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of Unapproved Share Scheme Share Options

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.39

£0.38

£0.30

£0.28

9,446

9,511

9,487

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

47,442

£0.326

Date of the transaction

30/06/20

Place of the transaction

XOFF

Transaction 2

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.5

PENCE EACH

ISIN: GB0001977866

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of Long Term Equity Incentive Plan Share Options

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.00

600,000

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

1,200,000

Nil

Date of the transaction

30/06/20

Place of the transaction

XOFF

For more information, please contact:

Share plc	01296 414141
Richard Stone, Chief Executive
Giles Pemberton, Company Secretary

Cenkos Securities plc, Nominated Adviser and Broker	020 7397 8900
Katy Birkin/Mark Connelly

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