11th May 2018 13:39
Goals Soccer Centres plc ("Goals" or the "Company")
Director / PDMR Shareholdings
11 May 2018
Grant of LTIP Award to executive director
Goals announces that, on 10 May 2018, the Company granted an award over its ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("Shares") to Andy Anson, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, under the terms of its 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") that was originally approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 5 May 2016:
Name | Role | No. of Shares over which the award is granted on 10 May 2018 |
Andy Anson | CEO | 660,000 |
No consideration was paid for the grant of the award, which has been structured as a "nominal cost" option and requires the above named executive director to pay a price of 0.25p for each Share, on exercise of the option.
The vesting of the award remains subject to the satisfaction of a performance condition that has been set by the Remuneration Committee of the Company. This condition relates to the Company's share price performance over a specified period of three years. Vesting will also be dependent on Andy Anson's continued employment at the Company.
Other than the above award, Andy Anson does not hold any other beneficial interest in the Company.
The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Andy Anson | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | CEO | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Goals Soccer Centres plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138005QFMJYIIC5S847 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("Shares") | ||||
Identification code | GB00B0486M37 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of award (in the form of a nominal value option) over Shares pursuant to the Goals Soccer Centres plc 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) | ||||
Enquiries:
Goals Soccer Centres plc Michael Bolingbroke, Interim Chairman Andy Anson, CEO Bill Gow, CFO
| 01355 234 800 |
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Chris Connors Martin Davison Richard Andrews
| 020 7523 8350 |
Instinctif Partners Matthew Smallwood
| 020 7457 2020 |
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