31st Mar 2014 14:58
31 March 2014
bwin.party digital entertainment plc
('bwin.party' or the 'Company')
Share plan awards to Directors
bwin.party announces the following share plan awards made to Directors today in accordance with the Company's remuneration policy:
1. bwin.party digital entertainment plc Bonus Banking Plan ('BBP')
The BBP came to the end of its operational life on 31 December 2013. The bwin.party Remuneration Committee has determined that no contribution was earned under the terms of the BBP in respect of 2013. Deferred value from contributions earned by BBP participants in 2011 and 2012, as disclosed in the bwin.party Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2012, is now due to be paid out in the form of bwin.party shares, the Remuneration Committee having determined that the BBP's forfeiture provision has not been triggered in 2013 in respect of this deferred value. As a result, the share awards below have been made today to the following Directors:
Name | Share award | Resulting shareholding / % of issued share capital |
Norbert Teufelberger | A restricted share award over 560,254 shares, with 280,127 shares vesting immediately and the remaining 280,127 shares vesting on 1 January 2015.
| 12,755,554 1.56%
|
Martin Weigold | A nil-cost share option award over 405,828 shares, with 202,914 shares vesting immediately and the remaining 202,914 shares vesting on 1 January 2015.
| 859,814 0.11% |
Manfred Bodner
| A restricted share award over 441,543 shares, with 220,771 shares vesting immediately and the remaining 220,772 shares vesting on 1 January 2015.
| 12,696,198 1.55% |
The share price at the date of grant is £1.27 per share.
The restricted shares are granted and received at no cost to the BBP participant.
Norbert Teufelberger and Manfred Bodner own 24,950,854 shares of their combined bwin.party shareholding through their jointly-owned investment vehicle, New Media Gaming and Holding Limited.
2. bwin.party digital entertainment plc 2014 Incentive Plan ('BIP')
Following the introduction of the BIP on 24 February 2014, the Remuneration Committee has resolved to make the following awards today to the Directors listed below. The quantum of these awards was determined by the Remuneration Committee following a review of senior management performance in respect of certain strategic and transformational objectives for 2013 disclosed in the BIP shareholder circular dated 29 January 2014. Full disclosure of the detail of the targets and their level of satisfaction will be contained in the Company's 2013 Directors' remuneration report contained in the bwin.party 2013 annual report, due to be published in April 2014.
Name | Share award |
Norbert Teufelberger
| A restricted share award over 806,405 bwin.party shares.
|
Martin Weigold
| A nil-cost share option award over 539,485 bwin.party shares.
|
The share price at the date of grant is £1.27 per share.
These awards represent 65% of the maximum amounts that could be awarded to the BIP participants.
These restricted shares vest in their entirety on 31 March 2017, but are not eligible for sale until 31 March 2019. Both Directors are also subject to minimum shareholding requirements. The restricted shares are granted and received at no cost to the BIP participant.
Contacts:
Investors:
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Peter Reynolds | +44 (0) 20 7337 0177 |
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Media:
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John Shepherd | +44 (0) 20 7337 0100 |
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