13th Nov 2015 10:38
Share plc
(the "Company")
Director Dealings
PURCHASE OF PARTNERSHIP SHARES AND AWARDS OF MATCHING SHARES
Share plc (AIM:SHRE.LN) announces that the undermentioned directors of the Company on Friday 13 November purchased ordinary shares of 0.5 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an allocation cost of 30 pence per share as "partnership shares" under the Company's Share Incentive Plan. These purchases were undertaken by the trustee of the Company's Share Incentive Plan, Sharesecure Ltd, a UK registered company, on behalf of these individuals and the shares were purchased in the open market. Allocation cost is calculated in accordance with HMRC SIP Rules and Guidance.
In connection with these purchases on the same date the directors were awarded Ordinary Shares as "matching shares" under the Company's Share Incentive Plan. No consideration was paid by the grantees for the award of the matching shares and no consideration is due on the release of the matching shares.
The risk of forfeiture attached to the matching shares will normally be removed on the third anniversary of allocation subject to continued employment and the retention of the Partnership shares in connection with which they were awarded.
All the above transactions are summarised below:
Director | Partnership shares acquired | Matching shares awarded | Total holding following notification | % of current issued Ordinary Shares |
Richard Tolkien | 500 | 1,000 | 297,654 | 0.21 |
Richard Stone | 500 | 1,000 | 173,542 | 0.12 |
Francesca Ecsery | 500 | 1,000 | 24,618 | 0.02 |
Mike Birkett | 500 | 1,000 | 23,027 | 0.02 |
Gareth Thomas | 501 | 1,002 | 13,242 | 0.009 |
Share plc also notifies the following option grants on 12 November 2015 to Company Directors as part of its policy of awarding options to Senior Managers and Directors every six months.
Gavin Oldham, Chairman, has been granted options over 10,655 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.01% of the current issued Ordinary Shares) at an exercise price of 30.0 pence per Ordinary Share. These options have been granted on an unapproved basis outside of the Company's CSOP arrangements. Following this grant, Gavin Oldham holds 304,515 Ordinary Shares under option (representing 0.2% of the current issued Ordinary Shares).
Richard Stone, Chief Executive, has been granted options over 12,076 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.01% of the current issued Ordinary Shares) at an exercise price of 30.0 pence per Ordinary Share. These options have been granted on an unapproved basis outside of the Company's CSOP arrangements. Following this grant, Richard Stone now holds 4,742,637 Ordinary Shares under option or co-ownership arrangements with the Employee Benefit Trust (representing 3.3% of the current issued Ordinary Shares).
Mike Birkett, Finance Director, has been granted options over 9,511 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.01% of the current issued Ordinary Shares) at an exercise price of 30.0 pence per Ordinary Share. These options have been granted on an unapproved basis outside of the Company's CSOP arrangements. Following this grant, Mike Birkett now holds 1,265,134 Ordinary Shares under option (representing 0.9% of the current issued Ordinary Shares).
The Company has, and will continue to operate, a policy of seeking to settle all option exercises, Share Incentive Plan awards and any other equity settled payments to staff using shares purchased by the Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) in the secondary market. As previously announced, following the sale of shares in Share plc by Gavin Oldham, as at 16 June 2015 the EBT held just over 5.7 million Ordinary Shares.
For more information, please contact:
Share plc | 01296 414141 |
Richard Stone, Chief Executive | |
Barbara Pierssene, Company Secretary | |
Cenkos Securities plc, Nominated Adviser and Broker | 020 7397 8900 |
Ivonne Cantu / Mark Connelly |
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