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Grant of Executive Share Awards

3rd Jul 2025 14:16

RNS Number : 6630P
ProCook Group PLC
03 July 2025
 

ProCook Group plc

 

Grant of Executive Share Awards

 

ProCook Group plc (the "Company"), the UK's leading direct-to-consumer specialist kitchenware brand, announces that on 1 July 2025 awards were granted to Lee Tappenden, CEO, and Dan Walden, CFO, as Executive Directors and PDMRs, under both the ProCook Group plc Performance Share Plan 2021 ("PSP") and the ProCook Group plc Deferred Bonus Plan 2021 ("DBP"), as set out below.

 

PSP share award

DBP share award

Lee Tappenden

1,011,456

217,961

Dan Walden

683,744

147,341

 

 

The options over the Company's ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") awarded under the PSP to Lee Tappenden and Dan Walden are subject to the achievement of certain earnings per share performance conditions. These options vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant and are subject to a two-year holding period.

 

The awards granted under the DBP relate to the deferral into Ordinary Shares of 25% of the bonus awards for Lee Tappenden and Dan Walden for the financial year ended 30 March 2025 as approved by the Company's Remuneration Committee. The awards will vest on the second anniversary of the date of grant.

 

The average closing price for an Ordinary Share, as derived from the Official List, for three consecutive business days immediately preceding the date of grant, was used to calculate the number of Ordinary Shares over which the awards have been made.

 

The notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

 

1.

Details of PDMR

(a)

Name

Lee Tappenden

2.

Reason for notification

(b)

Position / status

Chief Executive Officer

(c)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the Issuer

(a)

Name

ProCook Group plc

(b)

LEI

213800RWZMK3ARHMUN52

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 transaction(s) have been conducted

(a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares in the capital of ProCook Group plc

 

GB00BNRR8331

(b)

Nature of the transaction

1) Grant of an option under the PSP to acquire Ordinary Shares

2) Grant of award of Ordinary Shares under the DBP

(c)

Price(s) and volume

Award

Price(s)

Volume

PSP

1) Nil

1,011,456

DBP

2) Nil

217,961

(d)

Aggregated information

-Aggregated volume

-Price

 

1,229,417

Nil

(e)

Date of the transaction

1 July 2025

(f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

1.

Details of PDMR

(a)

Name

Dan Walden

2.

Reason for notification

(b)

Position / status

Chief Financial Officer

(c)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the Issuer

(a)

Name

ProCook Group plc

(b)

LEI

213800RWZMK3ARHMUN52

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 transaction(s) have been conducted

(a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares in the capital of ProCook Group plc

 

GB00BNRR8331

(b)

Nature of the transaction

1) Grant of an option under the PSP to acquire Ordinary Shares

2) Grant of award of Ordinary Shares under the DBP

(c)

Price(s) and volume

Price(s)

Volume

PSP

1) Nil

683,744

DBP

2) Nil

147,341

(d)

Aggregated information

-Aggregated volume

-Price

 

831,085

Nil

(e)

Date of the transaction

 1 July 2025

(f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

ProCook Group plc

Lee Tappenden, Chief Executive Officer

Dan Walden, Chief Financial Officer

[email protected]

 

 

MHP Communications (Financial PR Adviser)

Katie Hunt

Lucy Gibbs

[email protected]

Tel: +44 (0)7711 191 518

 

Notes to editors:

ProCook is the UK's leading direct-to-consumer specialist kitchenware brand. ProCook designs, develops, and retails a high-quality range of direct-sourced and own-brand kitchenware which provides customers with significant value for money.

 

The brand sells directly through its website, www.procook.co.uk, and through 68 own-brand retail stores, located across the UK.

 

Founded over 25 years ago as a family business, selling cookware sets by direct mail in the UK, ProCook has grown into a market leading, multi-channel specialist kitchenware company, employing over 600 colleagues, and operating from its Store Support Centre in Gloucester.

 

As a B Corp, a Real Living Wage employer and a certified Great Place to WorkTM, ProCook is committed to being a socially responsible and environmentally conscious business for the benefit of all stakeholders. 

 

ProCook has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since November 2021 (PROC.L).

 

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