27th Jun 2014 12:00
Patisserie Holdings Plc
(the "Company", together with its subsidiary undertakings, the "Group")
Grant of Options
Patisserie Holdings Plc (AIM: CAKE), a leading UK branded café and casual dining group, announces that options over 2,024,666 ordinary shares of one penny each ("Ordinary Shares") were granted on 27 June 2014 to executive directors and certain employees of the Group under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") and Employee Share Option Scheme (the "ESOS").
The grants under the LTIP comprise an aggregate of 1,666,666 Ordinary Shares with an exercise price of 170p per share and the grants under the ESOS comprise an aggregate of 358,000 Ordinary Shares with an exercise price of 199p per share.
The LTIP grants referenced above comprise the following grants to executive directors:
Paul May: LTIP award over 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares; and
Chris Marsh: LTIP award over 666,666 Ordinary Shares.
The options under the LTIP and the ESOS become exercisable only if Earnings Per Share ("EPS") linked performance criteria and a three year service condition are both met. In normal circumstances, the options can be exercised (subject to performance conditions being met) for a period of 2 years from 27 June 2017. The performance criteria are as follows:
LTIP performance criteria
Compound EPS growth rate over the three year period: | Percentage of options vesting: |
Less than Retail Price Index ("RPI") plus 12% | Zero |
RPI plus 12% | 30% |
Between RPI plus 12% and RPI plus 18% | Between 30% and 100%, on a straight line basis |
Equal to, or greater than, RPI plus 18% | 100% |
ESOS performance criteria
The options under the ESOS will be subject to the performance condition that compound EPS growth over the three year period is greater than RPI plus 5% for 100% vesting.
Enquiries:
Patisserie Holdings Plc +44 (0)121 777 7000
Luke Johnson, Executive Chairman
Paul May, Chief Executive Officer
Chris Marsh, Finance Director
Nomad & Broker
Canaccord Genuity +44 (0)20 7523 8000
Bruce Garrow
Peter Stewart
Joe Weaving
Financial Public Relations
Maitland +44 (0)20 7379 5151
Neil Bennett
James Devas
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