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Grant of Warrants to Directors

18th Jul 2014 15:05

RNS Number : 7714M
Motive Television PLC
18 July 2014
 



18 July 2014

 

 

Motive Television PLC

("Motive" or "the Company")

 

Grant of Warrants to Directors

 

Motive Television PLC (AIM: MTV.LN), the digital television technology, software and solutions provider, announces that it has today issued the following warrants to Michael Pilsworth and Leonard M. Fertig (together, the "Warrants"), both directors of Motive:

 

Number of warrants

Michael Pilsworth

550,000,000

Leonard M. Fertig

1,150,000,000

 

The Warrants have been issued with an exercise price of 0.03 pence per share, which is a premium of 76 per cent. over the closing mid-market share price on 17 July 2014. The Warrants are exercisable immediately from the date of issue for a period of 10 years, expiring on 18 July 2024.

 

The Warrants taken as a whole represent an interest over 5 per cent. of the currently issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

 

At the date of this announcement the Company has 33,803,509,846 ordinary voting shares in issue.

 

Under the AIM Rules, the issue of the Warrants to Michael Pilsworth and Leonard M. Fertig is classified as a related party transaction. The independent directors of the Company being the directors other than Michael Pilsworth and Leonard M. Fertig (the "Independent Directors"), who have consulted with Sanlam Securities UK Limited, consider the terms of each of the issues of Warrants to be fair and reasonable insofar as the shareholders are concerned. In advising the Independent Directors, Sanlam Securities UK Limited has relied upon their commercial assessment.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Motive Television plc

Michael Pilsworth, Chairman

Leonard M Fertig, CEO

 

T: +44 20 7025 8425

 

Sanlam Securities UK (Nominated Adviser)

Simon Clements/Virginia Bull

 

T: +44 20 7628 2200

 

 

Hume Capital Securities (Company Broker)

Jon Belliss

 

T: +44 20 3216 2630

Newgate Communications

Jason Nisse/Stephanie Dobbs

 

Media PR Europe

Gerry Buckland

 

Brainerd Communicators

Chris Plunkett/Mike Smargiassi

 

 

T: +44 20 7680 6559

 

 

T: +44 7774 860011

 

 

T: +1 212 986 6667 

 

 

Motive Television provides broadcasters and pay television operators with enabling technology that provides opportunities to deliver highly valued services to viewers that generate additional income and retain existing subscribers, comprising:

 

Content Express™

Today's television viewers are demanding the ability to watch whatever they want when they want it on any screen, and Motive's Content Express™ makes that possible without having to build new networks. Content Express™ software provides secure delivery and management of non-linear digital content across any type of broadcast network to any consumer-facing screen or device. Motive has deployed it in both single and hybrid distribution systems that combine broadband access with traditional distribution for an optimal solution.

 

Motive's Content Express™ solutions platform provides a one-stop shop for digital terrestrial broadcasters, satellite, DTT cable pay television platforms, and Internet OTT content providers to offer new services including: Video on Demand (VOD and SVOD), Catch-up television, Tablet Television, Targeted advertising for VOD, Mocast for 4G LTE, Virtual channels and Video2Go.

 

Tablet TV

With a proprietary app and T-Pod antenna-tuner, tablet owners around the globe can watch and record all the programming currently broadcast over digital terrestrial channels. Additionally, Tablet TV subscribers have the ability to download a selection of video-on-demand movies and programmes without the need for Internet access and, when they are connected, use integrated social networking and access anything available over the Internet.

 

Motive's content division is:

 

Motive Television Limited, a Dublin-based award-winning independent production company that produces factual programmes for Irish broadcasters. It specializes in live sports production and sports documentaries and also produces factual and entertainment series.

 

Motive Television was founded in London in 2005 and its shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange (AIM).

 

http://www.motivetelevision.co.uk

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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