31st Jan 2012 17:12
Triple Plate Junction plc
(the "Company")
Incentivisation Arrangements - Joint Share Ownership Plan
The Company announces that on 30 January 2012 the Company's employee benefit trust ("EBT") subscribed for 18,571,124 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 4.65 pence per Ordinary Share pursuant to the implementation by the Company of a Joint Share Ownership Plan ("JSOP"). This is in accordance with the commitments that the Company announced on 19th January 2011 and 4th May 2011 and as set out on page 5 of its 2011 Annual Report and Accounts, and the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting on 30th September 2011. The number of Ordinary Shares to be held jointly by the EBT and participating directors and employees of the Company ("Participants") pursuant to the JSOP are as follows:
Director/Employee | Number of Ordinary Shares to be jointly subscribed for | Hurdle Value | Vesting date of Participant's interest |
Bill Howell | 2,000,000 | 7.5p | 4 May 2014 |
2,000,000 | 10p | 4 May 2014 | |
Chris Goss | 1,000,000 | 7.5p | 4 May 2014 |
1,000,000 | 10p | 4 May 2014 | |
Simon Bullock | 500,000 | 5.8125p | 1 February 2014 |
Fraser McGee | 12,071,124 | 5.8125p | 13 January 2014 |
Under the JSOP, which is facilitated pursuant to a joint ownership agreement between the EBT and the Participants, the EBT retains the right to the current value of the Ordinary Shares and each Participant will have the right to any capital growth over and above a specified hurdle value (as listed above). The Participants may realise their interests in the jointly owned Ordinary Shares upon: (i) a change of control of the Company; (ii) a material asset sale by the Company; (iii) notice by the Participant at any time after the relevant vesting date (as listed above); or (iv), in certain circumstances, the Participant ceasing to be employed by the Company before the relevant vesting date. If the Participant leaves the group before the relevant vesting date then in general he will lose any entitlement under the JSOP. However if the Participant is a good leaver then he may retain a just and reasonable pro rata entitlement.
Options and Warrants in addition to the shares above held under the JSOP
As at today the Company has a total of : (i) 5,000,000 warrants in issue to acquire Ordinary Shares at 1.2p each; and (ii) a further 443,780 warrants to acquire Ordinary Shares at 2.5p each.
The Company has the following Share Options in issue:
Name | Price (pence) | Exercise Date | Expiry Date | Number |
Share Options issued | ||||
W Howell | 1.1 | 3 years to 25/6/2013 | 25/06/2020 | 1,000,000 |
T Shearer |
1.1 | 3 years to 25/6/2013 | 24/06/2020 | 2,500,000 |
T Shearer | 1.0 | 19/1/2011 | 18/01/2021 | 4,200,000 |
T Shearer | 1.0 | Contingent | 18/01/2021 | 900,000 |
C Goss |
1.1 | 3 years to 25/6/2013 | 24/06/2020 | 500,000 |
C Goss | 1.0 | 19/1/2011 | 18/01/2021 | 1,400,000 |
C Goss | 1.0 | Contingent | 18/01/2021 | 300,000 |
P Gorman | 1.1 | 3 years to 25/6/2013 | 24/06/2020 | 2,500,000 |
P Gorman | 1.1 | 19/1/2011 | 18/01/2021 | 4,200,000 |
P Gorman | 1.0 | Contingent | 18/01/2021 | 900,000 |
Total Share Options issued | 18400000 |
Note: Share Options may only be exercised between the first and tenth anniversaries of the date of grant by a person who remains a Director or employee and for a limited period following cessation of employment. No Options were exercised during the year ended 31 March 2011 (2010: nil exercised).
Bill Howell has relinquished Options over 2,533,333 Ordinary Shares granted to him between 2004 and 2006 under the Executive Share Option Scheme. Bill Howell is now instead entitled to a cash bonus in respect of these relinquished Options, based upon the difference between the strike price of the relevant Option and the price per Ordinary Share (not to exceed 50 pence) on the date of exercise. Details of the cash bonus are set out below:
Number of Options previously held | Strike Price for Cash Bonus to become payable | Expiry Date |
1,200,000 | 29.5p per previously held Option | 18 December 2013 |
400,000 | 30p per previously held Option | 18 December 2013 |
933,333 | 39.5p per previously held Option | 4 October 2014 |
Admission of new Ordinary Shares
Application has been made for admission of the 18,571,124 Ordinary Shares subscribed for by the EBT to be admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange plc. Such admission is expected to occur on 6 February 2012.
Total voting rights
As a consequence of the subscription for Ordinary Shares by the EBT, for the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), the Company notifies the market that as at the date of this announcement the Company's issued share capital consists of 366,916,729 Ordinary Shares (with an additional 5,433,780 warrants issued and 18,400,000 ordinary shares under option, as detailed above), with each Ordinary Share carrying the right to one vote. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury.
The above figure of 366,916,729 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the DTRs.
Directors' interests
Following these joint subscriptions of Ordinary Shares, the Directors now have the following beneficial interests over Ordinary Shares:
Director | Number of Ordinary Shares held | Percentage of Issued Share Capital | Number of Options held | Shares jointly held pursuant to the JSOP |
Tony Shearer | 822,222 | 0.22 | 7,600,000 | 0 |
Chris Goss | 711,111 | 0.19 | 2,200,000 | 2,000,000 |
Fraser McGee | 111,111 | 0.03 | 0 | 12,071,124 |
For further information, please contact:
Triple Plate Junction plc
Fraser McGee +44 (0)7775 693 237
finnCap Ltd
Matthew Robinson/Christopher Raggett +44 (0)20 7220 0500
Ocean Equities Limited
Guy Wilkes +44 (0)20 7786 4370
FTI Consulting
Ben Brewerton/Oliver Winters +44 (0)20 7831 3113
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