6th Nov 2013 17:10
For immediate release - 6 November 2013
Progility plc
New Share Option Schemes and Grant of Options
6 November 2013
Progility plc
("Progility" or "the Group")
New Share Option Schemes and Grant of Options
Progility plc (AIM: PGY), the project management services group, is pleased to announce that it has adopted two new share option schemes, the Progility plc Australian Share Option Scheme, specifically for employees of the Group resident in Australia, and the Progility plc 2013 Unapproved Share Option Scheme for employees in the UK and elsewhere (the "New Schemes").
Yesterday, the Remuneration Committee also authorised the grant of options, over an aggregate of 6,350,000 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 10p per Ordinary Share, pursuant to the New Schemes.
This aggregate figure includes grants of 500,000 options to each of John McIntosh, Finance Director, and Donald Stewart, General Counsel. The options granted to the Directors, effective today, can be exercised in equal amounts 12, 24 and 36 months after the date of grant and will expire after five years.
For further information, please contact: | |
Progility plc | |
Wayne Bos, Executive Chairman & Interim CEO | 020 7371 4444 |
John McIntosh, Finance Director | |
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Advisor) | |
Mark Brady | 020 3368 3551 |
Sean Wyndham-Quin | 020 3368 3555 |
W H Ireland Limited (Broker) | |
Adrian Hadden / Nicholas Field | 020 7220 1666 |
Tavistock Communications Catriona Valentine / Niall Walsh |
020 7920 3150 |
About Progility - www.progility.com
Progility plc is the holding company of a project management services group, specialising in the provision of professional business and technology led, value added services across all stages of the project management life cycle.
The group has four divisions: Technology Solutions, Training, Consulting and Recruitment.
Technology Solutions
The technology solutions division is Progility Technologies, which operates a communication systems integration business that designs, implements and maintains solutions for medium and large enterprises with a focus on the rail, port, oil and gas, power, water and healthcare industries in Australia and on the mining industry globally.
The business, which was acquired in October 2013, is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, and has offices in Castlemaine, Perth, Sydney, Latrobe Valley, and Brisbane.
It has three operating divisions: Communications Australia, focuses on communications systems integration, designs voice and IP communications solutions for specific customers' operating environments and is a major provider of enterprise based Siemens unified communication systems in Australia; CA Bearcom, Australia's largest distributor of two-way radio communications products, primarily supplied by Motorola Australasia; and Minerals & Energy Technologies, which designs, implements and manages an array of integrated communications solutions for specific mining, oil and gas, rail and port applications.
Training
The training division comprises ILX, which provides a blend of on-line learning, games and simulations, traditional classroom training, practical workshops and coaching. ILX delivers training in the UK Cabinet Office's best management practice products, primarily in PRINCE2, MSP and ITIL.
Consulting
The consulting division comprises Obrar in the UK and ILX Consulting in Australia. Obrar is a consulting and project management services company, focused on multimedia contact centres, corporate technology infrastructure and associated operational change, with extensive experience in delivering contact centre outsourcing on a global basis. ILX Consulting, located in Sydney, is an organisational improvement and project management services company, specialising in information technology, service and supply chain improvement and overall project and programme management.
Recruitment
The recruitment division comprises TFPL and Sue Hill Recruitment. TFPL is a recruitment, training and consulting business specialising in the knowledge, information and data management industries, which was acquired in July 2013. It provides executive search, managed services and the placement of permanent, interim and contract personnel into the public and private sectors. Sue Hill Recruitment, which was founded in 1997, is a specialist employment agency to the UK information, market research, insight and analysis sectors and was acquired in October 2013.
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