Last checked at 3 Apr 2020 12:31
3 April 2020
Amur Minerals Corporation
("Amur" or "the Company")
Grant of Options
Amur Minerals Corporation ("Amur" or the "Company"), the nickel-copper sulphide exploration and development company focused on the far east of Russia, is pleased to announce that a grant of 30,000,000 share options over Ordinary Shares ("Share Options") to certain Directors, executives and employees.
The grant of Share Options is intended to incentivise and retain management and key Russian staff. The Share Options are allocated as follows:
Options Awarded | Existing share options | Total share options | |
Robin Young | 3,900,000 | 3,301,000 | 7,201,000 |
Robert Schafer | 5,800,000 | 748,000 | 6,548,000 |
Tom Bowens | 5,800,000 | 0 | 5,800,000 |
Lou Naumovski | 3,900,000 | 0 | 3,900,000 |
Brian Savage | 5,800,000 | 635,000 | 6,435,000 |
Paul Gazzard | 0 | 338,000 | 338,000 |
Paul McKay | 500,000 | 506,000 | 1,006,000 |
Other employees | 4,300,000 | 6,846,000 | 11,146,000 |
Adam Habib | 0 | 25,619,260 | 25,619,260 |
TOTAL | 30,000,000 | 37,993,260 | 67,993,260 |
The Share Options will vest after 12 months from the date of grant and will have a strike price of 1.75 pence, representing a 40% premium to the closing mid-market price on 2 April 2020 of 1.25 pence. The Share Options will expire on 3 April 2023. Following this grant the total number of share options now outstanding is over 67,993,260 Ordinary Shares which represents 8% of the current issued ordinary share capital of the Company.
The Company would like to note that 12,374,000 currently existing options with a strike price on 24.58 pence will expire on 27 July 2020.
Enquiries:
Company Amur Minerals Corp. | Nomad and Broker S.P. Angel Corporate Finance LLP | Public Relations Blytheweigh |
Robin Young CEO | Richard Morrison Soltan Tagiev | Megan Ray Tim Blythe |
+7 (4212) 75 56 15 | +44 (0) 20 3470 0470 | +44 (0) 20 7138 3204 |
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
Certain information contained in this announcement would have been deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 until the release of this announcement.
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail on the director's share dealing.
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name: | 1. Robin Young 2. Robert Schafer 3. Tom Bowens 4. Lou Naumovski 5. Brian Savage 6. Paul McKay | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status: | 1. Chief Executive Officer 2. Non-Executive Chairman 3. Non-Executive Director 4. Non-Executive Director 5. Non-Executive Director 6. CFO | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name: | Amur Minerals Corporation | ||||
b) | LEI: | 213800XFW6MKVCHHPW88 | ||||
4a. | 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 transactions have been conducted | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code: | Ordinary shares of no par value VGG042401007 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction: | Grant of options over ordinary shares | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price: | Single transaction as in 4 c) above
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e) | Date of the transaction: | 2020-04-03 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction: | Outside of trading venue | ||||