15 Apr 2019 07:00
15 April 2019
Amerisur Resources Plc ("Amerisur" or the "Company")
Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") Awards
Amerisur Resources Plc ("Amerisur" or the "Company"), the oil and gas producer and explorer focused on South America, announces that on 12 April 2019 it granted awards under the Long Term Incentive Plan adopted in 2011, to all staff and two executive Directors in respect of a total of 18,157,686 ordinary shares (the "Awards"), representing 1.5% of the issued share capital.
Name | Awards | Vesting date | Total options following this grant |
Staff | 9,650,000 | April 2022 | 24,440,000 |
John Wardle | 7,060,108 | April 2022 | 23,756,136 |
Nick Harrison | 1,447,578 | April 2022 | 6,618,192 |
Total | 18,157,686 |
| 54,814,328 |
It is the aim of the Remuneration Committee to reward key employees on a basis which is aligned to the performance of the Company and as such a significant portion of remuneration is based on performance. In line with this strategy, and as outlined on page 54 of Amerisur's annual report, the shares awarded to John Wardle, CEO, and Nick Harrison, CFO, are subject to a two-year holding period after the three-year performance period. The awards will be subject to claw back and malus provisions.
In relation to the awards to directors, half of the Awards are subject to an absolute total shareholder return performance condition whereby 30% of this portion will vest if 10% compound annual returns are achieved, measured at the end of the three-year performance period and 100% will vest if 20% compound annual returns are achieved, with straight line vesting between these points. The base price for the share price growth is 13.83p being the average market price for the 3 trading days prior to the grant (calculated as the average volume weighted average price (VWAP) over the period).
Half of the Awards to directors are subject to a comparative total shareholder return performance condition whereby 30% of this portion will vest at median performance, measured against the comparator group at the end of the three-year performance period and 100% will vest at upper quartile performance, with straight line vesting between these points.
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Enquiries:
Nathan Piper, Executive Vice President, Head of Business Development and Comms | Tel: +44(0)330 333 8273 |
Amerisur Resources |
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Billy Clegg/Kimberley Taylor | Tel: +44 (0)203 757 4983 |
Camarco
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Callum Stewart/Ashton Clanfield/Nicholas Rhodes Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 7710 7600 |
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Chris Sim/Alexander Ruffman / Tejas Padalkar | Tel: +44 (0)207 597 4000 |
Investec |
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Paul Shackleton / Dan Gee-Summons | Tel: +44 (0)207 614 5900 |
Arden Partners Plc |
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This announcement contains inside information as defined in EU Regulation No. 596/2014 and is in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of that Regulation.