21 May 2010 07:30
News Release
21st May 2010
Anglo Pacific Group PLC
Company Share Option Plan
Anglo Pacific Group plc ("the Company", "Anglo Pacific") announces that, on 20th May 2010 it granted to employees and executive Directors a total of 60,120 options to buy ordinary shares in the Company at an exercise price of 249.5p per share under the Anglo Pacific Group Company Share Option Plan ("CSOP").
At the Annual General Meeting of Anglo Pacific on 21st April 2010 shareholders approved resolution No. 11, establishing the CSOP, the main features of which were summarised in Appendix 1 of the Notice to the Meeting. The Company received approval for the CSOP from HM Revenue and Customs on 13th May 2010.
On 20th May 2010, following that approval and under the CSOP rules, three executive Directors, Chris Orchard, Matthew Tack and John Theobald were each granted 12,024 share options at an exercise price of 249.5p per share. Under the CSOP rules the minimum option exercise period is three years. These are the only existing share options that have been granted to Directors of the Company.
For further information:
Anglo Pacific Group PLC +44 (0) 20 7318 6360
Peter Boycott, Chairman
Matthew Tack, Finance Director
Liberum Capital +44 (0) 20 3100 2000
Chris Bowman
Ellen Francis
Scott Harris +44 (0) 20 7653 0030
Stephen Scott
James O'Shaughnessy
Website: www.anglopacificgroup.com