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AVATION PLC
("Avation" or "the Company")
WARRANT GRANT AND DIRECTORS' DEALING
Avation PLC (LSE: AVAP), the commercial passenger aircraft leasing company advises that 715,000 share warrants have been granted to directors and other employees of the Company as set out below.
The grant of warrants is pursuant to the authorities and powers given by shareholders at the Company's last annual general meeting. The warrants have been granted subject to the Company's Remuneration Policy as long-term incentives. The warrants were granted by the board at an exercise price of 126 pence per share, and each warrant grant is on terms that one third of the warrants will vest at the end of each of the first three years from the date of grant but subject always to clawback under the terms of the Company's Remuneration Policy. The warrants are otherwise granted on customary terms for employee share remuneration.
Details of the warrants granted to directors of the Company are as follows:
Director | No. of Warrants being issued | Total no. of Warrants held including this issue* | Shareholding upon exercise of total number of Warrants held | % of issued share capital upon exercise of Warrants |
Robert Jeffries Chatfield | 230,000 | 2,730,000 | 14,960,001 | 17.85% |
Mark Stephen Shelton | 18,000 | 68,000 | 72,500 | 0.09% |
Roderick Douglas Mahoney | 25,000 | 1,170,000 | 2,058,000 | 2.46% |
*Warrants are held at different exercise prices
A further 442,000 warrants have been granted to other staff members on the same terms, with a three-year vesting period (the first tranche vesting on the anniversary of the date of grant) and the same exercise price.
Warrants in Issue
Following the above issue of Warrants, the total number of Warrants in issue (including the bondholder warrants) is 13,591,408 equating to 16.22% of the Company's enlarged share capital assuming full exercise of all warrants.
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ('MAR'). Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service ('RIS'), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
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Enquiries:
Avation PLC - Jeff Chatfield, Executive Chairman +65 6252 2077
Avation welcomes shareholder questions and comments and advises the email address is: investor@avation.net
Notes to Editors: Avation PLC is an aircraft leasing company, headquartered in Singapore, owning and managing a fleet of commercial passenger aircraft which it leases to airlines around the world. More information on Avation is available at www.avation.net.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated ("PCAs") with them.
1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Robert Jeffries Chatfield | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Executive Chairman | ||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Avation PLC | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KA972GUP1B6I78 | ||||
4. | 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 | Warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares N/A | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information | See above | ||||
- Aggregated volume | ||||||
- Price | ||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 3 March 2023 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Mark Stephen Shelton | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Non-executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Avation plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KA972GUP1B6I78 | ||||
4. | 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 | Warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares N/A | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information | See above | ||||
- Aggregated volume | ||||||
- Price | ||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 3 March 2023 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Roderick Douglas Mahoney | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Non-executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Avation plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KA972GUP1B6I78 | ||||
4. | 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 | Warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares N/A | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information | See above | ||||
- Aggregated volume | ||||||
- Price | ||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 3 March 2023 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||