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Avon Protection plc
2 February 2022
NOTIFICATION DEALING WITH GRANT OF AWARDS UNDER THE LTIP
AVON PROTECTION PLC
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulations.
On 1 February 2022 the following awards over ordinary shares of £1 each in Avon Protection plc were granted under the Avon Rubber p.l.c. Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP') to the following person(s) discharging managerial responsibilities:
PDMR | Position | Country of residence | No. of shares under Award |
Paul McDonald | Chief Executive Officer | UK | 59,973 |
Miles Ingrey-Counter | Company Secretary | UK | 20,631 |
Steve Genzer | Chief Operating Officer | US | 33,065 |
James Wilcox | Chief Technology Officer | US | 21,248 |
Keyana Hughes | President, Global Operations | US | 17,881 |
The awards were granted as a nil cost option for the two UK resident PDMRs and conditional awards for the three PDMRs who are resident in the US. The nil cost option awards will ordinarily become exercisable and the conditional awards will ordinarily vest on 1 February 2025, subject to the grantee's continued service and the Remuneration Committee's assessment of the extent to which the performance conditions applicable to the awards are satisfied.
Each award is subject to two performance conditions (each applicable to a distinct 50% of an award).
The first performance condition compares the Company's total shareholder return ("TSR") performance over a three year performance period relative to a comparator group. The comparator group for the TSR element is the constituents of the FTSE 250 Index (excluding investment trusts) as at the start of the performance period. No portion of the TSR element may vest unless the Company's TSR performance over the performance period at least equals the median TSR performance within the comparator group, for which 20% of the TSR element may vest, rising on a straight-line basis to full vesting of the TSR element for upper quintile or better relative TSR performance.
The second performance condition is based on the Company's adjusted basic earnings per share ("EPS") over the three year performance period commencing on 1 October 2021. No portion of the EPS element may vest unless the adjusted EPS for the financial year ending 30 September 2024 is at least 100 US cents, for which 0% of the EPS element may vest, rising on a straight-line basis to full vesting of the EPS element for EPS of 140 US cents or better.
The EPS element of the awards is subject to a return on capital employed underpin in respect of which the Remuneration Committee retains discretion to reduce the extent of vesting of the EPS element by regard to the Company's ROCE performance over the performance period.
The Remuneration Committee also retains a general discretion to reduce the extent of vesting of the awards generally if it considers that the underlying business performance of the Company does not justify vesting.
Fuller details of the performance conditions applicable to the awards will be set out in the Company's Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ending 30 September 2022.
The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.
Details of the full notifications received by the Company are set out below.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Paul McDonald | ||||
2 | Reason for Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Announcement | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Avon Protection plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800JM1AN62REBWA71 | ||||
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 | Ordinary Shares of £1 each in Avon Protection plc
GB0000667013 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of a nil cost option award under the Avon Rubber p.l.c. Long Term Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 1 February 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Miles Ingrey-Counter | ||||
2 | Reason for Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Company Secretary | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Announcement | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Avon Protection plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800JM1AN62REBWA71 | ||||
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 | Ordinary Shares of £1 each in Avon Protection plc
GB0000667013 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of a nil cost option award under the Avon Rubber p.l.c. Long Term Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 1 February 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Steve Genzer | ||||
2 | Reason for Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Operating Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Announcement | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Avon Protection plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800JM1AN62REBWA71 | ||||
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 | Ordinary Shares of £1 each in Avon Protection plc
GB0000667013 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of a conditional award under the Avon Rubber p.l.c. Long Term Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 1 February 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Wilcox | ||||
2 | Reason for Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Technology Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Announcement | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Avon Protection plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800JM1AN62REBWA71 | ||||
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 | Ordinary Shares of £1 each in Avon Protection plc
GB0000667013 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of a conditional award under the Avon Rubber p.l.c. Long Term Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 1 February 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Keyana Hughes | ||||
2 | Reason for Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | President, Global Operations | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Announcement | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Avon Protection plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800JM1AN62REBWA71 | ||||
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 | Ordinary Shares of £1 each in Avon Protection plc
GB0000667013 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of a conditional award under the Avon Rubber p.l.c. Long Term Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 1 February 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
Enquiries:
Avon Protection plc
Miles Ingrey-Counter, Company Secretary 01225 896 850