30 Sep 2014 10:23
The date of Grant of Options has been changed from 26 September to 29 September.
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30 September 2014
PhotonStar LED Group plc
Grant of Options
Grant of Options
PhotonStar LED Group plc (AIM: PSL, "PhotonStar" or "the Company"), the British designer and manufacturer of smart LED lighting solutions, announces that on 29 September 2014 pursuant to the Company's Enterprise Management Investment Scheme 2007, it awarded a total of 3,840,000 options to acquire ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Options") to Directors and employees of the Company. Of the total, Directors were awarded 1,900,000 Options on the terms detailed below:
Name | Position | No. of Options
| Date of Grant | Exercise Price (pence) | Total No. of Options now held |
J Mckenzie | CEO | 600,000 | 29/09/14 | 7.0 | 4,359,710 |
M Zoorob | CTO | 300,000 | 29/09/14 | 7.0 | 3,785,456 |
R Banks | CFO | 1,000,000 | 29/09/14 | 7.0 | 1,700,000 |
The Options will vest over a three year period in equal instalments on the anniversary of the grant date. All Options granted are subject to satisfaction of certain performance criteria. The Options become exercisable when the performance criteria have been met and expire on the 10th anniversary of the date of the grant.
The exercise price is based on the placing price of 31,400,000 ordinary shares in PhotonStar that was announced on 8 August 2014.
Following this grant of Options PhotonStar now has a total of 17,839,158 outstanding Options, representing 12.4 per cent. of the total issued share capital of the Company.
For further information:
PhotonStar LED Group plc (www.photonstarled.com) | +44 (0)2381 230381 |
James McKenzie - Group Chief Executive | |
Russell Banks - Group Chief Financial Officer | |
finnCap Limited | +44 (0)20 7600 1658 |
Geoff Nash, Charlotte Stranner (Corporate Finance) | |
Victoria Bates (Corporate Broking)
| |
Mirabaud Securities LLP (Joint Broker) | +44 (0)20 7878 3362 |
Peter Krens / Edward Haig-Thomas
| |
Instinctif Partners | +44 (0)20 7457 2020 |
Adrian Duffield / Kay Larsen |
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About PhotonStar LED Group PLC
PhotonStar LED Group PLC ("PhotonStar" or the "Group") is a British designer and manufacturer of smart LED lighting solutions. The Group's proprietary technology seamlessly integrates LEDs, sensors and controls to provide intelligent lighting for commercial and architectural applications which benefit from greater CO2 reduction, lower cost of ownership & improved functionality compared to other available light sources. PhotonStar's lighting products have won numerous awards for performance, innovation and reliability, and are unique in the industry for the use of recycled, and recyclable materials, which means they have 90% less embodied CO2 than equivalent products providing the same levels of illumination.
PhotonStar comprises two divisions: LED Lighting Fixtures which works with lighting designers, architects, house builders, facilities management companies and sustainability consultants to provide intelligent, high-end LED lighting solutions for the commercial and architectural market, and LED Light Engines which provides LED lighting solutions for specialist applications such as film & television production lighting, UV curing and medical applications.
PhotonStar is based in Romsey, Hampshire with manufacturing in Wales. The Company was admitted to AIM in December 2010.