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Corcel PLC
("Corcel" or the "Company")
Options Award and Directors Dealings
28 February 2022
Corcel, the natural resource exploration and development company with interests in battery metals and flexible energy generation and storage, announces an award of options.
Options Award and Director's Dealings
The Company announces the grant of 20,606,278 five-year options to Directors and key staff, 8,447,197 of which fall under the Company's existing Enterprise Management Scheme. Each option entitles the holder upon exercise to one ordinary share of £0.0001 in the capital of the Company at a strike price of £0.017 (a 26% premium to the most recent closing price of 25 February 2022). The options have a three-year vesting period with the vesting further contingent on the award of a mining lease at the Company's Mambare nickel-cobalt project in Papua New Guinea. Pursuant to the recommendation of the Remuneration Committee, the Board has awarded the following options.
| Award | Strike Price | Expiry Date |
James Parsons | 6,547,197 | £ 0.017 | 28-Feb-2027 |
Scott Kaintz | 6,547,197 | £ 0.017 | 28-Feb-2027 |
Ewen Ainsworth | 2,805,942 | £ 0.017 | 28-Feb-2027 |
Henry Bellingham | 2,805,942 | £ 0.017 | 28-Feb-2027 |
Other Personnel | 1,900,000 | £ 0.017 | 28-Feb-2027 |
Following the grant of options, the resultant Directors' shareholdings are as follows:
Directors | Ordinary Shares | Total Shares | % of Issued Share Capital | Warrants | Options | ||
| Direct | Indirect |
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James Parsons | 3,089,773 | 2,143,100 | 5,232,873 | 1.31% | 2,381,250 | 9,587,764 | |
Scott Kaintz | 2,570,944 | 1,754,275 | 4,325,219 | 1.08% | 2,185,417 | 9,711,964 | |
Henry Bellingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 2,805,942 | |
Ewen Ainsworth | 2,253,429 | 0 | 2,253,429 | 0.56% | 1,281,250 | 2,805,942 | |
Scott Kaintz 020 7747 9960 Corcel Plc CEO
James Joyce / Andrew de Andrade 0207 220 1666 WH Ireland Ltd NOMAD & Broker
Simon Woods 0207 3900 230 Vigo Consulting IR
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 2014/596/EU, which is part of domestic UK law pursuant to the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) regulations (SI 2019/310) and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17.
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Parsons | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status |
PDMR (Executive Chairman)
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) | Name | Corcel plc |
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b) | LEI | 2138009ECXQQ3EGKVY57 |
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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 |
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of £0.0001 each |
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| Identification code | GB00BKM69866 |
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of options |
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c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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£0.017
| 6,547,197 |
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d) | Aggregated information | 6,547,197 |
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| Aggregated volume | N/A |
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| Price | £0.017 |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 28 February 2022 |
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Scott Kaintz | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status |
PDMR (CEO)
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) | Name | Corcel plc |
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b) | LEI | 2138009ECXQQ3EGKVY57 |
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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 |
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of £0.0001 each |
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| Identification code | GB00BKM69866 |
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of options |
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c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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£0.017
| 6,547,197 |
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d) | Aggregated information | 6,547,197 |
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| Aggregated volume | N/A |
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| Price | £0.017 |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 28 February 2022 |
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Ewen Ainsworth | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status |
PDMR (Non-Executive Director)
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) | Name | Corcel plc |
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b) | LEI | 2138009ECXQQ3EGKVY57 |
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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 |
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of £0.0001 each |
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| Identification code | GB00BKM69866 |
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of options |
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c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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£0.017
| 2,805,942 |
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d) | Aggregated information | 2,805,942 |
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| Aggregated volume | N/A |
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| Price | £0.017 |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 28 February 2022 |
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Henry Bellingham | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status |
PDMR (Non-Executive Director)
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) | Name | Corcel plc |
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b) | LEI | 2138009ECXQQ3EGKVY57 |
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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 |
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of £0.0001 each |
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| Identification code | GB00BKM69866 |
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of options |
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c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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£0.017
| 2,805,942 |
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d) | Aggregated information | 2,805,942 |
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| Aggregated volume | N/A |
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| Price | £0.017 |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 28 February 2022 |
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
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