Last checked at 17 Jun 2019 11:35
17 June 2019
FIH group plc
("FIH" or "the Company")
Director/PDMR Dealing, exercise and grant of nil cost options
FIH group plc, the AIM quoted international group which owns essential services businesses focused on retail, transport and logistics announces that today, Mr. John Foster, the Chief Executive, exercised nil cost options ("Options") to acquire 8,040 shares in FIH, under the terms of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan. 7,664 of these shares will be transferred from the Employee Share Ownership Plan, and 376 have been issued as new share capital (the "New Shares").
Following this award, the underlying beneficial ownership of shares held by Mr. Foster including 1,375 matching shares from the Group's Share Incentive Plan, is 104,176 shares representing 0.83 per cent of the Company's 12,502,513 total voting rights.
The New Shares will be admitted to trading pursuant to an existing block listing and will rank pari pasu with existing Ordinary Shares. The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, FIH under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
FIH group plc, also announces that under the terms of the Group's Long Term Incentive Plan, Mr. John Foster was today granted 10,772, nil cost options in FIH group plc.
As announced in the Company's final results, John Foster received a deferred shares award for the year ended 31 March 2019 to be awarded in three equal tranches over the next three years. The deferred bonus awards were approved by the Remuneration Committee in June 2019 and are structured as a nil cost options to acquire shares for nil consideration on on the first three anniversaries of the date of grant and to the extent not exercised shall lapse on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant, provided Mr. John Foster remains in employment. The number of options granted was calculated based on the £33,825 of his bonus awarded as options, divided by 314 pence being the average share price over the preceding three days.
These options are not deemed to represent a beneficial holding until the vesting conditions linked to continued employment have been met.
Enquiries:
Further enquiries: | |
FIH group plc | Tel: +44 (0) 1279 461 630 |
John Foster | |
WH Ireland Limited | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 1666 |
Nominated Adviser and Broker to FIH | |
Adrian Hadden Jessica Cave | |
FTI Consulting | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 1000 |
Communications adviser to FIH | |
Alex Beagley | |
Eleanor Purdon |
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 | John Foster | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive, FIH group plc | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | FIH group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138004AXCMSNLBSNB42 | ||||
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 10p each
GB00BD0CWJ91 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of nil cost options | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Grant of 10,772 nil cost options. | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 17 June 2019 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
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 | John Foster | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive, FIH group plc | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | FIH group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138004AXCMSNLBSNB42 | ||||
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 10p each
GB00BD0CWJ91 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of nil cost options | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Exercise of 8,040 nil cost options, at a market price of £3.16 each, an aggregated price of £25,406.40. | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 17 June 2019 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||