29 Jun 2018 15:15
Hydrogen Group plc ("Hydrogen", the "Group")
Issue of equity pursuant to an exercise of options
and
Grant of options to Directors/PDMRs and employees
Hydrogen Group, the global specialist recruitment group, announces that is has made has made an application to the London Stock Exchange for the admission to trading on AIM of 586,354 new ordinary shares of 1p each ("New Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options granted under the Group's Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme and Minority Interest Share Scheme.
The New Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on 5 July 2018.
Following this admission, the Group's share capital and total voting rights comprises 34,052,927 ordinary shares of 1p each and the Group does not hold any shares in treasury. Consequently, 34,052,927 is the figure which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Hydrogen under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Issue of Options
In addition, the Board on 28 June 2018, granted 670,000 options under the 2017 Leadership Scheme including, in aggregate 450,000 options, to certain directors and PDMRs as follows:
Director / PDMR | Number of options | Exercise price | Date of Expiry |
Ian Temple CEO | 125,000 | 35p | 28th June 2028 |
John Hunter Managing Director | 125,000 | 35p | 28th June 2028 |
Lee Chant COO, EMEA | 200,000 | 35p | 28th June 2028 |
The balance of the options have been granted to certain employees.
Enquiries:
Hydrogen Group plc 020 7090 7702
Ian Temple CEO
John Hunter, Managing Director
Shore Capital (NOMAD and Broker) 020 7408 4090
Edward Mansfield / James Thomas
Notes to Editors:
Hydrogen Group's mission is to empower people's careers whilst powering businesses by providing their key people from a proven global platform with clients' in over 50 countries. We deliver by building market leading specialist teams that develop a deep understanding of candidate and clients' needs and developing solutions.
http://www.hydrogengroup.com
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
1 | Details of PDMR | |||||
(a) | Name | Ian Temple | ||||
2 | Reason for notification | |||||
(a) | Position/status | CEO | ||||
(b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
(a) | Name | Hydrogen Group plc | ||||
(b) | LEI | 213800DCP8KXISJ4CB68 | ||||
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 | Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00B1DJTV45 | ||||
(b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options | ||||
(c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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(d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price | N/A | ||||
(e) | Date of the transaction | 28 June 2018 | ||||
(f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
1 | Details of PDMR | |||||
(a) | Name | John Hunter | ||||
2 | Reason for notification | |||||
(a) | Position/status | Managing Director | ||||
(b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
(a) | Name | Hydrogen Group plc | ||||
(b) | LEI | 213800DCP8KXISJ4CB68 | ||||
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 | Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00B1DJTV45 | ||||
(b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options | ||||
(c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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(d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price | N/A | ||||
(e) | Date of the transaction | 28 June 2018 | ||||
(f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
1 | Details of PDMR | |||||
(a) | Name | Lee Chant | ||||
2 | Reason for notification | |||||
(a) | Position/status | COO EMEA | ||||
(b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
(a) | Name | Hydrogen Group plc | ||||
(b) | LEI | 213800DCP8KXISJ4CB68 | ||||
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 | Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00B1DJTV45 | ||||
(b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options | ||||
(c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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(d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price | N/A | ||||
(e) | Date of the transaction | 28 June 2018 | ||||
(f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||