25 Mar 2019 15:45
25 March 2019
John Lewis of Hungerford plc
(the "Company")
Grant of Share Options
John Lewis of Hungerford Plc (AIM: JLH), the specialist manufacturer and retailer of kitchens, bedrooms and freestanding furniture, announces that it has today granted options over 26,440,838 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 1 pence per Ordinary Share to all employees and Directors of the Company under the Company's Unapproved and EMI Share Option Plan ("Option Plan").
All Directors and PDMR's of the Company have been issued Share Options as follows:
Director/PDMR | Number of Share Options granted | Share Options held as a percentage of issued share capital |
Gary O'Brien | 5,602,366 | 3.00% |
Kiran Noonan | 9,337,276 | 5.00% |
James Barnard | 746,982 | 0.40% |
Andrew Tucker | 746,982 | 0.40% |
Mark Rose | 746,982 | 0.40% |
Aggressive performance conditions apply to the vesting of options under the Option Plan that are linked to profit and share price performance. In addition, the Option Plan includes a hurdle criteria which stipulates that no Ordinary Shares under the share price performance criteria will vest until the share price of an Ordinary Share reaches 3 pence.
The Option Plan was approved by shareholders at the 2018 Annual General Meeting and the principal terms of the Option Plan were summarised in Appendix 1 to the 2018 Notice of AGM available on the Company's website www.john-lewis.co.uk.
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.
Enquiries:
John Lewis of Hungerford plc Gary O'Brien - Chairman | 01235 774300 |
Cenkos Securities plc Katy Birkin Azhic Basirov | 0207 397 8900 |
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 | Gary O'Brien
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2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Non-executive Chairman
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification
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3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
a) | Name | John Lewis of Hungerford plc
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b) | LEI | 254900N2MR89E8ZEO985
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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 | ||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 0.1p each | |
Identification code | GB0004773148
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of share options over ordinary shares of 0.1p each
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c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s)
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£0.00 | 5,602,366
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d) | Aggregated information | N/A (single transaction)
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Aggregated volume | N/A (single transaction)
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Price | N/A (single transaction)
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e) | Date of the transaction | 25 March 2019
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | Kiran Noonan
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2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification
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3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
a) | Name | John Lewis of Hungerford plc
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b) | LEI | 254900N2MR89E8ZEO985
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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 | ||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 0.1p each | |
Identification code | GB0004773148
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of share options over ordinary shares of 0.1p each
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c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s)
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£0.00 | 9,337,276
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d) | Aggregated information | N/A (single transaction)
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Aggregated volume | N/A (single transaction)
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Price | N/A (single transaction)
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e) | Date of the transaction | 25 March 2019
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | James Barnard
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2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Non-executive Director
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification
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3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
a) | Name | John Lewis of Hungerford plc
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b) | LEI | 254900N2MR89E8ZEO985
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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 | ||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 0.1p each | |
Identification code | GB0004773148
| ||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of share options over ordinary shares of 0.1p each
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c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s)
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£0.00 | 746,982
| ||
d) | Aggregated information | N/A (single transaction)
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Aggregated volume | N/A (single transaction)
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Price | N/A (single transaction)
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e) | Date of the transaction | 25 March 2019
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | Andrew Tucker
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2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | PDMR
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification
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3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
a) | Name | John Lewis of Hungerford plc
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b) | LEI | 254900N2MR89E8ZEO985
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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 | ||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 0.1p each | |
Identification code | GB0004773148
| ||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of share options over ordinary shares of 0.1p each
| |
c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s)
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£0.00 | 746,982
| ||
d) | Aggregated information | N/A (single transaction)
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Aggregated volume | N/A (single transaction)
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Price | N/A (single transaction)
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e) | Date of the transaction | 25 March 2019
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | Mark Rose
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2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | PDMR
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b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification
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3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
a) | Name | John Lewis of Hungerford plc
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b) | LEI | 254900N2MR89E8ZEO985
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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 | ||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 0.1p each | |
Identification code | GB0004773148
| ||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of share options over ordinary shares of 0.1p each
| |
c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s)
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£0.00 | 746,982
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d) | Aggregated information | N/A (single transaction)
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Aggregated volume | N/A (single transaction)
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Price | N/A (single transaction)
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e) | Date of the transaction | 25 March 2019
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue
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