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Plant Health Care plc
Friday, 17 April 2015
PLANT HEALTH CARE plc (THE "COMPANY")
DIRECTORS' DEALING
The Company today announces that, on 16 April 2015, a total of 25,880 ordinary shares of 1p ("Ordinary Shares") were allotted to Paul Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer, in satisfaction of a half share of his (net) cash bonus for 2014. The quantum of shares allotted was based on the closing middle market price of 111.5p derived from the Daily Official List on 15 April 2015 and the exchange rate of $1: £0.68012 prevailing at that time.
Application has been made for 25,880 Ordinary Shares (the 'New Shares') to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market for listed securities ("Admission") and admission is expected to occur on 27 April 2015. The New Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.
The Company today further announces that, on 16 April 2015, options over a total of 89,686 Ordinary Shares were granted to William ("Bill") M. Lewis, a non-executive director, in accordance with the terms of a share option agreement under which Bill Lewis is to be granted Ordinary Shares in the Company to the value of £100,000, exercisable (not earlier than three years from the date of his appointment) at the price per share prevailing at the date of grant (111.5p), consequent upon his appointment as a non-executive director of the Company.
Following the above-mentioned allotments of Ordinary Shares and grant of options, Paul Schmidt and Bill Lewis's beneficial interests in the enlarged Ordinary Share capital of the Company are as shown below:
Name | Ordinary Share holding | Percentage of enlarged Ordinary Share capital | Share Options | Value Creation Plan |
Paul Schmidt | 82,880 | 0.12% | 200,000 | 1,709,821 |
William Lewis
| NIL | N/A | 89,686 | N/A |
Application has been made for 7,500 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market for listed securities. The new Ordinary Shares ("New Shares") are being issued pursuant to the acceptance of an exchange offer for minority shares formerly held in Plant Health Care, Inc. Admission is expected to become effective on 27 April 2015. The New Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.
Following admission of these Ordinary Shares, the total issued share capital of the Company will be 71,743,085 Ordinary Shares, all of which have voting rights. There are no shares in treasury.
The above figure (71,743,085 Ordinary Shares) 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 in their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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Enquiries:
Plant Health Care plcDr. Christopher Richards, Executive ChairmanTel: +44 (0)1837 880083ir@planthealthcare.com
Liberum Capital - Nomad and Broker
Clayton Bush
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000
LHAEd McGregor / Jody BurfeningTel: +1 (212) 8383777
Company website: www.planthealthcare.com
About Plant Health Care: Plant Health Care is a leading provider of novel patent-protected biological products to the global agriculture markets. Through the commercialisation of these products, Plant Health Care is capitalising on current long-term trends toward natural systems and biological products for plant care and soil and water management. The Company's ordinary shares have been quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since July 2004 (ticker symbol: PHC).