Last checked at 22 May 2017 07:00
22 May 2017
Plant Health Care plc
("Plant Health Care" or the "Company")
Grant of options
The Company announces that on 19 May 2017, options over a total of 1,503,673 ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") were granted to Christopher Richards, Executive Chairman and Interim CEO, and options over a total of 1,339,115 Ordinary Shares were granted to Richard Webb, Executive Director. These awards were made in accordance with the terms of a share option agreement approved by the Company's Remuneration Committee on 19 May 2017, under which the options have an exercise price of £0.26, have a 10 year life and are each subject to performance conditions and vesting periods.
In addition, the Company today reports that options over Ordinary Shares granted pursuant to the Company's Value Creation Plan ("VCP") have expired and are no longer capable of being exercised by employees. This includes the options granted to Christopher Richards under the VCP.
Further, the Company announces that options over a total of 1,790,000 Ordinary Shares, as announced on 18 June 2015 granted to Christopher Richards and Richard Webb pursuant to the Company's 2015 Employee Share Plan, have been surrendered.
The table below sets out the impact of the above announcements and the resulting number of options held by Christopher Richards and Richard Webb:
Director | Pre-existing position | Expired VCP options | 2015 Employee Share Plan Options surrendered | Options granted on 19 May 2017 | Resulting position |
Christopher Richards | 1,577,000 | 862,000 | 715,000 | 1,503,673 | 1,503,673 |
Richard Webb | 1,203,205 | Nil | 1,075,000 | 1,339,115 | 1,467,320 |
Following this grant of options, there will be outstanding options over a total of 5,993,363 Ordinary Shares representing 4.05% of the Company's issued share capital.
Plant Health Care plc Chris Richards - Executive Chairman and Interim CEO Jeffrey Hovey - Chief Financial Officer
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Company website: www.planthealthcare.com
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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a) | Name | Dr. Christopher Richards | Dr. Richard H Webb | |||
2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Executive Chairman and Interim CEO | Executive Director | |||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | Initial notification | |||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Plant Health Care plc | Plant Health Care plc | |||
b) | LEI | pending | pending | |||
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 1 penny each | Ordinary Shares of 1 penny each | |||
Identification code | GB00B01JC540 | GB00B01JC540 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options | Grant of options | |||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price | Volume | Price | Volume | |
N/A | 1,503,673 | N/A | 1,339,115 | |||
d) | Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price | Single transaction as in 4c) above 1,503,673 N/A | Single transaction as in 4c) above 1,339,115 N/A | |||
e) | Date of the transaction | 19 May 2017 | 19 May 2017 | |||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | Outside a trading venue | |||