6 Mar 2017 15:51
6 March 2017
Red Leopard Holdings Plc
("Red Leopard" or the "Company")
GRANT OF OPTIONS
Red Leopard announces the grant of a total of 12,495,406 options under the Company's 2013 Unapproved Share Option Scheme ("the Options") to existing directors and consultants of the Company. Of the 22,495,406 option pool representing 10% of the issued share capital as at 5 March 2013 and enlarged as at September 2013, the Options were allocated previously, but not issued until today.
The Options vest as follows: (a) 50% shall vest when the Company's share price reaches 0.4 pence per share or above for a continuous period of 30 trading days; and (b) 50% shall vest when the Company's share price reaches 0.6 pence or above for the same period. The Options have an exercise price of 0.1 pence per share and are exercisable for a period of 2 years from the relevant vesting date.
Having been previously allocated, 4,247,703 Options have been issued to John May, Chairman, and are held through his Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP), 4,247,703 options have been issued to Stuart Adam, Finance Director, and 4,000,000 options have been issued to Amala Management Limited, an independent consultant to the Company. Accordingly, the Directors are now interested in the following holdings in the Company:
Director | Ordinary Shares held | % of Issued Share Capital | Options held |
John May | 77,141,238 | 9.22 | 4,247,703 |
Stuart Adam | 57,947,222 | 6.93 | 4,247,703 |
The balance of 10,000,000 options remains available for new directors.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014.
Enquiries:
Red Leopard Holdings PLC | |
John May, Chairman
| Tel: +44 (0) 207 917 6826 |
Beaumont Cornish Limited | Tel: +44 (0) 207 628 3396 |
Roland Cornish | |
James Biddle
Peterhouse Corporate Finance Limited (Broker) Lucy Williams Eran Zucker
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7469 0930 |
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM:
MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name: | John May (held through his Self Invested Pension Scheme) | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status: | Chairman | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name: | Red Leopard Holdings plc | ||||
b) | LEI: |
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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: Identification code: | Options over Ordinary shares of 0.1p each GB00B4JXWP66 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction: | Issue of options | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price: | Single transaction as in 4 c) above
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e) | Date of the transaction: | 3 March 2017 16.00pm GMT | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction: | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name: | Stuart Adam | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status: | Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name: | Red Leopard Holdings plc | ||||
b) | LEI: |
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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: Identification code: | Options over Ordinary shares of 0.1p each GB00B4JXWP66 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction: | Issue of options | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price: | Single transaction as in 4 c) above
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e) | Date of the transaction: | 3 March 2017 16.00pm GMT | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction: | Outside a trading venue | ||||