Last checked at 22 Dec 2023 07:00
SpaceandPeople PLC
("SpaceandPeople" or the "Company")
Grant of Options and Surrender of Existing Options
Grant of New Options
SpaceandPeople (AIM: SAL) the retail, promotional and brand experience specialist, announces that it has today granted options (the "New Options") over a total of 37,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under its existing EMI share option scheme (the "Scheme").
The New Options are exercisable at a price of 60 pence per share, being the closing share price on the day immediately preceding the date of grant of the New Options and will vest no earlier than 21 December 2026. The New Options expire on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.
The New Options become exercisable on the third anniversary of grant, subject to continued employment and the satisfaction of certain performance conditions. These performance conditions (which have been set by the Remuneration Committee of the Company) relate to the achievement of specified financial targets that will be assessed over the three years to 31 December 2026.
Details of the above grants, including confirmation of the New Options granted to the Company's executive directors, (together, the "Directors"), are as follows:
Name | Role | No. of Ordinary Shares over which New Options granted | ||
Nancy Cullen | Chief Executive Officer | 9,000 | ||
Gregor Dunlay | Chief Financial Officer | 9,000 | ||
Andrew Keiller | Chief Operating Officer | 9,000 | ||
Various other employees | 10,000 | |||
Total |
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| 37,000 | |
Surrender of Existing Options
In 2015, the Company granted options to acquire shares in the capital of the Company to certain employees and directors of the Company pursuant to the Scheme. On 21 December 2023 the remaining rights to the 2015 Options were surrendered for no consideration.
Details of the above surrender are as follows:
Name | Role | No. of 2015 Options surrendered | ||
Nancy Cullen | Chief Executive Officer | 10,000 | ||
Gregor Dunlay | Chief Financial Officer | 10,000 | ||
Andrew Keiller | Chief Operating Officer | 2,500 | ||
Various other employees | 1,750 | |||
Total |
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| 24,250 | |
Details of resultant holdings
Details of the Directors' resultant holdings of Ordinary Shares and options over Ordinary Shares are as follows:
Name | Role | Total No. Ordinary Shares under Option | Total No. Ordinary Shares held |
Nancy Cullen | Chief Executive Officer | 26,500 | 133,300 |
Gregor Dunlay | Chief Financial Officer | 37,750 | 1,000 |
Andrew Keiller | Chief Operating Officer | 37,750 | - |
The total number of Ordinary Shares over which options have been granted (including the New Options) is 195,000 representing 9.99% per cent. of the Company's existing issued share capital.
Contact details:
SpaceandPeople Plc | 0845 241 8215 |
Nancy Cullen, Gregor Dunlay | |
Zeus (Nominated Adviser and Broker) | 0203 829 5000 |
David Foreman, Jamie Peel, Ed Beddows |
The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | 1. Nancy Cullen 2. Gregor Dunlay 3. Andrew Keiller | ||||||||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||||||||
a) | Position/status | 1. Chief Executive Officer 2. Chief Financial Officer 3. Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||||||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | SpaceandPeople PLC | ||||||||||||
b) | LEI | 21380026UDE3LKFSDP68 | ||||||||||||
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 10 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") | ||||||||||||
Identification code | ISIN: GB00B058DS79 | |||||||||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over Ordinary Shares pursuant to the SpaceandPeople plc 2012 Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme | ||||||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
1. N/A single transaction 2. N/A single transaction 3. N/A single transaction | ||||||||||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 21 December 2023 | ||||||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Off market | ||||||||||||