27 Jun 2008 15:47
Immediate Release: Friday 27th June 2008
SOPHEON PLC DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS
Sopheon plc ("Sopheon") announces that it has granted options over Sopheon Ordinary Shares to certain directors as part of a grant of options to certain members of management and staff of the group. The options have been granted at a price of 14.00p per share, being the closing price on 26 June 2008. As part of this grant, Andrew Michuda and Arif Karimjee, being respectively Sopheon's CEO and CFO, have been granted options over 230,000 and 100,000 ordinary shares respectively.
In conjunction with the above grant, certain options previously granted to UK employees have been cancelled and re-issued under a more tax efficient structure. This action includes options that had been granted to Arif Karimjee, comprising options over 200,000 shares at 16.25p granted on 5 November 2003, and options over 100,000 shares at 19.00p granted on 29 June 2007. Apart from the tax basis under which they were granted, all conditions with respect to these options are unchanged from their original basis. Accordingly, the new options have been granted at the original prices of 16.25p and 19.00p respectively.
For further information contact:
Barry Mence, Chairman Sopheon plc + 44 (0) 1483 685 735 Arif Karimjee, CFO Vikki Krause Hansard + 44 (0) 207 245 1100 Communications + 44 (0) 7957 203 685 Claire Verhagen Citigate First + 31 (0) 205 754 010 Financial
Paul Davies, Corporate Finance Seymour Pierce + 44 (0) 207 107 8000 Richard Redmayne, Corpoate
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