12 Feb 2019 12:00
12 February 2019
Safestay plc
("Safestay", the "Company" or the "Group")
Grant of Options
Safestay (AIM: SSTY), the owner and operator of a new brand of contemporary hostel, announces that it has granted awards of nil cost options over a total of 600,000 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each under the Company's existing share option scheme on 11 October 2018 and 1 January 2019 (the "Options").
The Options granted on 1 January 2019 are exercisable at 34 pence per share after a period of three years from the date of grant. The Options granted on 11 October are exercisable at 42 pence per share after a period of three from the date of grant.
The grants were as follows:
Date of grant | PDMR | Position | Number of options over Ordinary Shares granted | Total number of Ordinary Shares over which options held following notification |
11 October 2018 | Nuno Sacramento | Chief Operating Officer | 100,000 | 600,000 |
1 January 2019 | Larry Lipman | CEO and Chairman | 300,000 | 946,521 |
1 January 2019 | Nuno Sacramento | Chief Operating Officer | 200,000 | 800,000 |
The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Nuno Sacramento | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status
| 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 | Safestay plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800H1MT2FZDI3HK90 | ||||
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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of £0.01p par value GB00BKT0J702 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 11 October 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Larry Lipman | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status
| Chairman and CEO | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Safestay plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800H1MT2FZDI3HK90 | ||||
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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of £0.01p par value GB00BKT0J702 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 01 January 2019 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Nuno Sacramento | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status
| 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 | Safestay plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800H1MT2FZDI3HK90 | ||||
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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of £0.01p par value GB00BKT0J702 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 1 January 2019 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
Enquiries:
Safestay plc | +44 (0) 20 8815 1600 |
Larry Lipman | |
Nuno Sacramento Hervé Deligny
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Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker) | +44 (0) 20 7523 8000 |
Chris Connors | |
Martin Davison | |
Michael Reynolds
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Novella | +44 (0) 20 3151 7008 |
Tim Robertson | |
Toby Andrews |