Last checked at 9 Jun 2017 12:37
THE PROPERTY FRANCHISE GROUP PLC
(the "Company" or the "Group")
New Long Term Incentive Plan
The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchisor with 6 brands across a network of 375 offices, today announces that it has granted options over new ordinary shares in the Company to its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer under a new TPFG Share Option Plan. The awards, which are the first to the Executives since the Initial Public Offering in December 2013, recognise each of their roles in developing and implementing the Company's strategic plans and are designed to continue to incentivise them appropriately.
The awards will be subject to the growth in the Company's basic earnings per share, excluding exceptional income/costs and share based payments ("adjusted EPS") over the 3 years to 31 December 2019. Adjusted EPS growth of 15% over the period will be required for threshold vesting of the awards, with adjusted EPS growth of 44% or higher required for all of the awards to vest. There will be a straight line sliding scale between these two points. None of the awards will vest for adjusted EPS growth below 15% over the period.
The maximum awards are stated below.
Name Position Number of shares
subject to awards
Ian Wilson Chief Executive 1,000,000
David Raggett Chief Financial Officer 500,000
Immediately prior to these awards the Company's issued share capital was 25,822,750 Ordinary Shares and there were outstanding awards granted under the EMI scheme over 64,800 Ordinary Shares.
Further detail is provided below in accordance with Article 19.3 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated. | ||||||||
a) | Name: |
| Ian Wilson | David Raggett | |||||
2 | Reason for notification. |
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a) | Position/Status: | Chief Executive | Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
b) | Initial Notification/Amendment: | Initial Notification | Initial Notification | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participation, auction platform, | ||||||||
auctioneer or auction monitor. | |||||||||
a) | Name: |
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| The Property Franchise Group PLC |
| The Property Franchise Group PLC | |||
b) | LEI: |
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| 2138008J5PTJ8C77I535
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| 2138008J5PTJ8C77I535
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4 | Details of transaction(s);section to berepeated 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: | Ordinary Shares of |
| Ordinary Shares of | |||||
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| 1 pence each |
| 1 pence each | |||
Identification code: |
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| ISIN: GB00BH0WFH67 |
| ISIN: GB00BH0WFH67 | ||||
b) | Nature of transaction: |
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| Grant of nil cost options |
| Grant of nil cost options | |||
over Company's shares | over Company's shares | ||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) | |||
1 pence each | 1,000,000 | 1 pence each | 500,000 | ||||||
d) | Aggregatted volume: | n/a | n/a | ||||||
Price: | n/a | n/a | |||||||
e) | Date of Transaction: |
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| 9 June 2017 |
| 9 June 2017 | |||
f) | Place of the Transaction |
| London Stock Exchange |
| London Stock Exchange | ||||
The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
For further information, please contact:
The Property Franchise Group PLC 01202 292829
Ian Wilson, Chief Executive Officer
David Raggett, Chief Financial Officer
Cenkos Securities plc 0207 397 8925
Max Hartley(Nomad), Alex Aylen (Sales)
Bell Pottinger 020 3772 2500
David Rydell, Henry Lerwill