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THE UNITE GROUP PLC (the "Company")
12 April 2016
DIRECTORS DEALINGS - EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
The Company operates a long term incentive plan (approved by shareholders on 19 May 2011) which comprises a Performance Share Plan and an HMRC Approved Employee Share Option Scheme (the "LTIP"). The Executive Directors, along with other senior management, participate in the LTIP. Two-thirds of the LTIP options granted on 10 April 2013 vested on 10 April 2016 (the balance one-third are subject to an additional holding period of one year and will vest on 10 April 2017). In addition, the remaining one-third of the LTIP options granted on 10 April 2012 vested on 10 April 2016.
Following such vesting, the Executive Directors named below, have now exercised their options such that (after deducting for income tax and national insurance contributions in the case of options granted under the Performance Share Plan and selling sufficient shares to fund the exercise price for the options granted under the HMRC Approved Employee Share Option Scheme), the following numbers of shares become registrable in the name of these Executive Directors:
Director | Number of shares | % of total issued share capital |
Joe Lister, Chief Financial Officer
| 79,955 | 0.036% |
Richard Simpson, Managing Director of Property | 67,082 | 0.030% |
Richard Smith, Managing Director of Operations | 67,082 | 0.030% |
Following these exercises, these Executive Directors now each hold the following numbers of shares in the Company:
Director | Total shares | % of total issued share capital |
Joe Lister | 510,936
| 0.230% |
Richard Simpson | 159,026
| 0.072% |
Richard Smith | 166,346
| 0.075% |
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