13 May 2020 18:00
CLS Holdings plc
(the "Company", the "Group")
Notification of Transaction of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")
CLS Holdings plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP")
CLS Holdings plc announces that Fredrik Widlund, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, and Andrew Kirkman, Chief Financial Officer and Director of the Company, have today been awarded nil cost options over a number of ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as set out below (the "Awards").
PDMR Plan Participant | Award Plan | Award Price (pence per share) | No of shares pursuant to Award |
Fredrik Widlund | LTIP | 183 | 379,918 |
Andrew Kirkman | LTIP | 183 | 185,737 |
The Awards were made based on the quoted closing price of the Company's Ordinary Share on 12 May 2020. The Awards will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the achievement of performance targets measured over a three-year period as set out in the Company's 2020 Remuneration Policy. Vested Awards will be subject to an additional two-year holding period.
The Remuneration Committee are aware of the impact of the Coronavirus on the Company and its share price, and the effect it may have on overall Executive remuneration. Pursuant to the rules of the LTIP, the Committee has full discretion to ensure that the final outcomes reflect the performance of the Company taking into account all relevant factors, and that there have not been any windfall gains.
The notification is made in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
Enquiries:
David Fuller
Company Secretary
CLS Holdings plc
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7582 7766
Notification of Dealing Form
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||
a)
| Name(s) | Fredrik Widlund | |
2
| Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status
| Chief Executive Officer
| |
b) | Initial notification/amendment
| Initial Notification | |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||
a) | Name
| CLS Holdings plc | |
b) | LEI
| 213800A357TKB2TD9U78 | |
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 | Ordinary Shares of 2.5p
Identification code: GB00BF044593
| |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of nil cost options under the CLS Holdings plc Long Term Incentive Plan | |
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price
| Volume
|
| 0.00 p | 379,918 | |
d) | Currency
| GBP - British Pound | |
e) | Aggregated information
| N/A | |
f) | Date of the transaction
| 13 May 2020 | |
g) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||
a)
| Name(s) | Andrew Kirkman | |
2
| Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status
| Chief Financial Officer
| |
b) | Initial notification/amendment
| Initial Notification | |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||
a) | Name
| CLS Holdings plc | |
b) | LEI
| 213800A357TKB2TD9U78 | |
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 | Ordinary Shares of 2.5p
Identification code: GB00BF044593
| |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Award of nil cost options under the CLS Holdings plc Long Term Incentive Plan | |
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price
| Volume
|
| 0.00 p | 185,737 | |
d) | Currency
| GBP - British Pound | |
e) | Aggregated information
| N/A | |
f) | Date of the transaction
| 13 May 2020
| |
g) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
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CLS Holdings (CLI)