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Grant of Options to Executive Directors

12 Jun 2015 07:00

RNS Number : 9650P
Zambeef Products PLC
12 June 2015
 

For Immediate Release 

12 June 2015

 

Zambeef Products Plc

("Zambeef" or the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Grant of Options to Executive Directors

 

Zambeef (AIM: ZAM), the fully integrated agri-business with operations in Zambia, Nigeria and Ghana, announces that on the 12 June 2015 it granted options ("Options") under the Zambeef Products PLC 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan to certain executive directors and employees pursuant to the circular to shareholders dated 16 March 2015 and shareholder approvals obtained at the EGM, which took place on 8 April 2015.

 

The following Options were granted to executive directors of the Company:

 

Name

Role

Number of Options

Exercise Price

Expected Vesting Date

Expected Final Lapse Date

Francis Grogan

Joint CEO

6,250,000

15p

June 2018

June 2020

Carl Irwin

Joint CEO

6,250,000

15p

June 2018

June 2020

Yusuf Koya

Executive Director

275,000

15p

June 2018

June 2020

 

The Options vest after three years and must be exercised within two years of vesting. The grant of the Options to the two Joint CEOs is also subject to a 20 per cent. salary reduction. The Options can only be exercised if still employed by the Company, and are subject to a number of performance conditions, including;

a) If the share price reaches 40 pence, 25 per cent. of the Options become exercisable.

b) If the share price reaches 48 pence, a further 25 per cent. of the Options become exercisable.

c) If the share price reaches 56 pence, a further 25 per cent. of the Options become exercisable.

d) If the share price reaches 65 pence, the final 25 per cent. of the Options become exercisable.

e) Zambeef achieving a debt : equity (gearing) ratio of less than 35 per cent. and a current ratio of 1.5 in the audited accounts immediately prior to the exercising of the Options.

f) Zambeef generating free cash.

 

Options on the same terms over a further 825,000 shares in aggregate have been made to three other senior managers.

 

A further 6,430,000 Options in aggregate with an exercise price of 15 pence per share and without performance conditions were granted to 283 other employees of the Group. These Options have a three year vesting period and must be exercised within one year of vesting.

 

For further Information, please contact:

 

Zambeef Products plc

Carl Irwin, Joint CEO Tel: +260 (0) 211 369003

Francis Grogan, Joint CEO

 

Strand Hanson Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494

Angela Hallett

James Spinney

 

Panmure Gordon Tel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500

Hugh Morgan

Tom Salvesen

Peter Steel

 

finncap

Raymond Greaves Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0553

Simon Johnson

Joanna Weaving

 

Buchanan

Mark Edwards Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

Victoria Watson

Robbie Ceiriog-Hughes

www.buchanan.uk.com

 

Notes to Editors

 

Information on Zambeef

 

The Zambeef Group is one of the largest integrated agri-businesses in Zambia, involved in the primary production, processing, distribution and retailing of beef, chicken, pork, milk, eggs, dairy products, flour and stock feed, throughout Zambia, as well as Nigeria and Ghana. The Group is also one of the largest cereal row cropping operations in Zambia, with approximately 8,120 hectares of irrigated and approximately 8,480 hectares of rain-fed, arable, developed land available for planting each year.

 

The Group has approximately 6,200 employees.

 

Further information can be found on www.zambeefplc.com

 

This publication is in line with standard practice for London Stock Exchange AIM listed Companies.

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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