Grant of Options

RNS Number : 8345M

Brandshield Systems PLC

26 May 2022

 

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26 May 2022

BrandShield Systems Plc

("BrandShield" or the "Company")

Grant of Options

BrandShield Systems plc (AIM: BRSD), a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions from brand protection to online threat hunting, announces that, on 25 May 2022, it issued options over a total of 4,433,552 ordinary shares of 1p each ("Options") to Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"), all at an exercise price of 0.08. 

BrandShield's Remuneration Committee has recommended the issuance of these Director Options following the announcement of a placing of £1m by the Company as notified on 24 May 2022.  Since BrandShield was admitted to trading on AIM in December 2020 the senior executive management has delivered significant growth both in terms of customer numbers and Annual Recurring Revenue ("ARR").  Customer numbers have grown from around 70 to over 140 and ARR has increased from $2.87m to around $6m at the time of this announcement.  The Remuneration Committee feels strongly that those responsible for such material improvements must remain suitably incentivised to continue delivering growth for the interest of all shareholders.

The 4,433,552 Options will vest equally in monthly instalments over a period between 2 and 4 years. 

Details of the Options are outlined below:

Option Holder	No. of Options	Exercise Price	Vesting Commencement Date	Vesting Conditions
Yoav Keren	1,897,313	£0.08	25 May 2022	2 years vesting in monthly instalments plus acceleration  in the event of the change of control of the Company
Yuval Zantkeren	1,897,313	£0.08	25 May 2022	2 years vesting in monthly instalments plus acceleration  in the event of the change of control of the Company
Itai Galmor	434,452	£0.08	25 May 2022	2 years vesting in monthly instalments plus acceleration  in the event of the change of control of the Company
Ravit Freedman	59,000	£0.08	25 May 2022	4 years vesting in monthly instalments plus acceleration  in the event of the change of control of the Company

A further 145,474 Options have been granted to non-PDMRs on the same terms as those granted to Ravit Freedman.

Enquiries:

BrandShield Systems plc Yoav Keren, CEO	[phone]
Spark Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser) Neil Baldwin / Andrew Emmott / James Keeshan	[phone]
Shore Capital (Joint Broker) Toby Gibbs / James Thomas / Liam Zabludowicz (Corporate Advisory) Henry Willcocks (Corporate Broking)	[phone]
Tennyson Securities (Joint Broker) Peter Krens	[phone]
Vigo Consulting (Financial Public Relations) Jeremy Garcia / Kendall Hill [e-mail]	[phone]

About BrandShield

BrandShield is a provider of cybersecurity solutions from brand protection to online threat hunting. BrandShield detects online threats and takes them down. The Company's client base is a growing list of organisations including Fortune 500 and FTSE100 companies. By utilising AI and big-data analysis, BrandShield monitors, detects, and removes online threats facing companies. These threats include social phishing, executive impersonation, fraud, brand abuse, and counterfeits.

For more information, visit  www.brandshield.com .

1	Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	Yoav Keren
2	Reason for notification
a)	Position / status	Director
b)	I nitial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	BrandShield Systems Plc
b)	LEI	213800K5AXTQDWB6BP80
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, type of instrument I d e ntification code	Ordinary shares of 1p (£0.01) each in the capital of BrandShield Systems Plc ISIN GB00BM97CN29
	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
	Price(s) and volumes(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.08 1,897,313
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price	1,897,313 £0.08
e)	Date of the transaction	25 May 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	Yuval Zantkeren
2	Reason for notification
a)	Position / status	Director
b)	I nitial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	BrandShield Systems Plc
b)	LEI	213800K5AXTQDWB6BP80
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, type of instrument I d e ntification code	Ordinary shares of 1p (£0.01) each in the capital of BrandShield Systems Plc ISIN GB00BM97CN29
	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
	Price(s) and volumes(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.08 1,897,313
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price	1,897,313 £0.08
e)	Date of the transaction	25 May 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	Itai Galmor
2	Reason for notification
a)	Position / status	PDMR
b)	I nitial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	BrandShield Systems Plc
b)	LEI	213800K5AXTQDWB6BP80
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, type of instrument I d e ntification code	Ordinary shares of 1p (£0.01) each in the capital of BrandShield Systems Plc ISIN GB00BM97CN29
	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
	Price(s) and volumes(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.08 434,452
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price	434,452 £0.08
e)	Date of the transaction	25 May 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	Ravit Freedman
2	Reason for notification
a)	Position / status	Director
b)	I nitial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	BrandShield Systems Plc
b)	LEI	213800K5AXTQDWB6BP80
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, type of instrument I d e ntification code	Ordinary shares of 1p (£0.01) each in the capital of BrandShield Systems Plc ISIN GB00BM97CN29
	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
	Price(s) and volumes(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.08 59,000
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price	59,000 £0.08
e)	Date of the transaction	25 May 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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