Vesting of Options under Long Term Incentive Plan

Brandshield Systems PLC

19 September 2023

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER THE UK VERSION OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO 596/2014 WHICH IS PART OF ENGLISH LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED.  ON PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

BrandShield Systems Plc

("BrandShield" or the "Company")

Vesting of Options under Long Term Incentive Plan

BrandShield Systems plc (AIM:BRSD), a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions from brand protection to online threat hunting, announces that on 19 September 2023, certain percentages of the Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") performance based options vested in accordance with the terms set out in the LTIP option agreements with certain senior managers in the Company. 

The terms of the LTIP options award were announced by the Company on 19 April 2021.  Under these terms the LTIP options would vest based on the achievement of Annualised Recurring Revenue ("ARR") milestone targets as at 30 June 2022 and 30 June 2023. 

The First Milestone Options vested as announced on 29 September 2022.

Following the publication of the Company's interim results on 19 September 2023, 3 senior managers have qualified for 68.37% of the Second Milestone Options.  These options are exercisable into new ordinary shares at the Company upon payment of an exercise price of £0.01, that being the nominal value of the Company's shares.  However, they are not exercisable for 3 years from grant (19 April 2024) and have a life to expiry of 10 years (until 19 April 2031). 

The Second ARR target was $13m and the ARR achieved was c$9.71m. 

LTIP options have vested in line with the following table:

Name of Director / PDMR	Number of Options vested based on 30 June ARR figure	Exercise Price
Yoav Keren (CEO)	2,001,324 (out of a maximum of 2,927,290)	£0.01
Yuval Zantkeren (CTO)	2,001,324 (out of a maximum of 2,927,290)	£0.01
Itai Galmor (Chief Revenue Officer)	780,326 (out of a maximum of 1,141,365)	£0.01

Definitions used in this announcement are as per the 19 April 2021 notification.

For more information contact:

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

**ENDS**

The notification below, made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details in relation to these PDMR dealings.

1	Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	Yoav Keren
2	Reason for notification
a)	Position / status	Director
b)	Initial 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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of 1p (£0.01) each in the capital of BrandShield Systems Plc ISIN GB00BM97CN29
	Nature of the transaction	Grant of New options
	Price(s) and volumes(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.01 2,001,324
d)	Aggregated information -           Aggregated volume -              Aggregated price	2,001,324 £0.01
e)	Date of the transaction	19 September 2023
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)	Initial 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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of 1p (£0.01) each in the capital of BrandShield Systems Plc ISIN GB00BM97CN29
	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of options
	Price(s) and volumes(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.01 2,001,324
d)	Aggregated information -           Aggregated volume -              Aggregated price	2,001,324 £0.01
e)	Date of the transaction	19 September 2023
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)	Initial 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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of 1p (£0.01) each in the capital of BrandShield Systems Plc ISIN GB00BM97CN29
	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of options
	Price(s) and volumes(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.01 780,326
d)	Aggregated information -           Aggregated volume -              Aggregated price	780,326 £0.01
e)	Date of the transaction	19 September 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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