Grant of Options

RNS Number : 4953F
Directa Plus PLC
17 November 2020
 

17 November 2020

 

Directa Plus plc

("Directa Plus" or the "Company")

 

Grant of Options

 

Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA), a leading producer and supplier of graphene nanoplatelets based products for use in consumer and industrial markets, announces that, on 12 November 2020, the Board approved the adoption of the 2020 Employees' Share Scheme and the grant of performance-related options over a total of 1,801,000 ordinary shares of pence each in the Company (the "Options") to key executives and employees. This included the grant of Options to certain directors and PDMRs, as follows:

 

Name

Position

Number of Options

Giulio Cesareo

Chief Executive Officer

600,000

Razvan Popescu

Chief Operating Officer

300,000

Marco Ferrari

Chief Financial Officer

250,000

Laura Rizzi

Chief Technical Officer

200,000

 

Subject to the satisfaction of criteria related to the Company's share price performance over the period, the Options (or a portion thereof) will vest in three equal tranches on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of award. 75 per cent. of the vested Options may be exercised after the third anniversary and the remaining 25% may be exercised after the fourth anniversary. The exercise price of each Option will be 66.46 pence, which is the average closing bid price of the Company's shares on the London Stock Exchange plc for the 30 days before the date of grant.

 

For further information please visit http://www.directa-plus.com/ or contact:

 

Directa Plus plc

+39 02 36714458

Giulio Cesareo, CEO

Marco Ferrari, CFO

 

 

 

Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

+44 131 220 6939

Neil McDonald

Pete Lynch

 

 

 

N+1 Singer (Joint Broker)

+44 20 7496 3069

Rick Thompson

Phil Davies

 

 

 

Tavistock (Financial PR and IR)

+44 20 7920 3150

Simon Hudson

Edward Lee

 

 

About Directa Plus

Our focus is principally on the two sectors in which we have strong commercial advantage through developed and launched products and a technological lead: environmental (based on our Grafysorber® product) and textiles (based on our G+ products).  In addition, we will continue to pursue opportunities in elastomers and composites (including tyres and asphalt), also using our G+ products.  All our products are hypoallergenic, non-toxic and sustainably produced.

 

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

 

a)

Name

 

Giulio Cesareo

2

Reason for 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

 

Directa Plus plc

b)

LEI

 

213800X2DQST3K5ND898

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

 

 

Grant of options under the Directa Plus plc 2020 Employees' Share Scheme

Identification code

 

ISIN: GB00BSM98843

b)

Nature of the transaction

 

Award of Share Options

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price

Volume

66.46p

600,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

N/A Single Transaction

 

e)

Date of the transaction

 

12 November 2020

f)

Place of the transaction

 

London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

 

a)

Name

 

Razvan Popescu

2

Reason for notification

 

a)

Position/Status

 

Chief Operating Officer

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

 

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 

a)

Name

 

 

Directa Plus plc

b)

LEI

 

 

213800X2DQST3K5ND898

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

 

 

Grant of options under the Directa Plus plc 2020 Employees' Share Scheme

Identification code

 

ISIN: GB00BSM98843

b)

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Award of Share Options

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price

Volume

66.46p

300,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 

N/A Single Transaction

 

e)

Date of the transaction

 

12 November 2020

f)

Place of the transaction

 

London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

 

a)

Name

 

Marco Ferrari

2

Reason for 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

 

 

Directa Plus plc

b)

LEI

 

213800X2DQST3K5ND898

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

 

 

Grant of options under the Directa Plus plc 2020 Employees' Share Scheme

Identification code

 

ISIN: GB00BSM98843

b)

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Award of Share Options

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price

Volume

66.46p

250,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 

N/A Single Transaction

 

e)

Date of the transaction

 

12 November 2020

f)

Place of the transaction

 

London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

 

a)

Name

 

Laura Rizzi

2

Reason for notification

 

a)

Position/Status

 

Chief Technical Officer

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

 

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 

a)

Name

 

 

Directa Plus plc

b)

LEI

 

 

213800X2DQST3K5ND898

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

 

 

Grant of options under the Directa Plus plc 2020 Employees' Share Scheme

Identification code

 

ISIN: GB00BSM98843

b)

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Award of Share Options

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price

Volume

66.46p

200,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 

N/A Single Transaction

 

e)

Date of the transaction

 

12 November 2020

f)

Place of the transaction

 

London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

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