Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2256T
Eckoh PLC
21 July 2022
 

21 July 2022

Eckoh plc (AIM:ECK)

("Eckoh", or the "Company", or the "Group")

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulations.

 

Further to its announcement on 17 January 2022 and disclosure within the Directors Remuneration section of the 2021 Annual Report & Accounts, the Company announces that, following the lapsing of Initial Awards granted to the Executive Directors in November 2017, the following nominal-cost share awards over ordinary shares of 0.25 pence in Eckoh plc ("Awards") were today granted under the Eckoh Performance Share Plan 2017 ("PSP") to the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities:

 

PDMR

Position

No. of Initial Awards lapsing

No. of shares under new Awards

Total No. of shares under Awards

Nik Philpot

Chief Executive Officer

3,750,000

1,477,014

2,667,457

Chrissie Herbert

Chief Financial Officer

2,250,000

930,527

1,680,512

 

The awards have an exercise price of 0.25 pence per share and become exercisable over three years subject to continued employment and performance based on the Company's total shareholder return (50%) and annual growth of the Company's adjusted earnings per share (50%), each assessed over a 3-year performance period.

 

For further information please contact:

 

Eckoh plc

Nik Philpot, Chief Executive Officer 

Chrissie Herbert, Chief Financial Officer

www.eckoh.com

 

Tel: 01442 458 300

FTI Consulting LLP

Ed Bridges / Jamie Ricketts / Tom Blundell  eckoh@fticonsulting.com

 

Tel: 020 3727 1017

Singer Capital Markets (Nomad)  

Shaun Dobson / Tom Salvesen / Alex Bond / Kailey Aliyar

www.singercm.com

 

Tel: 020 7496 3000

Canaccord Genuity Limited    

Simon Bridges / Andrew Potts

www.canaccordgenuity.com

 

Tel: 020 7523 8000

 

About Eckoh plc

Eckoh is a global provider of Customer Engagement Security Solutions, supporting an international client base from its offices in the UK and US.

 

Our Customer Engagement Security Solutions enable enquiries and transactions to be performed on whatever device the customer chooses, allowing organisations to increase efficiency, lower operational costs and provide a true omnichannel experience.

 

We help our clients to take payments and transact securely with their customers through all customer engagement channels. The solutions, which are protected by multiple patents, remove sensitive personal and payment data from contact centres and IT environments and are delivered globally through our multiple cloud platforms or can be deployed on the client's site. They offer merchants a simple and effective way to reduce the risk of fraud, secure sensitive data and become compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards ("PCI DSS") and wider data security regulations. Eckoh has been a PCI DSS Level One Accredited Service Provider since 2010, securing over £5 billion in payments annually.

Our large portfolio of clients come from a broad range of vertical markets and includes government departments, telecoms providers, retailers, utility providers and financial services organisations.

 

 

For more information go to www.eckoh.com or email MediaResponseUK@eckoh.com .

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

 

 Nik Philpot

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

 

 

Eckoh plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

213800Z885E2BBU1CR76

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 0.25 pence each 

GB0033359141

 

 

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Grant of 1,477,014 nominal-cost share awards over ordinary shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

Exercise Price: 0.25 pence

1,477,014

 

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

As above

 

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

20 July 2022

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

 

London Stock Exchange

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

Chrissie Herbert

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

 

 

Eckoh plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

213800Z885E2BBU1CR76

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 0.25 pence each

 

GB0033359141

 

 

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Grant of 930,527 nominal-cost share awards over ordinary shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

Exercise Price: 0.25 pence

930,527

 

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

- Price

 

 

 

As above

 

 

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

20 July 2022

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

 

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

 

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