Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9853T
Helical PLC
28 July 2022
 

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28 July 2022

 

HELICAL PLC

('Helical'/ 'the Company')

 

Notification of Interests of Directors, PDMRs and Connected Persons

 

 

The Company was informed today of the following transactions in relation to the Executive Directors and PDMRs:

 

1.  Performance Share Plan 2014 - 2022 Award

 

On 27 July 2022, under the terms of the Performance Share Plan 2014, the following share awards were made to the Executive Directors/PDMRs at the average of the closing mid-market prices for the five days to 26 July 2022 of 388.00 p. These awards will vest in Ju ly 2025, depending on the extent to which the Plan's performance criteria are met:

 

Executive Directors

Shares Awarded

Gerald Kaye

356,262

Tim Murphy

207,345

Matthew Bonning-Snook

277,126



PDMRs


Tom Anderson

81,154

James Moss

77,319

 

No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards which have been structured as nil-cost options.

 

2.  Performance Share Plan 2014 - 2019 Award

 

On 27 July 2022, shares awarded under the terms of the Helical plc Performance Share Plan 2014 were made available to Executive Directors and employees of the Company. These shares were originally awarded on 3 June 2019 and, having met their performance criteria such that 75.46% qualified for vesting, are available to be transferred to the award holders, net of associated tax liabilities.

 

Shares originally awarded to Directors and PDMRs and the shares vesting are as follows:

 

Executive Directors

Shares Awarded

Shares Vesting

Shares Retained

Gerald Kaye

366,896

276,859

143,274

Tim Murphy

  213,517

161,119

83,379

Matthew Bonning-Snook

285,379

215,346

111,441





PDMRs




Tom Anderson

82,758

62,449

32,317

James Moss

76,551

57,765

29,893

 

3.  Annual Bonus Scheme 2018

 

In accordance with the terms of the Annual Bonus Scheme 2018, and in respect of annual bonuses for the year to 31 March 2022, deferred share awards over ordinary shares in Helical plc were made to the Executive Directors on 27 July 2022 at the closing mid-market price on 26 July 2022 of 386.00p as follows:

 

Executive Directors

Number of Shares

Gerald Kaye

65,131

Tim Murphy

37,906

Matthew Bonning-Snook

50,664

 

No consideration was paid for the grant of the deferred share awards, which have been structured as nil-cost options. These deferred shares will be held by the Company and will vest after 27 July 2025.

 

4.  Deferred Bonus Shares

 

On 27 July 2022, shares awarded under the terms of the Company's Annual Bonus Scheme 2018 were made available to Directors of the Company. These shares were originally awarded to Directors on 3 June 2019 as part of the annual bonuses for the year to 31 March 2019 and, having been deferred for three years, are available to be transferred to award holders, net of associated tax liabilities.

 

Shares originally awarded to Directors and accrued dividend shares are as follows:

 

Executive Directors

Shares Awarded

Dividend Shares

Shares Retained

Gerald Kaye

53,836

4,037

29,949

Tim Murphy

21,364

1,602

11,884

Matthew Bonning-Snook

30,516

2,289

16,976

 

5.  Share Incentive Plan - Award of Free, Partnership and Matching Shares

 

On 27 July 2022, under the rules of the Helical plc Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), Helical Bar Trustees Limited awarded ordinary shares to the Company's Executive Directors, PDMRs and employees at the closing mid-market price on 26 July 2022 of 386.00p.

 

Shares awarded to the Executive Directors/PDMRs were as follows:

 

Executive Directors

Number of Shares

Gerald Kaye

1,278

Tim Murphy

1,275

Matthew Bonning-Snook

1,275



PDMRs


Tom Anderson

1,275

James Moss

1,275

 

6.  Additional Listing

Application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority for admission to the Official List, and to the London Stock Exchange plc for admission to trading, for a total of 1,029,784 ordinary shares of 1p each. It is expected that the hearing will take place on 1 August 2022 and that trading will commence on 2 August 2022. The shares are being issued in connection with the vesting of awards granted under the Company's Performance Share Plan 2014 and the Annual Bonus Scheme 2018, as detailed above.

Following admission, the number of ordinary shares in issue will be 123,355,197 each carrying one voting right. This figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Helical plc under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulations. The identification code for ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company is GB00B0FYMT95. The awards took place outside a trading venue.

 

For further information please contact:

 

Helical plc


Tim Murphy (Chief Financial Officer)

Tel:  020 7629 0113

 

Address:  5 Hanover Square

  London  

  W1S 1HQ

 

Website:  www.helical.co.uk

 

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