Issue of Shares under Share Incentive Plan

RNS Number : 0002T
Red Rock Resources plc
09 October 2017
 

Red Rock Resources Plc

("Red Rock" or the "Company")

 

Issue of Shares under Share Incentive Plan and Directors' Dealings

 

9 October 2017

 

Red Rock Resources Plc, the natural resource investment and development company, announces that on 6 October 2017 the Board of Directors approved the issuance of 2,880,000 ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the Company's Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") for the 2017/18 tax year as agreed in the Trustees meeting held on 6 October 2017.

 

Under the terms of the SIP, once employees have satisfactorily completed their probationary period, they may sign up to the Free Share Agreement.

 

Free Share Agreement - Free Share Award

 

Under the Free Share Agreement, employees may be awarded up to £3,600 worth of Ordinary Shares in the Company in any one tax year. Ordinary Shares to the value of £3,600 per existing employee have been awarded in respect of the 2017/18 tax year, representing a total of 2,880,000 Ordinary Shares, with reference to the mid-market closing price of 0.625p as of 5 October 2017.

 

All shares awarded under the Free Share Agreement will be held by the SIP Trustees and such shares cannot be released to participants until five years after the date of the award, except in specific circumstances.

 

Directors' Participation

 

In respect of the 2017/2018 tax year, each Director has been awarded 576,000 Ordinary Shares under the Free Share Agreement. These shares awarded to Directors have been included in the table below, which sets out the total shareholding and interests of the directors in the enlarged share capital of the Company:

 

 

 

 

Directors

 

New Ordinary Shares

Ordinary Shares Post Issuance

 

Total Shares

% of Enlarged Issued Share Capital

Options

Warrants

Direct

Indirect*

Andrew R M Bell

576,000

7,194,984

7,276,007

14,470,991

3.02%

17,760,000

4,761,904

Michael C Nott

576,000

-

6,804,287

6,804,287

1.42%

900,000

-

Scott C Kaintz

576,000

-

7,214,194

7,214,194

1.51%

15,680,000

1,785,714

Sam D Quinn

576,000

-

5,732,766

5,732,766

1.20%

3,900,000

1,785,714

 

 

* Post issuance, Andrew Bell and Scott Kaintz both hold 5,428,480 shares, Mike Nott holds 5,332,480 shares and Sam Quinn holds 3,526,000 shares indirectly held by the Share Incentive Plan Trustees.  In addition, Andrew Bell indirectly holds 5,600 shares through Beaufort Securities Nominees Limited and 1,330,834 shares in the account of Alliance Trust Nominees Limited and 511,093 shares in the account of Rock (Nominees) Limited and 2,210,526 shares directly and jointly with Stephanie Bell. Michael Nott indirectly holds 1,471,807 shares jointly with Anna Nott through Barclayshare Nominees Limited. Scott Kaintz indirectly holds 1,785,714 shares through HSBC Client Holdings Nominee UK Limited. Sam Quinn indirectly holds 2,206,766 shares through Fitel Nominees Limited/WH Ireland.

 

Admission to trading on AIM and Total Voting Rights

 

Application is being made to AIM for 2,880,000 new Ordinary Shares allotted in relation to the SIP for 2017/18 tax year to be admitted to trading on AIM. Admission of the 2,880,000 new Ordinary Shares is expected on or around 13 October 2017.

 

Following the issue of the 2,880,000 new Ordinary Shares, the issued share capital of the Company consists of 478,917,740 ordinary shares of 0.01p each with voting rights. No Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury.

 

The above figure of 478,917,740 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 the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For Further Information Contact:

Andrew Bell 0207 747 9990                                                       Chairman Red Rock Resources Plc

Scott Kaintz 0207 747 9990                                                        Executive Director Red Rock Resources Plc

Roland Cornish/Rosalind Hill Abrahams 0207 628 3396         NOMAD Beaumont Cornish Limited

Neil Badger 0129 351 7744                                                        Broker Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers Ltd.

 

The following disclosure is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

1. Andrew R M Bell

2. Michael C Nott

3. Scott C Kaintz

4. Sam D Quinn

5. Rasa Vaitkute

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

1. Executive Chairman

2. Non-Executive Director

3. Executive Director

4. Non-Executive Director

5. Corporate Affairs Manager

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

 

Initial Notification

3

 

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

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

Red Rock Resources Plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

213800383CFWX3U42W09

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

Ordinary Shares of 0.01p each



Identification code

ISIN: GB00BYWKBV38



b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Issue of Shares under Share Incentive Plan

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)


Name

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Andrew R M Bell

0.625p

576,000

Michael C Nott

0.625p

576,000

Scott C Kaintz

0.625p

576,000

Sam D Quinn

0.625p

576,000

Rasa Vaitkute

0.625p

576,000





d)

 

Aggregated information




- Aggregated volume

2,880,000



- Price

0.625 pence



e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

6 October 2017

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

Outside a trading venue

 

 


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