Grant of Options / PDMR Dealing

RNS Number : 7178T
Sopheon PLC
05 July 2018
 



 

 

SOPHEON PLC

("Sopheon" or "the Company")

 

Grant of Options / PDMR dealing

 

Sopheon announces that the Company has granted options over 119,000 ordinary shares of 20 pence each in the share capital of the Company ("Options") to certain directors, executives and senior employees of the Company. Of the directors, Andrew Michuda, CEO and Arif Karimjee, CFO have been granted 50,000 and 15,000 Options respectively, and including this grant, the total number of Options held by each is 290,000 and 85,000 Options respectively. 

 

The Options granted will vest over 3 years, and are exercisable up to 10 years from the date of grant. The exercise price of the Options is 900 pence per share, being the mid-market closing price on AIM on 4 July 2018.

For further information contact: 

Barry Mence, Chairman
Arif Karimjee, CFO

Sopheon plc

+ 44 (0) 1276 919 560

Carl Holmes / Giles Rolls (corporate finance)

Alice Lane (ECM)

finnCap Ltd

+ 44 (0) 20 7220 0500

 

The information communicated in this announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

 

About Sopheon. Sopheon (LSE: SPE) partners with customers to provide complete enterprise innovation management solutions including software, expertise, and best practices, that enable them to achieve exceptional long-term revenue growth and profitability. Sopheon's Accolade solution provides unique, fully-integrated coverage for the entire innovation management and new product development lifecycle, including strategic innovation planning, roadmapping, idea and concept development, process and project management, portfolio management and resource planning. Sopheon's solutions have been implemented by over 200 customers with over 60,000 users in over 50 countries. Sopheon is listed on AIM, operated by the London Stock Exchange.  For more information, please visit www.sopheon.com



 

 

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 

1.               

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Arif Karimjee

2.               

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial notification

3.    

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

a)

Name

Sopheon plc

b)

LEI

213800TA9E6UG2WWG646

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

 

Options over ordinary shares of 20p

Identification code

GB00BSZM1369

b)

Nature of the transaction

 

Grant of Options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Exercise price 900 pence per share

15,000

d)

Aggregated information:

·      Aggregated volume

·      Price

 

Grant of 15,000 options over ordinary shares of 20p pence at an exercise price of 900 pence

e)

Date of the transaction

4 July 2018

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside of trading venue

 



 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 

5.               

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Andrew Michuda

6.               

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial notification

7.    

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

a)

Name

Sopheon plc

b)

LEI

213800TA9E6UG2WWG646

8.    

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

 

Options over ordinary shares of 20p


Identification code

GB00BSZM1369

b)

Nature of the transaction

 

Grant of Options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Exercise Price 900 pence per share

50,000

d)

Aggregated information:

·      Aggregated volume

·      Price

 

Grant of 50,000 options over ordinary shares of 20p pence at an exercise price of 900 pence

e)

Date of the transaction

4 July 2018

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside of trading venue

 

 

The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

 


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