Grant of Options

RNS Number : 3347H

System1 Group PLC

02 December 2020

 

02 December 2020

System1 Group PLC (AIM: SYS1)

  ("System1", or "the Company", or "the Group")

Grant of Options

Following approval by shareholders at the 2019 annual general meeting to amend certain of the terms of the System1 Group PLC Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"), the Company announces that it has granted awards under the LTIP. Full details of the amendments to the LTIP can be found in the 2019 Notice of AGM.

The share options are nil cost and will vest subject to achieving stretching performance conditions, as follows:

a)  Maximum vesting requires gross profit in any financial year ending 31 March prior to 12 August 2024 of at least £77.1m, and minimum vesting requires gross profit of at least £39.5m; and

b)  In addition, there are profit after tax and share price underpins

The awards comprise nil cost options and conditional shares over 132,267 shares were granted to Christopher Willford.

The maximum potential dilution arising from options awarded under the LTIP remains below the upper limit under the rules of the plan (8.5% of the Company's issued share capital as at 1 January 2017 - 13,226,775 shares).

The Company can be found at www.system1group.com .

For further information, please contact:

System1 Group PLC	Tel: [phone]
John Kearon, Chief Executive Officer
Chris Willford, Chief Financial Officer
Canaccord Genuity Limited	Tel: [phone]
Simon Bridges / Andrew Potts

This announcement, including the notification below, is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014

1.	Details of the Person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	Christopher Willford
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	System1 Group PLC
b)	Legal Entity Identifier	213800TDLR42C3Q9ZB74
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	Options over ordinary shares
b)	Nature of the transaction	Granting of LTIP Awards
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil cost 132,267 shares
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price -  Aggregated total	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	27th November 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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