Director/PDMR Share Award

RNS Number : 9162V

Topps Tiles PLC

18 December 2013

 

Topps Tiles plc. (the "Company")                               

Notification of Dealings in the Company's shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs") and connected persons.

The Company announces the following dealings by PDMRs in the Company's ordinary shares totalling 1,031,064 shares

On 17th December 2013 Topps Tiles plc. granted awards in the form of nil cost options ("Awards") in connection with the Topps Tiles 2013 Long Term Incentive  Plan  ("LTIP") as follows:-

Director/PDMR	Number of Shares subject to Awards	Date of Award
Matthew Williams	400,604	17th December 2013
Rob Parker	240,363	17th December 2013
Richard Carter	202,268	17th December 2013
Brian Linnington	187,828	17th December 2013

The number of shares under option was determined using a share price of 93.17 pence based on 3 days prior to year end

The Awards will vest and become exercisable from the 17th December 2016 but only to the extent that certain performance conditions are met including the following adjusted EPS targets:-

Cumulative Adjusted EPS for the period 2013/2014 to 2015/2016	Percentage of the Award that will vest
17.84 pence per Share	25%
Greater than 17.84 pence per Share but less than 19.24 pence per Shares	Determined on a straight line basis between 25% and 100%
19.24 pence per Share	100%

The above targets equate to adjusted EPS growth from the 2012/2013 outturn of c 7% growth per annum for 25% vesting and c 11% per annum for 100% vesting

Notwithstanding the Cumulative Adjusted EPS calculated above the extent to which the Award will vest will be subject to the Board's assessment of the quality of earnings over the performance period.  The Board may reduce the extent to which the Award would otherwise vest if the Board determines that the Cumulative Adjusted EPS is not consistent with the achievement of commensurate underlying financial performance taking into account such factors as the Board considers appropriate, including:

            market share, margin performance, net debt, overall returns to shareholders; and

            shareholder value creation. 

The Board may make such adjustments to the method of calculating Cumulative EPS or any other feature of the terms of the performance condition as it considers appropriate to take account of:

            any increase or variation of the share capital of the Company;

            any change to accounting standards or the reporting of financial results;

            the impact of discontinued businesses on results for any relevant financial year;

            there being no earnings per share of the Company for any relevant financial year;

            any other factors considered by the Board to be relevant.

No consideration is payable on the grant of these Awards.

The above notification is intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.

Rob Parker

Company Secretary

Topps Tiles plc.

 

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