2017 Long Term Incentive Plan and Grant of Options

RNS Number : 1808D
Venture Life Group PLC
25 April 2017
 

Venture Life Group plc

("Venture Life" or the "Company")

 

2017 Long Term Incentive Plan and Grant of Options to PDMRs

 

Venture Life (AIM: VLG), the international consumer self-care group focused on developing, manufacturing and commercialising products for the ageing population, announces that it has granted further nominal-cost share options ("Options") over ordinary shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc ("Shares") under the Venture Life Group plc 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"). These Options were issued on 24 April 2017 as detailed below.

 

Grant of Options

On 24 April 2017 (the "Date of Grant"), Venture Life granted Options over a total of 897,598 Shares to its four Executive Directors, all of whom are regarded as Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") for the Company. 

 

Vesting of the Options is subject to continued employment and the Group meeting objective performance conditions, namely the Company's Earnings Per Share ("EPS") performance and relative Total Shareholder Return (Share price performance plus all dividends re-invested in Shares - "TSR"). Half of the Shares under an Option are subject to EPS performance conditions, and half of the Shares under an Option are subject to TSR performance conditions.

 

The tranche of Options granted over a total of 897,598 Shares ("Grant") will ordinarily vest on 24 April 2020, subject to meeting the performance conditions set for the Company's EPS over the three financial years ending 31 December 2019 and TSR for the three years commencing 24 April 2017.

 

The Options are exercisable at a price of 0.3p per Share. 

 

Director

 

Position

 

No. of Shares under Option

Total number of Shares under options held

 

Jerry Randall

Chief Executive Officer

296,302

2,191,094

Gianluca Braguti

Manufacturing Director

238,237

656,445

Sharon Collins

Commercial Director

197,534

1,911,136

Adrian Crockett

Chief Financial Officer

165,525

165,525


Total:

897,598

4,924,200






The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

 

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)

 

Names 

Jerry Randall - Chief Executive Officer

Gianluca Braguti - Manufacturing Director

Sharon Collins - Commercial Director

Adrian Crockett - Chief Financial Officer

 

2

 

Reason for the notification

a)

 

Position/status

 

See 1(a) above for positions - all classified as PDMRs of Venture Life

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

Initial Notification

3

 

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

a)

 

Name

 

Venture Life Group plc

b)

 

LEI


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 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc

b)

Identification code 

 

GB00BFPM8908

c)

 

Nature of the transaction 

 

Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Venture Life Group plc 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan

 

d)

 

Price and volumes

Price - nil

Volumes:

Jerry Randall - Option over 296,302 Ordinary Shares

Gianluca Braguti - Option over 238,237 Ordinary Shares

Sharon Collins -  Option over 197,534 Ordinary Shares

Adrian Crockett - Option over 165,525 Ordinary Shares

d)

 

Aggregated information 

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 N/a

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction 

24 April 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification: Peter Shepherd, Company Secretary to Venture Life Group plc.

 

For further information please contact:

 

Venture Life Group PLC

+44 (0) 1344 742870

Jerry Randall, Chief Executive Officer


Adrian Crockett, Chief Financial Officer   




Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

+44 (0) 20 7886 2500

Freddy Crossley/Peter Steel/Duncan Monteith (Corporate Finance)


Tom Salvesen (Corporate Broking) 




Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Ltd (Joint Broker)

+44 (0) 20 3621 4120

James Pope/Ben Turner




Walbrook PR

venturelife@walbrookpr.com or 
+ 44 (0) 20 7933 8780

Paul McManus/Anna Dunphy

+44 (0) 7980 541 893 / +44 (0) 7876 741 001

 


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