Grant of Options

RNS Number : 5565D

XLMedia PLC

01 February 2018

 

1 February 2018

XLMedia PLC

("XLMedia" or "the Company")

Grant of Options

XLMedia (AIM: XLM), a leading provider of digital performance marketing services, announces that on 31^th January 2018 it granted, pursuant to The Group Share Incentive Plan, share options to certain PDMRs and employees over 3,000,000 ordinary shares of USD0.000001 each in the capital of the Company ("Share Options").

This grant of the Share Options is in line with and part of the Company's stated share incentive policy to attract and retain talent.

The Share Options that were granted include the following:

	Position	Number of Share Options Granted	Total options held in Company following grant
Mr Ory Weihs	Group CEO	900,000	900,000
Ms Inbal Lavi	CEO of subsidiary	750,000	900,000
Ms Liat Hellman	CFO of subsidiary	300,000	348,750
Mr Yehuda Dahan	Group CFO	300,000	356,250

The Share Options are exercisable at 201.8p per share, which represents the average closing mid-market price for the last 30 trading days' preceding yesterday's grant of the Share Options. The Share Options will vest in tranches equivalent to 25 per cent. on the first anniversary of the grant, 25 per cent. on the second anniversary, with the remainder subsequently vesting in equal measures every quarter during the third and fourth years following grant. All Share Options will cease to be exercisable after eight years following yesterday's grant.

The information below, set out in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details of the transaction.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	1) Mr Ory Weihs 2) Ms Inbal Lavi 3) Ms Liat Hellman 4) Mr Yehuda Dahan
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1) Group CEO and PDMR 2) CEO of subsidiary and PDMR 3) CFO of subsidiary & PDMR 4) Group CFO & PDMR
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	XLMedia PLC
b)	LEI	2138008U4S6FBDHGWY81
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 Identification code	Options over ordinary shares of USD0.000001 each ISIN of ordinary shares:  JE00BH6XDL31
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Options over ordinary shares of USD0.000001 in XLMedia PLC each at an exercise price of 201.80p per share
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)                 Volume(s) 1) Exercise price of 201.80p per share 2) Exercise price of 201.80p per share 3) Exercise price of 201.80p per share 4) Exercise price of 201.80p per share 1)    900,000 2)    750,000 3)    300,000 4)    300,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	2,250,000 201.80p per share
e)	Date of the transaction	5 January 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

For further information, contact:

XLMedia plc Ory Weihs www.xlmedia.com	Tel: [phone]
Vigo Communications Jeremy Garcia / Fiona Henson / Kate Rogucheva www.vigocomms.com	Tel: [phone]
Cenkos Securities plc (Nomad and Joint Broker) Camilla Hume / Mark Connelly www.cenkos.com	Tel: [phone]
Berenberg (Joint Broker) Chris Bowman / Mark Whitmore www.berenberg.com	Tel: [phone]

 

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