Ward & Hagon Contract Renewal and Grant of Options
2 March 2022
Warpaint London PLC
("Warpaint", the "Company" or the "Group")
Ward & Hagon Contract Renewal and Grant of Options
Warpaint London plc (AIM: W7L), the specialist supplier of colour cosmetics and owner of the W7 and Technic brands, announces that it has yesterday renewed its contract (the "Contract") with Ward & Hagon Management Consulting LLP ("Ward & Hagon") for a period of 24 months, effective 1 January 2022.
The Company originally appointed Ward & Hagon, a provider of practical business solutions, in February 2020 to assist it in implementing its strategic growth plan, and the Contract was renewed on 19 February 2021 for a period of 12 months. During 2021 Ward & Hagon has successfully assisted the Group in developing and implementing its strategic plan by gaining listings for products and widening distribution in the UK. In addition in 2021, Ward & Hagon assisted with plans for growth in the USA, China and in digital marketing.
The Contract has a total value over 24 months of £380,000 (which will be satisfied from the Group's operating cash flows) and includes the services of Paul Hagon, an executive director of the Company and Martyn Ward, together with other members of the Ward & Hagon team. In addition, Ward & Hagon will be paid a commission of 3% on all sales generated from their introductions in the 12 month period from the point of first sale, and 4% on all sales generated from their introductions in the 12 month period thereafter. Ward & Hagon will also receive a commission of 3% on all Tesco sales from 17 February 2022 for 24 months.
In recognition of the success of the arrangements to date, and to incentivise Ward & Hagon and align them with the long term interest of shareholders, they have also been granted options to subscribe for 200,000 ordinary shares of 25p in the Company at an exercise price of 127.5 pence per share (the "Option"), being the closing mid-market price on 1 March 2022 (the last practicable date prior to this announcement). The Option is exercisable between three and ten years from the date of grant.
The board is of the view that the services provided under the Contract and the Option, represent value to shareholders through assisting the Company to achieve is near term objectives. Accordingly, Ward & Hagon will continue to focus on helping the Group to access new retail channels both in the UK and overseas.
Related Party Transaction
Paul Hagon, an executive director of Warpaint, is a member of Ward & Hagon. Accordingly the renewal of the Contract and the grant of the Option is classified as a related party transaction pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies. The independent directors of the Company (being all executive and non-executive directors except Mr Hagon), having consulted with Singer Capital Markets, the Company's Nominated Adviser, consider that the terms of the Contract renewal and the grant of the Option are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.
Enquiries:
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Warpaint London Sam Bazini - Chief Executive Officer Eoin Macleod - Managing Director Neil Rodol - Chief Financial Officer
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c/o IFC
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Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) Shaun Dobson, Tom Salvesen, Jen Boorer, Alex Bond - Investment Banking |
020 7496 3000
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Shore Capital (Joint Broker) Patrick Castle, Daniel Bush - Corporate Advisory Fiona Conroy - Corporate Broking
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020 7408 4090 |
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IFC Advisory (Financial PR & IR) Tim Metcalfe, Graham Herring, Florence Chandler |
020 3934 6630
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Warpaint London plc
Warpaint sells branded cosmetics under the lead brand names of W7 and Technic. W7 is sold in the UK primarily to retailers and internationally to local distributors or retail chains. The Technic brand is sold in the UK and continental Europe with a significant focus on the gifting market, principally for high street retailers and supermarkets. In addition, Warpaint supplies own brand white label cosmetics produced for several major high street retailers. The Group also sells cosmetics using its other brand names of Man'stuff, Body Collection, Very Vegan, and Chit Chat.
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.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Ward & Hagon Management Consulting LLP (an entity associated with Paul Hagon, Executive Director of Warpaint London plc) |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
Paul Hagon, Executive Director of Warpaint London plc and a partner in Ward & Hagon Management Consulting LLP |
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Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Warpaint London PLC |
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LEI |
213800EBJ2CN6KIDCO78 |
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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 |
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Options over Ordinary shares of 25p
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Nature of the transaction |
Grant of Option |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
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Date of the transaction |
1 March 2022 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside a Trading Venue |
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