Grant and re-pricing of options
30 September 2011
VANE Minerals plc (AIM:VML)
("VANE" or the "Company")
Grant and re-pricing of options
VANE is pleased to announce the grant of new share options and the re-pricing of existing share options.
Grant of options
The Company has granted a total of 11,600,000 new share options to subscribe for ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") (the "Options"). Included within this grant are the following directors of the Company or its subsidiaries:
|
Name |
Number of Options granted over Ordinary Shares |
|
Matt Idiens, Commercial Director |
800,000 |
|
David Newton, CEO |
6,000,000 |
|
Sir Richard Needham, Chairman |
250,000 |
|
Kris Hefton, Director |
1,600,000 |
|
Luis Perez Agosttini* |
350,000 |
|
Total |
9,000,000 |
* a director of VANE's wholly owned subsidiary, Minerales VANE SA de CV
The exercise price on all the Options is 1.125p, being the closing mid-market price on the day immediately preceding this announcement. The Options granted to Matt Idiens and David Newton, together with 2,100,000 of the balance of the Options being granted to key employees of the Company, shall vest in three equal annual tranches commencing 1 September 2012. The balance of the Options, namely 2,700,000 (including those Options granted to Sir Richard Needham, Luis Perez Agosttini and Kris Hefton), shall vest in full on 1 September 2012. The Options will expire on 30 September 2021.
Following the grant of the Options, the directors of the Company or its subsidiaries will be interested in the following number of shares and options in the Company:
|
Name |
Number of shares |
Number of options granted over Ordinary Shares |
|
Matt Idiens |
14,305,880 |
6,000,000 |
|
David Newton |
500,000** |
6,000,000 |
|
Sir Richard Needham |
1,750,000*** |
750,000 |
|
Steven Van Nort |
6,500,000 |
- |
|
Levitt Clark Arnold |
10,500,000 |
- |
|
Kris Hefton |
116,000 |
6,000,000 |
|
Luis Perez Agosttini* |
- |
350,000 |
|
Total |
33,171,880 |
19,100,000 |
* a director of VANE's wholly owned subsidiary, Minerales VANE SA de CV
** subject to the approval of the proposed placing announced on 29 September 2011 at the General Meeting to be held on 26 October 2011
*** 1,000,000 of the shares held by Sir Richard Needham are subject to the approval of the proposed placing announced on 29 September 2011 at the General Meeting to be held on 26 October 2011
Re-pricing of options
The Company currently has outstanding options over 14,500,000 ordinary shares, representing 4.44 per cent. of the Company's current issued share capital (the "Existing Options"). The Existing Options were granted to directors and other employees between 25 May 2004 and 20 July 2009 pursuant to the Company's existing share option scheme. The Existing Options have exercise prices of 10p and 11p, compared with a mid market price at close on the day preceding this announcement of 1.125p. 3,000,000 of the Existing Options previously expired on 24 May 2014 with the remaining 11,500,000 expiring on 25 May 2014. All Existing Options now expire on 30 September 2021.
11,750,000 of the Existing Options are held by directors of the Company, namely Sir Richard Needham, Matt Idiens and Kris Hefton, and also by Luis Perez Agosttini, a director of VANE's wholly owned subsidiary, Minerales VANE SA de CV. As recognition of the work of those directors and, in view of the low level of salaries currently charged by those directors, the Company has decided to reduce the exercise price on all the Existing Options to 1.125p, being the closing mid market price on the day immediately preceding this announcement.
The re-pricing and extension of the Existing Options (the "Transaction") is deemed a related party transaction under the AIM Rules for Companies. David Newton, Steven Van Nort and Levitt Clark Arnold, being the independent directors, having consulted with Allenby Capital Limited, as the Company's nominated adviser, consider that the terms of the Transaction are fair and reasonable in so far as the Company's shareholders are concerned.
For further information, please contact:
|
VANE Minerals plc David Newton, CEO
|
+44 (0) 20 7225 4590 |
|
Allenby Capital Brian Stockbridge/Alex Price
|
+44 (0) 203 328 5656 |
|
Threadneedle Communications Laurence Read/ Beth Harris |
+44 (0) 20 7653 9850 |
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