Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1798L

Brown (N.) Group PLC

04 September 2019

 

04 September 2019

N BROWN GROUP PLC - GRANT OF NIL COST OPTIONS

N Brown announces that on 03 September 2019 nil cost options were granted to its Chief Executive Officer, Steve Johnson, over 601,983 shares and its Chief Financial Officer, Craig Lovelace, over 429,292 shares ("Awards") under the terms of the N Brown Group plc 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

The number of shares placed under Award was based on the closing mid-market price for the preceding day which was 105.9 pence.

The performance conditions and targets for the 2019 Awards are as follows:

	Percentage of each part of the award that will vest	TSR Relative TSR compared to the FTSE SmallCap Excluding Investment Trusts	EPS Growth from the 2018/19 EPS to 2021/22	FCF Based on the aggregate of the free cash flow delivered over 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22
Weighting		35%	35%	30%
Below threshold	0%	Ranking below median	Less than CAGR +5%	Less than £350m
Threshold*	25%	Ranking at median	At least CAGR +5%	At least £350m
Maximum*	100%	Ranking at upper quartile or above	At least CAGR +15%	At least £420m

*For performance that is between the threshold and maximum levels, awards vest on a straight-line basis.

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)	Name	Stephen Johnson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO, N Brown Group Plc
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	N Brown Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800QFPJQF2NUVAP09
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	Nil cost options over Ordinary shares of 11 1/19 pence
	Identification code	GB00B1P6ZR11
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			Nil cost options	601,983
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A- single transaction
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	03 September 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Craig Lovelace
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CFO, N Brown Group Plc
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	N Brown Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800QFPJQF2NUVAP09
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	Nil cost options over Ordinary shares of 11 1/19 pence
	Identification code	GB00B1P6ZR11
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			Nil cost options	429,292
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	N/A- single transaction
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	03 September 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

For enquiries, please contact: Theresa Casey, Company Secretary and General Counsel, N Brown Group Plc

Tel: [phone]

Registered office:

Griffin House

40 Lever Street

Manchester

M60 6ES

 

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