Cambridge Cognition Holdings Plc
("Cambridge Cognition" or the "Company")
Grant of Options
Cambridge Cognition Holdings plc (AIM: COG), which develops and markets digital solutions to assess brain health, announces that on 25 July 2022, the Company granted options ("Options") over a total of 871,432 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the Company's 2022 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP").
Of these Options:
1. Options in respect of 558,699 Ordinary Shares were granted to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") as follows;
Name |
Role |
Number of Ordinary Shares over which Options Granted |
Total number of Ordinary Shares over which Options held following Grant |
Total number of Ordinary Shares held |
Percentage of Current Issued Share Capital Held |
Matthew Stork |
Chief Executive Officer |
171,297 |
994,358 |
147,950 |
0.47% |
Stephen Symonds |
Chief Financial Officer |
152,671 |
152,671 |
22,950 |
0.07% |
Ricky Dolphin |
Chief Technology Officer |
74,427 |
340,061 |
- |
- |
Fiona Cree |
Chief Operating Officer |
74,427 |
286,284 |
- |
- |
Richard Cooper |
Chief Commercial Officer |
85,877 |
294,163 |
- |
- |
2. Options in respect of 289,444 Ordinary Shares were granted to other employees of the Company.
The Options granted to the PDMRs are in each case "performance share awards" that are exercisable at a price of 1 pence per Ordinary Share from three years following the date of award until the tenth anniversary of the date of award, subject to continued service and to the extent to which challenging performance conditions are achieved.
Under the terms of the aforementioned performance conditions, one-half of each of the Options is subject to sliding scale compound annual growth rate targets for adjusted revenue over the three year period ending 31 December 2024, the other half of each of the Options is subject to a sliding scale measure of relative total shareholder performance over a three year period that commenced on the grant of the Options.
The Options granted to others (save for one more performance share award) are exercisable at a price of 1 pence per Ordinary Share from three years following the date of award until the tenth anniversary of the date of award, and will vest subject to continued service (so called 'restricted share awards').
The LTIP has scope to grant both EMI awards and non-EMI awards and was recently adopted by the Board. The terms of the LTIP align to best practice expectations, including as leaver terms and malus and clawback provisions.
Following the grant of Options, the total number of options outstanding over unissued Ordinary Shares is 3,398,522 representing approximately 10.9% of the Company's issued share capital.
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 |
Matthew Stork - Chief Executive Officer Stephen Symonds - Chief Financial Officer Ricky Dolphin - Chief Technology Officer Fiona Cree - Chief Operating Officer Richard Cooper - Chief Commercial Officer |
2. |
Reason for the Notification |
|
a) |
Position/status |
See 1(a) above for positions - all classified as PDMRs of the Company |
b) |
Initial notification/ Amendment |
Initial Notification |
3. |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
Cambridge Cognition Holdings Plc |
b) |
LEI |
213800SZKDIN122EPA96 |
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 |
In each case, the grant of Options over Ordinary Shares on 25 July 2022
|
Identification code |
GB00B8DV9647 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares each with an exercise price of 1 pence per Ordinary Share
|
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price: n/a Volumes: Matthew Stork - Options over 171,297 Ordinary Shares Stephen Symonds - Options over 152,671 Ordinary Shares Ricky Dolphin - Options over 74,427 Ordinary Shares Fiona Cree - Options over 74,427 Ordinary Shares Richard Cooper - Options over 85,877 Ordinary Shares |
d) |
Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price |
558,699 |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
25 July 2022 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Upon the publication of this announcement via the Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
Enquiries
Cambridge Cognition Holdings PLC |
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Matthew Stork, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Symonds, Chief Financial Officer |
Tel: 01223 810 700 |
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Panmure Gordon (UK) Ltd (NOMAD and Joint Broker) |
Tel: 020 78862500 |
Freddy Crossley / Emma Earl / Mark Rodgers |
(Corporate Advisory) |
Rupert Dearden |
(Corporate Broking) |
Dowgate Capital Limited (Joint Broker) David Poutney/ James Serjeant |
Tel: 020 3903 7715 (Corporate Broking) |
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IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR and IR) |
Tel: 020 3934 6630 |
Tim Metcalfe/ Graham Herring/ Zach Cohen |
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