Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9500I

Eckoh PLC

22 June 2017

 

22 June 2017

Eckoh plc

("Eckoh", the "Group" or the "Company")

Grant of Options

Following Chrissie Herbert's appointment to Chief Financial Officer on 2^nd May 2017, Eckoh has today granted Chrissie options over 500,000 Ordinary shares in the Company ("the Options") under its Eckoh plc Share Option Scheme 1999 ("the Scheme") and represent 0.20% of the issued share capital of the Company. 

The Options, which have an exercise price of 47.50 pence per share and become exercisable subject to the achievement of certain share price targets after the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to continued employment. The Options represent Chrissie's entire holding of share options.

For further information please contact:

Eckoh plc
Nik Philpot, Chief Executive Officer	Tel: [phone]
Chrissie Herbert, Chief Financial Officer
www.eckoh.com
FTI Consulting LLP	Tel: [phone]
Ed Bridges / Chris Lane / Emma Appleton / Darius Alexander
[e-mail]
N+1 Singer (Nomad & Joint Broker)
Shaun Dobson, Lauren Kettle	Tel: [phone]
www.n1singer.com
Berenberg (Joint Broker)
Ben Wright, Chris Bowman, Amritha Murali	Tel: [phone]
www.berenberg.de/en

About Eckoh plc

Eckoh is a global provider of secure payment products and customer contact solutions, supporting an international client base from its offices in the UK, US and Australia.  

Our secure payments products, which can be hosted in the cloud or deployed on the client's site, removes sensitive personal and payment data from contact centres and IT environments. The products offer merchants a simple and effective way to reduce the risk of fraud, secure sensitive data and become compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards ("PCI DSS") as well as wider data security regulations. Eckoh has been a PCI DSS Level One accredited Service Provider since 2010. 

Eckoh's customer contact solutions enable enquiries to be answered through multiple channels, allowing organisations to increase efficiency, lower operational costs and provide a true omni-channel experience to their customers. We also assist organisations to transform the way that they engage with their customers by providing support and transition services as they implement our innovative customer contact solutions.

Our large portfolio of clients come from a broad range of vertical markets and includes government departments, telecoms providers, retailers, utility providers and financial services organisations.

For more information go to www.eckoh.com

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Chrissie Herbert
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Eckoh plc
b)	LEI	213800Z885E2BBU1CR76
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	Grant of options over ordinary shares of 0.25p each ISIN Code: GB0033359141
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s): Volume(s): 47.50 pence 500,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	22 June 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	Off-market transaction

 

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