Grant of Options

RNS Number : 0910B

Eckoh PLC

31 March 2017

 

31 March 2017

Eckoh plc

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

Grant of Options

Eckoh has today granted options over ordinary shares of the Group to the following PDMRs under its Eckoh plc Share Option Scheme 1999 ("the Scheme"). 

	Position	Number of Options Granted
Dan Arntz	US President	500,000
Ed Johnson	Technical Director	500,000
Dave Holliday	Global IT Director	300,000
Adam Winterflood	Operations Director	300,000
Todd Funk	Senior Executive VP Operations	300,000
Cam Ross	Director of Payments Strategy	200,000

The options have an exercise price of 39.50 pence per share and become exercisable subject to the share price exceeding RPI plus 15% after the third anniversary of the grant date and are subject to continued employment.

The Scheme, agreed with major shareholders and the second annual award under a three year plan, is part of the Group's long-term incentive arrangements to align the interests of shareholders and executives. 

For further information please contact:

Eckoh plc
Nik Philpot, Chief Executive Officer	Tel: [phone]
Adam Moloney, Group Finance Director
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

 

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