Conversion of Salaries / Fees into Share Options

RNS Number : 7697R

Independent Oil & Gas PLC

31 October 2019

 

31 October 2019

Independent Oil and Gas plc

Conversion of Salaries/Fees into Share Options

Independent Oil and Gas plc ("IOG" or "the Company"), (AIM: IOG.L), the development and production focused oil and gas company, announces that certain Directors and other members of the IOG management and technical teams have accepted all or part of their salaries and fees as options over Ordinary Shares in the Company ("Options").

Salary/Fee Sacrifice Options

As further detailed in the table below, such personnel have accepted 1p Options in lieu of salaries or fees due between 1 March 2019 and 31 August 2019.

All these Options have a five-year term from 1 September 2019 and are issued by reference to the volume weighted average price per Ordinary Share ("VWAP") over the period to which they relate.  The VWAP over the period from 1 March 2019 to 31 August 2019 was calculated to be 15.98p. Where services have been provided for only part of that 6-month period the VWAP has been adjusted accordingly.

The conversion of salaries and fees into Options is consistent with previous salary and fee sacrifice transactions. A total of 1,223,611 new Options have been issued for this period, each with an exercise price of 1p each, representing 0.26% per cent of the Company's current issued share capital.

Including these Options, the aggregate total salaries and fees sacrificed by IOG personnel during the five-year duration of the scheme now stands at £1.36m.

-ENDS-

Certain information communicated in this announcement was, prior to its publication, inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

Enquiries:

Independent Oil and Gas plc Andrew Hockey (CEO) James Chance (CFO) Rupert Newall (Head of Corporate Finance)	[phone]
finnCap Ltd Christopher Raggett, Simon Hicks (Corporate Finance) Camille Gochez (Corporate Broking)	[phone]
Peel Hunt LLP Richard Crichton, David McKeown	[phone]
Vigo Communications Patrick d'Ancona, Chris McMahon, Simon Woods	[phone]

Notes:

Salaries and Fees Converted into 1p Options

For the period 1 March 2019 to 31 August 2019 the Salaries/Fees sacrificed by the Company directors named below and other members of the IOG management and technical teams were converted into 1p options, effective date of grant 1 September 2019, final exercise date of 31 August 2024 at the following VWAP reference prices:

Name	Number of Ordinary Shares under option	VWAP Reference price (pence)	Exercise price (pence)	Salary/Fee Sacrifice Period
Andrew Hockey*	267,740	15.98p	1p	01-Mar-19 - 31-Aug-19
Rupert Newall	240,966	15.98p	1p	01-Mar-19 - 31-Aug-19
James Chance	104,036	15.98p	1p	01-Mar-19 - 31-Aug-19
Mark Hughes*	182,063	15.98p	1p	01-Mar-19 - 31-Aug-19
Esa Ikaheimonen*	136,606	15.91p	1p	14-Mar-19 - 31-Aug-19
Neil Hawkings*	18,061	17.63p	1p	24-May-19 - 31-Aug-19
Others	140,189	14.37p	1p	01-Mar-19 - 23-Apr-19
Others	133,950	15.98p	1p	01-Mar-19 - 31-Aug-19
Total	1,223,611

* Directors

Where services have been provided for only part of a 6-month period the VWAP has been adjusted accordingly as above.

Option Details for any Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") / persons closely associated.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Andrew Hockey
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Independent Oil and Gas plc
b)	LEI	2138005OA2NLZS2NRT74
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	Share Options over Ordinary Shares
	Identification code	GB00BF49WF64
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Share Options over Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 267,740
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	30 October 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Rupert Newall
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Head of Corporate Finance
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Independent Oil and Gas plc
b)	LEI	2138005OA2NLZS2NRT74
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	Share Options over Ordinary Shares
	Identification code	GB00BF49WF64
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Share Options over Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 240,966
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	30 October 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	James Chance
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	Independent Oil and Gas plc
b)	LEI	2138005OA2NLZS2NRT74
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	Share Options over Ordinary Shares
	Identification code	GB00BF49WF64
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Share Options over Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 104,036
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	30 October 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Hughes
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Operating Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Independent Oil and Gas plc
b)	LEI	2138005OA2NLZS2NRT74
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	Share Options over Ordinary Shares
	Identification code	GB00BF49WF64
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Share Options over Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 182,063
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	30 October 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Esa Ikaheimonen
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Independent Oil and Gas plc
b)	LEI	2138005OA2NLZS2NRT74
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	Share Options over Ordinary Shares
	Identification code	GB00BF49WF64
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Share Options over Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 136,606
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	30 October 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Neil Hawkings
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Independent Oil and Gas plc
b)	LEI	2138005OA2NLZS2NRT74
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	Share Options over Ordinary Shares
	Identification code	GB00BF49WF64
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Share Options over Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 18,061
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	30 October 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

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