Grant of Awards under Group Share Option Plan

RNS Number : 2643P

NAHL Group PLC

25 May 2018

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014

25 May 2018

NAHL Group PLC

("NAHL" or the "Group")

Grant of Awards under Group Share Option Plan 

NAHL (AIM: NAH), the leading UK marketing and services business focused on the UK consumer legal market, announces that on 24^th May 2018 the following Directors were awarded options ("Options") over ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") under the NAHL Group Share Option Plan:

Name	Title	Number of Options granted	Exercise price
Mr Russell Atkinson	Chief Executive Officer	152,498	0.25p
Mr James Saralis	Chief Financial Officer	91,463	0.25p

Vesting of the new Options is conditional upon delivery of EPS and Total Shareholder Return measures set out below:

Performance Measure	Performance benchmark	Proportion of total award vesting
EPS (for the year to 31 December 2020)	17.1p - 19.6p	25% - 50%
TSR	201p - 234p	12.5% - 50%

TSR for the above purposes is defined as being the average shareprice for the month to 24^th May 2021 plus total dividends declared between the date of grant and the same date or such other date as the Remuneration Committee determines.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by PDMRs and persons closely associated with them

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	Mr Russell Atkinson
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Executive Officer (Director and PDMR)
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	NAHL Group plc
b)	LEI	213800FQN7XBX1S6U981
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	Options over ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each
b)	Identification code	GB00BM7S2W63
c)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options over Ordinary Shares under the NAHL Group Share Option Plan
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	N/A
e)	Aggregated information -     Volume -     Price	152,498 options over ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each granted
f)	Date of the transaction	24th May 2018
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	Mr James Saralis
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Financial Officer (Director and PDMR)
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	NAHL Group plc
b)	LEI	213800FQN7XBX1S6U981
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	Options over ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each
b)	Identification code	GB00BM7S2W63
c)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options over Ordinary Shares under the NAHL Group Share Option Plan
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	N/A
e)	Aggregated information -     Volume -     Price	91,463 options over ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each granted
f)	Date of the transaction	24th May 2018
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

For further information please call:

NAHL Group plc Russell Atkinson (CEO) James Saralis (CFO)	via FTI Consulting Tel: [phone]
finnCap Ltd (NOMAD & Broker) Julian Blunt / James Thompson (Corporate Finance) Andrew Burdis (Corporate Broking)	Tel: [phone]
FTI Consulting (Financial PR) Alex Beagley James Styles Laura Saraby	Tel: [phone]

Notes to Editors

NAHL Group plc is a leading UK marketing and services business focused on the UK consumer legal market. The Group comprises three divisions: Personal Injury (National Accident Helpline - NAH), Conveyancing (Fitzalan Partners - Fitzalan) and Critical Care (Bush & Company Rehabilitation - Bush). NAH provides outsourced marketing services in the personal injury market, Fitzalan, which includes Searches UK a leading conveyancing search provider, provides marketing services in the property market and Bush provides a range of specialist services in the catastrophic injury market.

More information is available at www.nahlgroupplc.co.uk and www.national-accident-helpline.co.uk

 

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