Optare plc
(the 'Company')
Grant of Options to Directors
The Company announces that on 3 July 2009 it granted options over a total of 2,250,000 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each in the Company under the Optare plc Unapproved Share Option Plan to the following Directors as follows:
Director |
No. of options granted |
Details |
No. of options held subsequent to the grant |
No. of shares in Company in which Director has voting rights (%ISC) |
Jim Sumner |
1,000,000 |
at 4.15 pence, being the average closing mid-price for the previous five days.
|
1,000,000 |
0 (0%) |
Mike Dunn |
750,000 |
250,000 at 1 pence and 500,000 at 4.15 pence |
750,000 |
33,333 (0%) |
John Fickling |
500,000 |
250,000 at 1 pence and 250,000 at 4.15 pence. |
500,000 |
975,666 (0.9%) |
All options are exercisable for a period of 10 years from 3 July 2009 but are subject to lock-in agreements for two years from the director's date of appointment.