Grant of Options

RNS Number : 4460J
Surface Transforms PLC
05 December 2018
 

The information communicated within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

 

Surface Transforms plc

 

("Surface Transforms" or the "Company")

 

Grant of Options

 

Surface Transforms plc (AIM: SCE) announces that it has granted options over 2,585,000 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under its existing share option scheme (the "Options") to a director, 2 executives being "people with direct management responsibility" (PDMR) and 14 employees.  The Options for the director and PDMRs have been granted as follows:

 

Director

 

Position

 

Number of options granted

 

Total options held following this grant

Dr Kevin Johnson

 

CEO

 

1,910,000

 

4,175,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PDMR

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geoff Whitfield

 

Engineering Manager

 

75,000

 

498,595

Kerry Wood

 

Quality Manager

 

150,000

 

350,000

 

The Options are exercisable at a price of 13 pence per share being the closing share price on 4 December 2018

 

The vesting of the Options for the director and PDMRs is conditional on the continued employment of the option holder as well as the satisfaction of certain financial and non-financial performance conditions. The Options will vest in one-third tranches upon the Company being awarded a contract on a track car, being awarded a contract for a volume road car from a mainstream volume OEM and generating revenue in a financial year of not less than £5 million.

 

The vesting of the options for the 14 employees are over three years for middle managers or after six months satisfactory service for other employees, both are dependent on continung employment of the option holder.

 

Details of the director's resultant holdings of Ordinary Shares and options over Ordinary Shares are as follows:

 

Name

Total No. of Options

No. of Existing Ordinary Shares

 

 

 

Dr Kevin Johnson

4,175,000

 

124,000

 

 

 

 

For enquiries, please contact:

Surface Transforms plc

 

 

Kevin Johnson, CEO

Michael Cunningham CFO

 

+44 151 356 2141

+44 151 348 8882         

David Bundred, Chairman

+44 7785 388 848

 

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nomad & Joint-Broker)

+44 20 7894 7000

David Foreman, Richard Salmond, Michael Boot (Corporate Finance)

Caspar Shand Kydd, Gregor Paterson (Sales)

 

 

 

FinnCap Ltd (Joint-Broker)

+44 20 7220 0500

Richard Chambers (Corporate Broking)

Ed Frisby / Giles Rolls (Corporate Finance)

 

 

 

For further Company details, visit www.surfacetransforms.com.

 

 

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulations, provides further detail in respect of the transaction as described above.

 

 

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a.

Name

Dr Kevin Johnson

2

Reason for notification

 

 

 

a.

Position/Status

PDMR

CEO

b.

Initial notification/

Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a.

Name

Surface Transforms plc

b.

LEI

N/A

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

Options over ordinary shares of 1p each
 

ISIN: GB0002892528

b.

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options over 1,910,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence

c.

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Not applicable

1,910,000

 

d.

Aggregated information

 

Not applicable

e.

Date of the transaction

5 December 2018

f.

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a.

Name

Geoffrey Whitefield

2

Reason for notification

 

 

 

a.

Position/Status

PDMR

Engineering Manager

b.

Initial notification/

Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a.

Name

Surface Transforms plc

b.

LEI

N/A

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

Options over ordinary shares of 1p each
 

ISIN: GB0002892528

b.

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options over 75,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence

c.

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Not applicable

75,000

 

d.

Aggregated information

 

Not applicable

e.

Date of the transaction

5 December 2018

f.

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a.

Name

Kerry Wood

2

Reason for notification

 

 

 

a.

Position/Status

PDMR

Quality Manager

b.

Initial notification/

Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a.

Name

Surface Transforms plc

b.

LEI

N/A

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

Options over ordinary shares of 1p each
 

ISIN: GB0002892528

b.

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options 150,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence

c.

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Not applicable

150,000

 

d.

Aggregated information

 

Not applicable

e.

Date of the transaction

5 December 2018

f.

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 


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