Titon Holdings Plc
(the "Company")
Grant of Options
The Company announces that on 9 June 2011 it granted the following options ("Options") over ordinary shares of 10 p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain directors of the Company ("Directors"):-
Name of Director |
Position |
Number of existing Options |
Number of new Options granted |
Total Options now held |
Mr. D A Ruffell |
Chief Executive |
39,000 |
45,000 |
84,000 |
Mr. N C Howlett |
Development & Sustainability Director |
20,000 |
35,000 |
55,000 |
Mr. T N Anderson |
Sales & Marketing Director |
13,150 |
34,950 |
48,100 |
Mr. C J Martin |
Supply Chain Director |
10,000 |
20,000 |
30,000 |
Mr. C S Jarvis |
Export Director |
20,000 |
20,000 |
40,000 |
The new Options were granted under the Titon Company Share Option Scheme 2010 and the Titon Executive Share Option Scheme 2010 and have an exercise price of 48 pence. The new Options are exercisable between 9 June 2014 and 9 June 2021, subject to the Company's Earnings per Share growing by at least 9 per cent. more than the Retail Price Index over any three year period between 9 June 2011 and the proposed exercise date of the new Options.
Following the grant of the new Options, the total number of Ordinary Shares under option held by the Directors which could be issued if all of the performance criteria are met is 257,100 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 2.4 per cent. of the current issued share capital of the Company.
D Ruffell
Company Secretary
Titon Holdings Plc