Director/PDMR LTIP Awards

RNS Number : 6771A

Van Elle Holdings PLC

01 October 2020

 

Van Elle Holdings plc

("Van Elle", the "Company" or the "Group")

Director/PDMR LTIP Awards

Van Elle Holdings plc (AIM: VANL), the UK's largest ground engineering contractor,  announces that on 30 September 2020, awards were made over ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the Long Term Incentive Plan 2016 ("LTIP") (the "Awards"). 

The Awards have been granted in the form of an option to acquire Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 2 pence each.  The Awards are governed by the rules of the LTIP, and subject thereto, will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant to the extent determined in accordance with the performance criteria. The performance criteria for this current award is based on a combination of a Total Shareholder Return target and Return on Capital Employed target, aligned to the Group's medium-term financial objectives identified in the FY2020 report & accounts .

The Awards were issued to certain directors and PDMRs of the Company, as defined by article 3(25), as set out below:

Director/PDMR	Position	Number of Ordinary Shares over which Awards have been made
Mark Cutler	Chief Executive Officer	802,816
Graeme Campbell	Chief Financial Officer	464,788
Dave Warner	Specialist Piling Director	246,478
Malcolm O'Sullivan	Piling Director	246,478
Ian Jones	Operations Director	126,760

Enquiries:

Van Elle Holdings plc	Via Walbrook
Mark Cutler, Chief Executive Officer
Graeme Campbell, Chief Financial Officer
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and corporate broker)	Tel: [phone]
Mike Bell/Ed Allsopp
Walbrook PR Limited	Tel: [phone] or  [e-mail]
Tom Cooper/Nick Rome/Nicholas Johnson	07971 221 972 or 07748 325 236 or 07884 664 686

The information below (set out in accordance with the requirements of EU Market Abuse Regulation) provides further detail:

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Mark Cutler
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	CEO
b.	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Van Elle Holdings plc
b.	LEI	213800LQC6YL8KJT1Y18
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	Ordinary shares of 2p ISIN: GB00BYX4TP46
b.	Nature of the transaction	Grant of an award under the Van Elle LTIP
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			2 pence per share (exercise price)	802,816
d.	Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price	As above
e.	Date of the transaction	30 September 2020
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Graeme Campbell
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	CFO
b.	Initial notification	Initial notification
	/Amendment
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Van Elle Holdings plc
b.	LEI	213800LQC6YL8KJT1Y18
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	Ordinary shares of 2p ISIN: GB00BYX4TP46
b.	Nature of the transaction	Awards issued under the Van Elle LTIP
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			2 pence per share (exercise price)	464,788
d.	Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price	As above
e.	Date of the transaction	30 September 2020
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Dave Warner
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	Specialist Piling Director
b.	Initial notification	Initial notification
	/Amendment
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Van Elle Holdings plc
b.	LEI	213800LQC6YL8KJT1Y18
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	Ordinary shares of 2p ISIN: GB00BYX4TP46
b.	Nature of the transaction	Awards issued under the Van Elle LTIP
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			2 pence per share (exercise price)	246,478
d.	Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price	As above
e.	Date of the transaction	30 September 2020
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Malcolm O'Sullivan
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	Piling Director
b.	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Van Elle Holdings plc
b.	LEI	213800LQC6YL8KJT1Y18
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	Ordinary shares of 2p ISIN: GB00BYX4TP46
b.	Nature of the	Awards issued under the Van Elle LTIP
	transaction
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			2 pence per share (exercise price)	246,478
d.	Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price	As above
e.	Date of the transaction	30 September 2020
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Ian Jones
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	Operations Director
b.	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Van Elle Holdings plc
b.	LEI	213800LQC6YL8KJT1Y18
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	Ordinary shares of 2p ISIN: GB00BYX4TP46
b.	Nature of the transaction	Awards issued under the Van Elle LTIP
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			2 pence per share (exercise price)	126,760
d.	Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price	As above
e.	Date of the transaction	30 September 2020
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

About Van Elle Holdings plc:

Van Elle Holdings is the UK's largest specialist geotechnical engineering contractor. The Company provides a range of ground engineering techniques and services including - ground investigation, general and specialist piling, rail geotechnical engineering, modular foundations, and ground improvement and stabilisation services.

Van Elle operates through three divisions: general piling, specialist piling and ground engineering; and is focused on three end markets; residential and housing, infrastructure and regional construction - across which the Group has completed more than 20,000 projects over the last 35 years.

General piling provides a range of larger piling and ground engineering solutions for open-site construction projects. Specialist piling provides a range of geotechnical solutions in operationally constrained environments including on-track rail applications. Ground engineering services offers a range of ground investigation and geotechnical services and modular foundation solutions such as Smartfoot®. Van Elle has a market-leading reputation and the UK's largest modern rig fleet of 118 rigs.

Having floated on AIM in 2016 it now has a strong national presence, diversified offering and market-leading brand name.

 

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