Director Share Options

RNS Number : 4055B
Zinc Media Group PLC
10 June 2021
 

Zinc Media Group plc 

("Zinc", the "Group" or the "Company") 

Director Share Options

Zinc Media Group plc (AIM: ZIN), a leading TV and multimedia content producer,  announces that the Company has issued share options over ordinary shares of 0.125 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company ("Options") on 10 June 2021 to Executive Directors and PDMRs of Zinc as follows:

Director/Senior Personnel

Total number of Ordinary Shares under Options post grant

 

Option exercise price

 

 Vesting period

Mark Browning

474,230

0.125p

3 years ending 9 June 2024

Will Sawyer

237,115

0.125p

3 years ending 9 June 2024

Damon Westbury

79,816

66.95p

3 years ending 9 June 2024

Olly Strous

79,816

66.95p

3 years ending 9 June 2024

Harry Bell

18,000

66.95p

3 years ending 9 June 2024

Katie O'Callaghan

16,000

66.95p

3 years ending 9 June 2024

 

Both Mark Browning's and Will Sawyer's awards have been made under an Unapproved Share Option Scheme. The Options were granted under the condition that half of the Options granted to each director will vest if the Ordinary Share price is at least £0.60 for a period of 30 consecutive Dealing Days ending on or after 9 June 2024 , and the other half will vest if the share price is at least £0.90 for a period of 30 consecutive Dealing Days ending on or after 9 June 2024 .

 

For the remaining Senior Management and PDMRs receiving Option awards, t he Options have been made under the Company's EMI Share Option Plan and under the condition that half of the options granted to each individual will vest if the Ordinary Share price is at least 100.425p for a period of 30 consecutive Dealing Days ending on or after 9 June 2024, and the other half will vest non-conditionally on the third anniversary of the grant date, being 9 June 2024.

 

 

For further information, please contact:  

Zinc Media Group plc                                                                  +44 (0) 20 7878 2311

Mark Browning, CEO / Will Sawyer, CFO

www.zincmedia.com

 N+1 Singer (NOMAD and Joint Broker to Zinc Media) +44 (0) 20 7496 3000

Mark Taylor / Kailey Aliyar / Sebastian Buke

 

About Zinc Media Group

Zinc Media Group plc is a leading television and content creation group.

The award-winning and critically acclaimed television labels comprise Blakeway, Brook Lapping, Films of Record, Red Sauce, Supercollider and Tern Television and produce programmes across a wide range of factual genres for UK and international channels.

Zinc Communicate specialises in developing cross-platform content for brands, businesses and partners.

For further information on Zinc Media please visit www.zincmedia.com  

 

Basis on which information is presented

In this document, references to "£", "pence" and "p" are to the lawful currency of the United Kingdom. All times referred to in this document are, unless otherwise stated, references to London time.

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Mark Browning

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive Officer

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

 

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

a)

Name

Zinc Media Group plc

b)

LEI

21380038V6N4I4P38D74

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 0.125p each

 

 

 

GB00BJVLR251

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.00125

474,230

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

474,230

Exercise price of 0.125 pence

e)

Date of the transaction

10 June 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Will Sawyer

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Financial Officer

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

 

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

a)

Name

Zinc Media Group plc

b)

LEI

21380038V6N4I4P38D74

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 0.125p each

 

 

 

GB00BJVLR251

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.00125

237,115

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

237,115

Exercise price of 0.125 pence

e)

Date of the transaction

10 June 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Damon Westbury

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Managing Director of Zinc Communicate

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

 

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

a)

Name

Zinc Media Group plc

b)

LEI

21380038V6N4I4P38D74

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 0.125p each

 

 

 

GB00BJVLR251

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.6695

79,816

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

79,816

Exercise price of 66.95 pence

e)

Date of the transaction

10 June 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Olly Strous

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Technology Officer

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

 

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

a)

Name

Zinc Media Group plc

b)

LEI

21380038V6N4I4P38D74

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 0.125p each

 

 

 

GB00BJVLR251

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.6695

79,816

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

79,816

Exercise price of 66.95 pence

e)

Date of the transaction

10 June 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Harry Bell

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Managing Director of Tern Television

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

 

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

a)

Name

Zinc Media Group plc

b)

LEI

21380038V6N4I4P38D74

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 0.125p each

 

 

 

GB00BJVLR251

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.6695

18,000

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

18,000

Exercise price of 66.95 pence

e)

Date of the transaction

10 June 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Katie O'Callaghan

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

HR Director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

 

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

a)

Name

Zinc Media Group plc

b)

LEI

21380038V6N4I4P38D74

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 0.125p each

 

 

 

GB00BJVLR251

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options over ordinary shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.6695

16,000

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

16,000

Exercise price of 66.95 pence

e)

Date of the transaction

10 June 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

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