Grant of Options

RNS Number : 1173I

boohoo.com plc

14 June 2017

 

For Immediate Release

14 June 2017

boohoo.com plc

("boohoo.com" or the "Company")

Grant of Options

boohoo.com (AIM: BOO), a leading online fashion group, announces that options over a total of 979,593 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each ("Shares") were granted, at nominal value, on 13 June 2017 pursuant to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP').

The grant comprises an option over 138,037 Shares to Neil Catto, Chief Financial Officer and options over 841,556 in aggregate, to 17 senior managers.

Following this grant Neil's interest in Shares is as follows:

Director	Shares under option in LTIP	Shares held under SIP	Shares under option in ESOP	Shares under option in SAYE	Total interest	% of issued share capital
Neil Catto	542,859	9,571	1,958,220	59,604	2,570,254	0.22%

The LTIP options granted have a performance period of three years ending on 12 June 2020 and vesting is dependent on meeting challenging performance conditions.

In addition, the Company announces that options over a total of 4,767,500 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each were granted on 13 June 2017 to 200 employees pursuant to the Company's Employee Share Option Plan ('ESOP').

The options granted have a vesting period of three years, a total exercise period of ten years and an exercise price of 244.5 pence per Ordinary Share.

Following these grants the Company has a total of 19,320,008 Shares under option representing approximately 1.6% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

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	Neil Catto
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CFO
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Boohoo.com plc
b)	LEI	213800SZF3KFCECWY243
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 1p ISIN: JE00BG6L7297
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of shares under option in the Company's LTIP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 244.5 138,037
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	13 June 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

Enquiries

boohoo.com plc Neil Catto, Chief Financial Officer Clara Melia, Investor Relations	c/o Buchanan Tel: [phone] Tel:[phone]  Tel:[phone]
Buchanan - Financial PR adviser Richard Oldworth Madeleine Seacombe	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]
Zeus Capital - Nominated adviser and joint broker Nick Cowles/Andrew Jones (Corporate Finance) John Goold/Benjamin Robertson (Corporate Broking)	Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
Jefferies Hoare Govett - joint broker Nick Adams Max Jones	Tel: [phone]

 

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