Grant of Share Options

RNS Number : 4760E
Pathfinder Minerals Plc
04 July 2019
 

4 July 2019

Pathfinder Minerals plc

("Pathfinder" or the "Company")

Grant of Share Options

Pathfinder announces that the Company has granted a total of 7,500,000 options over the Company's ordinary shares of 0.1p each ("Ordinary Shares") to the Chief Executive Officer, John Taylor (the "Director Options"). The Director Options will vest, at the discretion of an independent Committee of the Board, and subject to resolution of the current dispute between the Company and other parties and the successful restoration to the Company of an interest in mining licence 6323C ("the Licence").  Further details of the Director Options are set out below:

 

Director

No. of options Granted

Exercise Price 

Expiry

Total No. of Options Held






John Taylor

7,500,000

2.75p

3/07/2021

7,500,000

 

The issue of the Director Options results in a holding by the Board of the Company of, in aggregate, 19,500,000 share options in the Company, representing approximately 6 per cent. of the Company's currently issued share capital.

 

Related Party Transaction

The grant of the Director Options is considered to be a related party transaction pursuant to Rule 13 of the AIM Rules for Companies. The directors of the Company, other than John Taylor, consider, having consulted with the Company's Nominated Adviser, Strand Hanson Limited, that the terms of the grant of the Director Options are fair and reasonable in so far as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

 

Enquiries:                                                                                                         

Pathfinder Minerals Plc

John Taylor, Chief Executive Officer

Tel. +44 (0)20 3440 7775

 

Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated & Financial Adviser and Broker)

James Spinney / Ritchie Balmer / Jack Botros

Tel. +44 (0)20 7409 3494

 

Vigo Communications (Public Relations)

Ben Simons or Simon Woods

Tel. +44 (0)20 7390 0234

Email. pathfinderminerals@vigocomms.com

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014.

PDMR Notification

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

 John Taylor

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive Officer

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial notification

3.

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

a)

Name

Pathfinder Minerals PLC

b)

LEI

2138009YG6AG3K86TN77

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

Issue of options over ordinary shares of 0.1p each

Identification code

GB00BYY0JQ23

b)

Nature of the Transaction

Issue of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

2.75 pence

7,500,000

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction 

4 July 2019

f)

Place of the transaction

AIM (LSE)

 


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