Directors Dealings

RNS Number : 2161I

Smart Metering Systems PLC

01 July 2013

 



Smart Metering Systems plc

('SMS' or 'the Company')

Directors Dealings

The Board of Smart Metering Systems plc (AIM: SMS.L), the integrated metering services company that connects, owns, operates and maintains current generation and new advanced metering assets and databases, announces that it has been notified that Kevin Lyon, Chairman and Non Executive Director and Nigel Christie, Non Executive Director, have on 28 June 2013 exercised their respective entitlements over 328,125 share options and 210,000 share options all at an exercise price of 60p per share.

Mr Lyon and Mr Christie have resolved that, in recognition of the performance of the SMS business over the past two years since the flotation of the Company on AIM, they will surrender their remaining options - representing 109,375 shares and 70,000 shares respectively (the Surrendered Options) for no consideration, to allow the Company to grant to certain SMS employees an identical number of share options on substantially identical terms to the Surrendered Options as they existed immediately prior to surrender (including at the original exercise price of 60p per share). These employees include Glen Murray, CFO, who has been granted options over 28,700 shares at this exercise price. The date of the grant of the options is 28 June 2013.

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the 538,125 ordinary shares issued to Mr Lyon and Mr Christie, which will rank pari passu with the existing shares in issue, to be admitted to trading on AIM with admission expected to become effective on 4 July 2013. Following the exercise and transfer above, Mr Lyon will be interested in 453, 125 ordinary shares and Mr Christie will be interested in 290,000 ordinary shares. They will have no further share options in the Company outstanding.

Following admission, the Company will have 83,877,872 ordinary shares outstanding.  The figure of  83,877,872 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 For Further Information:

Smart Metering Systems plc	0141 249 3850
Alan Foy, Chief Executive Officer
Glen Murray, Finance Director
Cenkos Securities	0131 220 6939 / 0207 397 8900
Ken Fleming
Neil McDonald
Kreab Gavin Anderson	020 7074 1800
Chris Philipsborn
Anna Schoeffler

Notes to Editors

About Smart Metering Systems

Established in 1995, Smart Metering Systems plc based in Glasgow, connects, owns, operates and maintains metering systems and databases on behalf of major energy companies. 

Currently the Company is concentrating its efforts on offering its unique integrated services to the UK industrial and commercial gas market in which its customers have an 80% market share.

The Company has further applications for gas with its ADM™ device which allows "smart" functions such as remote reading and half hourly consumption data to be offered to customers in addition to the normal metering services. Longer term the company also has additional applications for water and LPG.

The Company was admitted to the AiM market in July 2011 and is now part of the FTSE AiM 50 index, for more information on SMS please visit the Company's website: www.sms-plc.com

 

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