Grant of Options

RNS Number : 4390A

Imaginatik PLC

22 December 2014

 

22 December 2014

Imaginatik Plc

("Imaginatik" or "the Company")

Grant of Options

Imaginatik plc (AIM: IMTK.L), the world's first full service innovation provider offering a range of consultancy and technology products, announces that it has awarded 6,437,081 new options over ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ("Options") to directors and employees as follows:

Matt Cooper, Non-Executive Chairman, Ralph Welborn, CEO and Shawn Taylor, CFO, have been granted 50,000, 2,200,000 and 984,167 Options respectively. The Options for Mr Cooper and Mr Taylor will be a combination of options issued under the EMI scheme as well as unapproved options. Those for Mr Welborn are issued under the Imaginatik 2006 Stock Option Plan. Simon Charles, Non-Executive Director, has been granted 93,750 Options issued under the EMI scheme.

In addition, eligible employees of the Company have been granted 3,119,997 Options under the EMI scheme as well as the Imaginatik 2006 Stock Option Plan.

All of the Options referred to above have an exercise price of 3.75 pence per share, being the average of the closing mid-price of an Ordinary Share for the three days ended 19 December 2014. 50 per cent. of the Options referred to above will vest after 2 years with the remaining 50 per cent. vesting after 3 years. There are no performance criteria attached to the above Options.

Following the above transactions, the directors of Imaginatik hold the following Options:

Director	Existing Options	New Options granted pursuant to annual grant	Total Options Held
Matt Cooper, Non-Executive Chairman	2,536,531	50,000	2,586,531
Ralph Welborn, CEO	-	2,200,000	2,200,000
Shawn Taylor, CFO	405,512	984,167	1,389,679
Simon Charles, Non-Executive Director	-	93,750	93,750

Imaginatik now has 11,051,410 Options in issue, representing approximately 17.52% of the current issued share capital and 14.91% of the fully diluted share capital.

For further information please contact:  

Imaginatik plc	Tel: [phone]
Matt Cooper Non-Executive Chairman Ralph Welborn, CEO Shawn Taylor, CFO
finnCap Ltd	Tel: [phone]
Charlotte Stranner/ Victoria Bates
Newgate Threadneedle	Tel: [phone]
Hilary Buchanan

About Imaginatik

Imaginatik provides a range of Innovation solutions comprised of consultancy, enterprise software and program management to deliver innovation results to companies such as The World Bank, The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, State Farm, Exxon Mobil, Pfizer, Goodyear, the Yorkshire Building Society, Pitney Bowes and Cargill. Few companies possess the internal capability to consistently generate fresh ideas, identify those worth pursuing and reliably transform them into real, value-enhancing assets. Imaginatik's mission is to help these companies build sustainable innovation competencies.

Imaginatik is a public company whose shares are traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE:IMTK.L) and is a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer with offices in Boston, MA, and Fareham, UK. For more information visit www.imaginatik.com.

 

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