REG - Cambridge Cognition - Grant of Options

Cambridge Cognition HoldingsAnnouncement

31/10/2019 16:20

RNS Number : 8708R
Cambridge Cognition Holdings PLC
31 October 2019
 


Cambridge Cognition Holdings Plc
('Cambridge Cognition' or the 'Company')
 
Grant of Options
Cambridge Cognition Holdings plc (AIM: COG), which develops and markets digital solutions to assess brain health, announces that on 30 October 2019, the Company granted options ("Options") over a total of 755,215 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the Company's EMI option scheme (the "Grant").
Of these Options:
-     750,715 were granted to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") on behalf of the Company, as follows:



Name


Role


Number of Options granted


Total number of options held following the Grant


Total number of Ordinary Shares held


Percentage of the current issued share capital held




Matthew Stork


Chief Executive Officer


392,858


392,858


50,000


0.21%




Ricky Dolphin


Chief Technology Officer


98,213


172,113


-


-




Jennifer Barnett


Chief Scientific Officer


90,000


141,500


7,213


0.03%




Malcolm Gates


Director of Group Finance


89,287


140,787


-


-




Fiona Cree


Global Head of Clinical Science


80,357


80,357


-


-



 
-     4,500 were granted to other employees of the Company.
All of the Options granted to PDMRs are exercisable at a price of 28 pence per Ordinary Share from three years following the date of award until the tenth anniversary of the date of award, subject to satisfying the following performance criteria:
-     50% of the Options granted will vest if the average closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share for any three month period exceeds 100 pence, with the price on the last day of that period being at least 90 pence, and the last day of this period being no later than 30 September 2022; and
-     50% of the Options granted will vest if the average closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share for any three month period exceeds 150 pence, with the price on the last day of that period being at least 135 pence, and the last day of this period being no later than 30 September 2022.
The remaining 4,500 Options awarded to other employees are exercisable at a price of 1 pence per Ordinary Share from two years following the date of award until the tenth anniversary of the date of award. All of these Options are granted over shares already in issue and held by Cambridge Cognition Trustees Limited on behalf of the Employee Benefit Trust.
Following the grant of Options, the total number of Options outstanding over unissued Ordinary Shares is 1,689,821, representing approximately 6.99% of the Company's issued share capital.
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
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)


Names


Matthew Stork    Chief Executive Officer
Ricky Dolphin     Chief Technology Officer
Jennifer Barnett Chief Scientific Officer
Malcolm Gates   Director of Group Finance
Fiona Cree         Global Head of Clinical Science




2.           


Reason for the Notification




a)


Position/status


See 1(a) above for positions - all classified as PDMRs of the Company




b)


Initial notification/ Amendment


Initial Notification




3.  


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




a)


Name


Cambridge Cognition Holdings Plc




b)


LEI


213800SZKDIN122EPA96




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


In each case, the grant of Options over Ordinary Shares on 30 October 2019
 




Identification code


GB00B8DV9647




b)


Nature of the transaction


Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares
 




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


Price: n/a
Volumes:
Matthew Stork    392,858 options
Ricky Dolphin     98,213 options
Jennifer Barnett 90,000 options
Malcolm Gates   89,287 options
Fiona Cree         80,357 options




d)


Aggregated information:
·      Aggregated volume
·      Price


n/a




e)


Date of the transaction


30 October 2019




f)


Place of the transaction


Outside a trading venue



 
The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014
Enquiries



Cambridge Cognition Holdings PLC








Matthew Stork, Chief Executive Officer
Nick Walters, Chief Financial Officer


Tel: 01223 810 700
press@camcog.com














finnCap Ltd (NOMAD and Joint Broker)


Tel: 020 7220 0500




Geoff Nash / Simon Hicks


(Corporate Finance)




Alice Lane/ Manasa Patil


(Corporate Broking)
 




Dowgate Capital Limited (Joint Broker)
David Poutney/ James Serjeant


Tel: 020 3903 7715
(Corporate Broking)














IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR and IR)


Tel: 020 3934 6630




Tim Metcalfe/ Graham Herring/ Zach Cohen







 
 
 
 
 




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