REG - Hargreaves Servs PLC - Share Option Awards to Executive Directors & PDMRs

Hargreaves ServicesAnnouncement

13/12/2019 07:27

RNS Number : 7473W
Hargreaves Services PLC
13 December 2019
 


 
13 December 2019
 
HARGREAVES SERVICES PLC
(the "Company", the "Group" or "Hargreaves")
 
Share Option Awards to Executive Directors and PDMRs
Hargreaves Services plc (AIM: HSP), a diversified group delivering key projects and services to the industrial and property sectors, announces that a total of 97,788 options ("LTIP Options") were awarded on 13 December 2019 to Gordon Banham and John Samuel, executive directors of the Company, to subscribe for ordinary shares of 10p each pursuant to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan (The Hargreaves Services plc Executive Share Option Scheme) which was adopted on 30 October 2019 and approved at the Annual General Meeting held on that date. The awards comprise the following allocations:



G Banham (Group Chief Executive)


    48,894




J Samuel (Group Finance Director)


    48,894



The LTIP Options are exercisable at an exercise price of 10p per ordinary share from 14 December 2022 but are only exercisable to the extent that certain performance criteria are achieved by the Group over a three year performance period commencing 1 June 2019. The options must be exercised before 14 December 2024.
A summary of the performance criteria is set out in the Directors' Remuneration Report in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 May 2019 and in the Notes to the Notice of the 2019 Annual General Meeting which was held on 30 October 2019. These documents are available on the Company's website.
Following the above option awards, the respective interests of Gordon Banham and John Samuel in the share capital of the Company are as follows:







Ordinary Shares


Vested but unexercised options


Unvested options




Gordon Banham


2,632,575


Nil


124,144




John Samuel


28,000


Nil


124,144



Additionally, 24,360 nil cost options have been issued to Stephen Craigen, Group Financial Controller and a PDMR, and a further 22,002 nil cost options have been issued to Gayle Mulvaney, Group Treasurer and a PDMR. These options have been issued under the Company's 2019 Deferred Share Bonus Scheme G and will vest on 14 December 2022, subject only to continued employment at that date.
Total Voting Rights
The total number of ordinary shares of 10p each with voting rights in issue is 32,203,564. This figure 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 a change to their interest in the Company, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Following the above LTIP and Deferred Share Bonus Scheme awards, there are a total of 771,424 (being 2.4% of total voting rights) options outstanding, 37,973 (0.12% of total voting rights) of which have vested but have not yet been exercised.
For further details:



 
Hargreaves Services plc
Gordon Banham, Group Chief Executive
John Samuel, Group Finance Director
 


 
0191 373 4485




Buchanan (Financial PR)
Mark Court / Henry Wilson
 


0207 466 5000




N+1 Singer (NOMAD and Joint Corporate Broker)
Sandy Fraser/ Rachel Hayes/Justin McKeegan
 


020 7496 3000




Investec (Joint Corporate Broker)
Sara Hale / Cassie Herlihy


020 7597 5970



 
 



1
 


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
 




a)


Name


Gordon Banham




2


Reason for the notification




a)


Position/status


Chief Executive Officer




b)


Initial notification /Amendment


Initial




3


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




a)


Name


Hargreaves Services plc




b)


LEI


213800O17BER1SHMH466




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
 


Grant of options over ordinary shares of 10p each in Hargreaves Services plc
 
 
ISIN: GB00B0MTC970




b)


Nature of the transaction


Grant of options over ordinary shares




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


48,894 options at an exercise price of 10p per ordinary share




d)
 


Aggregated information
 
- Aggregated volume
 
- Price
 


N/A




e)


Date of the transaction


13 December 2019




f)


Place of the transaction


Off market transaction



 
 



1
 


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
 




a)


Name


John Samuel




2


Reason for the notification




a)


Position/status


Group Finance Director




b)


Initial notification /Amendment


Initial




3


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




a)


Name


Hargreaves Services plc




b)


LEI


213800O17BER1SHMH466




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
 


Grant of options over ordinary shares of 10p each in Hargreaves Services plc
 
 
ISIN: GB00B0MTC970




b)


Nature of the transaction


Grant of options over ordinary shares




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


48,894 options at an exercise price of 10p per ordinary share




d)
 


Aggregated information
 
- Aggregated volume
 
- Price
 


N/A




e)


Date of the transaction


13 December 2019




f)


Place of the transaction


Off market transaction



 
 



1
 


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
 




a)


Name


Stephen Craigen




2


Reason for the notification




a)


Position/status


Group Financial Controller




b)


Initial notification /Amendment


Initial




3


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




a)


Name


Hargreaves Services plc




b)


LEI


213800O17BER1SHMH466




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
 


Grant of options over ordinary shares of 10p each in Hargreaves Services plc
 
 
ISIN: GB00B0MTC970




b)


Nature of the transaction


Grant of options over ordinary shares




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


24,360 options at an exercise price of Nil p per ordinary share




d)
 


Aggregated information
 
- Aggregated volume
 
- Price
 


N/A




e)


Date of the transaction


13 December 2019




f)


Place of the transaction


Off market transaction



 
 



1
 


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
 




a)


Name


Gayle Mulvaney




2


Reason for the notification




a)


Position/status


Group Treasurer




b)


Initial notification /Amendment


Initial




3


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




a)


Name


Hargreaves Services plc




b)


LEI


213800O17BER1SHMH466




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
 


Grant of options over ordinary shares of 10p each in Hargreaves Services plc
 
 
ISIN: GB00B0MTC970




b)


Nature of the transaction


Grant of options over ordinary shares




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


22,002 options at an exercise price of Nil p per ordinary share




d)
 


Aggregated information
 
- Aggregated volume
 
- Price
 


N/A




e)


Date of the transaction


13 December 2019




f)


Place of the transaction


Off market transaction



 




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