REG - XP Power Ltd - Grant of Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) awards

XP PowerAnnouncement

19/03/2019 09:40

RNS Number : 2907T
XP Power Limited
19 March 2019
 


19 March 2019
XP Power Limited ("XP" or the "Company")
Grant of Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) awards
The Company announces that on 8 March 2019, certain Directors of the Company were awarded a nominal priced option over ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as detailed below, under the XP Power Limited Long Term Incentive Plan 2017 (the "Awards") approved by shareholders on 19 April 2017.




Director


Number of Ordinary Shares over which awards granted




Mike Laver


4,878




Duncan Penny


19,024




Andy Sng


4,878




Gavin Griggs


13,659




TOTAL


 42,439




The vesting of the Awards is conditional on meeting performance conditions measured over a three-year period as described below, with 50% vesting on the third anniversary of the date the Awards were made and 50% vesting after a further one year deferral period.
Performance conditions
1.       Earnings per Share Target
Up to 66.7% of the total Awards will vest on the achievement of the following adjusted earnings per share ("EPS") compound growth per annum targets for the three financial years ending 31 December 2019, 2020 and 2021 (the "Performance Condition Period") as shown in the following table:




Adjusted EPS compound growth per annum ("EPS Target")


Max. No. of Ordinary Shares vesting subject to the Adjusted EPS Target




6%


25% of total LTIP award




12%


100% of total LTIP award




Achievement of the EPS Target between 6% and 12% will result in the Awards vesting on a straight-line basis and any entitlement to a fraction of an Ordinary Share shall be rounded down.
 
2.       Total Shareholder Return ("TSR") Target
Up to 33.3% of the total Awards will vest dependent upon the performance of the Company's TSR measured against that of the FTSE250 over the Performance Condition Period. 25% of the total LTIP award will vest at median performance with 100% of the total LTIP award vesting at the upper quartile performance (above the 80th percentile).  Vesting between these points will be measured on a straight-line basis.
Malus and clawback provisions are also in place to reduce or recover the Awards for criteria such as any material misstatement of the financial statements, a serious breach of the Company's code of ethics or a serious health and safety issue.
 




1.


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated




(a)


Name


Mike Laver
Duncan Penny
Andy Sng
Gavin Griggs




2.


Reason for the notification




(a)


Position/status


Mike Laver - President, Corporate Development
Duncan Penny - Chief Executive
Andy Sng - Executive Vice President, Asia
Gavin Griggs - Chief Financial Officer




(b)


Initial notification/ Amendment


Initial notification




3.


Details of the issuer




(a)


Name


XP Power Limited




(b)


LEI


213800I7RWQ3FV72EZ26
 




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


Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in the Company




(b)


Identification code of the Financial Instrument


SG9999003735




(c)


Nature of the transaction


Award of options over Ordinary Shares as part of the XP Power Limited Long Term Incentive Plan 2017. The potential vesting of the awards are subject to earnings per share and total shareholder return targets




(d)


Price(s) and volume(s)


Price(s)


Volume(s)




 


 


Exercisable at nominal price of 1 pence per Ordinary Share






Mike Laver


4,878




Duncan Penny


19,024




Andy Sng


4,878




Gavin Griggs


13,659




 




 


 


 


 




 


 


 




(e)


Aggregated information
-            Aggregated volume
 
 
-           Price


 




Mike Laver


4,878




Duncan Penny


19,024




Andy Sng


4,878




Gavin Griggs


13,659




TOTAL


42,439




 
Exercisable at nominal price of 1 pence per Ordinary Share




(f)


Date of the transaction


8 March 2019




(g)


Place of the transaction


n/a




 
-Ends-
Enquiries:
XP Power




Duncan Penny, Chief Executive Officer


+44 (0)118 984 5515




Gavin Griggs, Chief Financial Officer


+44 (0)118 984 5515




 


 




Citigate Dewe Rogerson


+44 (0)20 7638 9571




Kevin Smith/Jos Bieneman/Claire Dansie
 


 




 




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