REG - Xtract Resources plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding
RNS Number : 5132QXtract Resources plc19 February 2019
For immediate release
19 February 2019
Xtract Resources Plc
("Xtract" or the "Company")
Award of Share Options
Director / PDMR Shareholding
Award of Share Options
The Board of Xtract announces that on 19 February 2019, the Board agreed to award in aggregate 23,300,000 new options over ordinary shares ("New Options"). 15,000,000 New Options (representing 4.28 per cent. of the current issued share capital) have been awarded to Directors (other than Peter Moir, Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee) and a further 8,300,000 New Options (representing 2.67 per cent. of the current issued share capital) have been awarded to employees and officers of the Company.
The New Options vest in three equal tranches, with one-third vesting and being exercisable immediately on award, one-third vesting when the Company's closing mid-market share price ("Closing Price") is 1.25p and the remainder vesting on the Closing Price reaching 2p. The New Options will lapse five years after the date of the award, being 19 February 2024.
The New Options have an exercise price of 1p per share for the first-vested tranche ("First Tranche"), 1.25p per share for the second-vested tranche and 2p for the third-vested tranche. The exercise price of the First Tranche represents a 17.65 per cent premium to the Closing Price as at 18 February 2019 of 0.85 pence and a 6.31 per cent premium to the 30-day VWAP of 0.94 pence on 18 February 2019. Further details of the New Options awards are as follows:
Individual
Number of New Options
Directors:
Colin Bird
10,000,000
Joel Silberstein
5,000,000
Other PDMR(s):
Eduard Victor
6,000,000
Employees:
Other
2,300,000
Total
23,300,000
Issue of equity and Director / PDMR shareholding
On 28 December 2017, the Company announced that it had agreed to issue 4,614,035 new Shares to Colin Bird in settlement of accrued but unpaid fees (which amounted at that time to £131,500) at an issue price of 2.85p per share ("Settlement Shares"), conditional on approval by shareholders of an increase in the Company's general share authorities at the next general meeting of the Company, which was duly approved on 25 June 2018. As the Company is no longer in a close period, the Board has completed the issue of the Settlement Shares today on the terms as previously announced.
The Settlement Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing issued ordinary shares and application will be made for admission of the Settlement Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission"), which is expected to occur on or about 26 February 2019. Following the issue of the Settlement Shares, Colin Bird's interest in Xtract is as follows:
Director
Issue price of Settlement Shares
Settlement Shares issued
Total Shareholding following the issue of the Settlement Shares
% Shareholding in the enlarged issued share capital
Colin Bird
2.85p
4,614,035
7,032,266
1.98%
Total Voting Rights
In conformity with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), the Company announces the following:
As at the date of this announcement the Company's issued share capital consists of 355,174,719 ordinary shares of 0.02p each with voting rights ("Ordinary Shares"). The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights is 355,174,719.
The above figure of 355,174,719 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 FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
A copy of this announcement: www.xtractresources.com
Enquiries:
Xtract Resources Plc
Colin Bird,
Executive Chairman
+44 (0)20 3416 6471
Beaumont Cornish Limited
Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Roland Cornish
Michael Cornish
Felicity Geidt
+44 (0)207628 3369
Novum Securities Limited
Joint Broker
Colin Rowbury
+44 (0)207 399 9427
www.novumsecurities.com
The following disclosure is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
1. Colin Bird
2. Joel Siberstein
3. Eduard Victor
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
1. Chairman
2. Finance Director
3. Chief Operating Officer (Non-Board)
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial Notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Xtract Resources plc
b)
LEI
213800A71LZ79EKUNC34
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
Options over Ordinary Shares of 0.02p each ("Ordinary Shares")
Identification code
ISIN: GB00BYSX2795
b)
Nature of the transaction
Issue of Options over Ordinary Shares
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Director
Price payable on exercise of option
Volume(s)
Colin Bird
p
1.00
5,000,000
Colin Bird
p
1.25
3,000,000
Colin Bird
p
2.00
2,000,000
Joel Silberstein
p
1.00
2,500,000
Joel Silberstein
p
1.25
1,500,000
Joel Silberstein
p
2.00
1,000,000
Eduard Victor
p
1.00
3,000,000
Eduard Victor
p
1.25
1,800,000
Eduard Victor
p
2.00
1,200,000
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
23,300,000 options over Ordinary Shares
- Price
1/3 exercisable at 1p
1/3 exercisable at 1.25p;
1/3 exercisable at 2p
e)
Date of the transaction
19 February 2019
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Colin Bird
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Chairman
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial Notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Xtract Resources plc
b)
LEI
213800A71LZ79EKUNC34
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
Ordinary Shares of 0.02p each ("Ordinary Shares")
Identification code
ISIN: GB00BYSX2795
b)
Nature of the transaction
Issue of Ordinary Shares
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
4,614,035 Ordinary Shares at 2.85p
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
4,614,035 Ordinary Shares
- Price
2.85p
e)
Date of the transaction
19 February 2019
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
ENDS
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