Benchmark Holdings PLC Director Share Options and Issue of Shares (9750Y)
09 March 2017 - 7:44PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9750Y
Benchmark Holdings PLC
09 March 2017
9 March 2017
BENCHMARK HOLDINGS PLC
("Benchmark" or the "Company" or the "Group")
DIRECTOR SHARE OPTIONS AND ISSUE OF SHARES
Director share options
Benchmark Holdings plc announces that on 6 March 2017, and in
accordance with the intention disclosed in its Annual Report and
Accounts published on 24 January 2017, options over a total of
56,938 Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") were
granted to Mark Plampin, the Company's Chief Financial Officer
under the Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) in respect of the 2016
deferred bonus. Following this grant, Mark Plampin remains
interested in 536,686 Ordinary Shares and holds options over a
total of 124,585 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing
approximately 0.1% and 0.02% of Benchmark's existing issued share
capital respectively.
The options granted have a vesting period of three years, may be
exercised up to the tenth anniversary of grant, have an exercise
price of 0.1 pence per Ordinary Share and are not subject to
performance criteria.
Notification and public disclosure of a transaction by a person
discharging managerial responsibilities:
1 Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities / person closely associated
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a) Name Mark Plampin
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Executive Director
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market
participant, auction platform, auctioneer or
auction monitor
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a) Name Benchmark Holdings plc
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b) LEI n/a
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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
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a) Description of 0.1p ordinary shares
the financial
instrument, type ISIN: GB00BGHPT808
of instrument
Identification
code
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b) Nature of the Issue of share options under
transaction Company Share Option Plan
(CSOP)
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c) Price(s) and Exercise Volume(s)
volume(s) price
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0.1p 56,938
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d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume: 56,938
volume Price: Nil
- Price
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e) Date of the transaction 6 March 2017
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f) Place of the AIM Market, London Stock
transaction Exchange
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Issue of shares and admission to trading
In addition, the Company announces that application has been
made for the admission to trading of 25,811 Ordinary Shares
pursuant to the exercise of employee options under its Employee
Global Share Incentive Plan (SIP).
Application has been made for these shares to be admitted to
trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will
become effective at 8.00 a.m. on 13 March 2017 and that dealings in
the shares will commence at that time.
The Company's total issued share capital following the issue of
the shares pursuant to the Global SIP will consist of 522,247,168
ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each with one voting right per share.
The above figure of 522,247,168 may be used by shareholders as the
denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if
they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their
interest in, the Company following Admission.
-Ends-
For further information, please
contact:
Benchmark Holdings plc Tel: 020 7920 3150
Malcolm Pye, CEO
Roland Bonney, COO
Rachel Aninakwah, Communications
Numis Tel: 020 7260 1000
Michael Meade / Freddie Barnfield
(NOMAD)
James Black (Corporate Broking)
Tavistock Tel: 020 7920 3150
Niall Walsh / Sophie Praill
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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