Crossword Cybersecurity PLC Grant of Options to Director and Employees (1245V)
29 November 2019 - 7:15PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCCS
RNS Number : 1245V
Crossword Cybersecurity PLC
29 November 2019
Crossword Cybersecurity Plc
Grant of Options to Director and Employees
29 November 2019 - London, UK - Crossword Cybersecurity Plc
(AIM:CCS, "Crossword", the "Company" or the "Group"), the
technology commercialisation company focused solely on cyber
security and risk, is pleased to announce that it has granted 7,958
options comprising 2,250 options under the Company's Enterprise
Management Incentive Scheme (the "EMI Plan") and 5,708 options
under the Non Tax Advantaged Plan. The 7,958 options granted vest
in three equal tranches on first, second and third anniversary of
the date of grant and are exercisable into 7,958 ordinary shares of
GBP0.05 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of
GBP4.80 per share.
Included in the above number are options to a Director as set
out below:
Sir Richard Dearlove
The Company today has granted to Sir Richard Dearlove an option
pursuant to the rules of the Non Tax Advantaged Plan to acquire
5,208 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of GBP4.80 per
share.
Following this grant, Sir Richard Dearlove holds options over
29,710 Ordinary Shares in the Company.
Following this grant of options, the total number of options
outstanding under the EMI Plan will be 77,179. A further 113,210
options are outstanding under an unapproved share scheme. The total
number of options outstanding following this grant will be 190,389
representing 4.07% of Crossword's issued share capital.
The following notifications, made in accordance with the
requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further
details.
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a) Name Sir Richard Dearlove
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chairman
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b) Initial notification Initial Notification
/Amendment
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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 Crossword Cybersecurity plc
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b) LEI 213800FJNJGZBUSOZQ63
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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 the Options to acquire ordinary shares of
financial instrument, 5p each at the price of GBP4.80 each
type of instrument
Identification code For Ordinary Shares: GB00BPFJXS57
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b) Nature of the transaction Granting of options
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price Nil Volume 5,208
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d) Aggregated information Price Nil Volume 5,208
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e) Date of the transaction 28/11/2019
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f) Place of the transaction Off-market transaction
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Contacts
Crossword Cybersecurity plc - Tel: +44 (0) 20 3953 8460
Email: info@crosswordcybersecurity.com
Tom Ilube, Chief Executive Officer
Mary Dowd, Finance Director
Grant Thornton (Nominated Adviser) - Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383
5100
Colin Aaronson / Jamie Barklem / Niall McDonald
Hybridan LLP (Broker) - Tel: +44 (0)203 764 2341
Claire Louise Noyce
For media enquiries contact:
Lorena Duke, GingerPR
lorena@gingerpr.co.uk, 01932 485 300
About Crossword Cybersecurity plc
Crossword Cybersecurity plc focuses on the development and
commercialisation of university research-based cyber security
related software and cyber security consulting. The Group's
specialist cyber security product development and software
engineering teams work with its university partners to develop the
research concept into a fully-fledged commercial product that it
will then take to market. The Group's aim is to build up a
portfolio of revenue generating, intellectual property based, cyber
security products. Rizikon Assurance, Crossword's leading product,
is a SaaS platform that enables medium to large companies to assess
the cyber maturity and GDPR readiness of their suppliers. Nixer
CyberML, Crossword's most recently launched product, is a new tool
for businesses that want to solve advanced security and cybercrime
problems, such as detecting and dealing with compromised accounts,
fraud and in-application denial of service attacks. Crossword's
team of expert cyber security consultants leverages years of
experience in national security, defence and commercial cyber
intelligence and operations to provide bespoke advice tailored to
its clients' business needs.
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