ThinkSmart Limited Grant of LTIP Awards (6480S)
23 December 2016 - 2:05AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMTSL
RNS Number : 6480S
ThinkSmart Limited
22 December 2016
22 December 2016
ThinkSmart Limited
Grant of LTIP Awards
ThinkSmart Limited ("ThinkSmart" or the "Company"), a leading
provider in the UK of retail point-of-sale lease finance for
high-volume small-ticket electronic and commercial equipment,
announces that it has granted share options ("Options") to certain
of its executive directors and senior management team to acquire a
total of 4,660,116 ordinary shares of no par value of the Company
("Ordinary Shares") under the ThinkSmart Long-Term Incentive Plan
("LTIP"). The LTIP adopted by the Company is the same as the
prospective "New LTIP" as set out in section 10.4 of the Company's
Admission Document, however the exercise price of the Options has
been increased from nil to 22 pence per share (being the Company's
share price published on Friday 16 December) and the number of
Options granted has been increased by 35% to reflect the higher
exercise price. These changes have been made to further align the
interests of executive directors and senior management with those
of Shareholders.
Director Number of Total number Total number
Ordinary of Ordinary of Ordinary
Shares over Shares under Shares under
which Options Options held Options held
granted subject following as % of issued
to LTIP this grant share capital
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Ned Montarello, Executive Chairman 1,073,863 2,823,863* 2.68%
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Fernando De Vicente, Chief Executive Officer 1,534,090 3,534,090 3.35%
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Gary Halton, Chief Financial Officer 470,659 720,659 0.68%
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Keith Jones, Non-Executive Director - 2,000,000 1.90%
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Total Directors 3,078,612 9,078,612 8.61%
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Senior Management 1,581,504 2,164,837 2.05%
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Total 4,660,116 11,243,449 10.66%
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*includes 1,750,000 loan funded shares of which 250,000 have
vested.
All Options have been granted with an exercise price of 22p and
will vest (subject to performance conditions) after a period of
three years from grant. All Options are subject to achievement of
certain performance conditions as follows: 75% of the Options
granted will vest subject to the satisfaction of EPS condition 1
and the balance of the Options will vest subject to the
satisfaction of EPS condition 2. Earnings per share ("EPS") growth
will be calculated for EPS condition 1 using the basic EPS of the
Company as stated in the consolidated accounts and EPS growth for
EPS condition 2 will be calculated excluding profit generated by
business transacted by any member of the ThinkSmart group with any
member of the Dixons Carphone plc group (non Dixons EPS) over the
performance period. 25% of the Options under the LTIP will vest if
15% EPS growth (subject to EPS conditions 1 & 2) over the
performance period is achieved and 100% of the Options under the
LTIP will vest if 50% EPS growth is achieved during the performance
period, with a linear increment between 25% and 100%. The
performance period will be from 1 July 2016 - 30 June 2019. The
Options are exercisable over the period of 10 years from the date
of grant. Following the above LTIP grants, the Company have granted
Options over 11,243,449 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately
10.66% of the current issued share capital, of which Options over
4,660,116 Ordinary Shares are included in the calculation of the
10% limit under the LTIP and other share plan rules.
The information set out below is provided in accordance with the
requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No
596/2014.
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) Name Ned Montarello
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Executive Chairman
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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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 ThinkSmart Limited
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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 the financial instrument, type of Options over Ordinary Shares
instrument
Identification code ISIN for ThinkSmart Limited Ordinary Shares AU000XINEAE8
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b) Nature of the transaction Grant of Options under ThinkSmart Limited's Long Term
Incentive Plan
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price Volume
22p 1,073,863
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price * 1,073,863 Ordinary Shares
* 22p (exercise price)
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e) Date of the transaction 21 December 2016
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f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) Name Fernando De Vicente
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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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 ThinkSmart Limited
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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 the financial instrument, type of Options over Ordinary Shares
instrument
Identification code ISIN for ThinkSmart Limited Ordinary Shares AU000XINEAE8
-------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of Options under ThinkSmart Limited's Long Term
Incentive Plan
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price Volume
22p 1,534,090
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price * 1,534,090 Ordinary Shares
* 22p (exercise price)
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e) Date of the transaction 21 December 2016
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f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Gary Halton
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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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 ThinkSmart Limited
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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 the financial instrument, type of Options over Ordinary Shares
instrument
Identification code ISIN for ThinkSmart Limited's Ordinary Shares
AU000XINEAE8
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b) Nature of the transaction Grant of Options under ThinkSmart Limited's Long Term
Incentive Plan
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price Volume
22p 470,659
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price * 470,659 Ordinary Shares
* 22p (exercise price)
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e) Date of the transaction 21 December 2016
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f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
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For further information please contact:
ThinkSmart Limited Via Instinctif Partners
Ned Montarello
Canaccord Genuity (Nominated
Adviser, Financial Adviser
and Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7523 8350
Sunil Duggal
David Tyrrell
Andrew Buchanan
Richard Andrews
Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker) +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
Charles Batten
Guy Wiehahn
Rishi Shah
Instinctif Partners +44 (0)20 7457 2020
Giles Stewart/Mike Davies
Cannings Corporate Communications
(for Australian enquiries) +61 (0)2 8284 9993
Michael Mullane
About ThinkSmart Limited
ThinkSmart Limited is a leading provider in the UK of retail
point-of-sale lease finance for high-volume small-ticket electronic
and commercial equipment. The Group provides both B2B and B2C
point-of-sale lease finance, primarily through its longstanding
relationship with Dixons Retail and its new relationship with
Carphone Warehouse. The Group's product offering is underpinned by
a proprietary, innovative and scalable technology platform,
SmartCheck. Since it commenced operations in the UK in 2003, the
Group has processed in excess of 350,000 individual applications.
As at 30 June 2016 the Group had approximately 59,000 live customer
contracts.
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