31 August 2023
Eden Research plc
("Eden" or "the Company")
Grant of Awards under Long-Term Incentive Plan
Eden Research plc (AIM: EDEN), the AIM-quoted company focused on sustainable biopesticides and plastic-free formulation technology for use in global crop protection, animal health and consumer products industries, confirms the grant of options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") to Sean Smith, Chief Executive Officer, and Alex Abrey, Chief Finance Officer (together the "Executives"), as follows:
The Company has made a grant to the Executives, in respect of 2022 in order to ensure continuity of long term incentive, of options over 8,698,909 new Ordinary Shares in Eden ("the Options"), at a strike price of 5.05p each, being the 2022 Volume Weighted Average Price, in the amounts of 4,968,000 awarded to Sean Smith and 3,730,909 awarded to Alex Abrey.
The Options expire on 31 August 2027 and vest as follows:
1/3 upon grant
1/3 12 months from the date of grant
1/3 24 months from the date of grant
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.
Separately, the Board has agreed that it will extend the exercise date to 31 December 2023 for the 3,500,000 options (2,000,000 awarded to Sean Smith and 1,500,000 awarded to Alex Abrey) with a strike price of 6p which were granted to the Executives in April 2021 under the Company's LTIP and which were due to expire on 30 June 2023.
The extension has been agreed to due to the unusually long closed period that the Executives were placed in prior to the options' expiration date.
For further information contact:
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Eden Research plc |
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Sean Smith |
01285 359 555 |
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Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated advisor and broker) |
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Giles Balleny / Max Gould (corporate finance) |
020 7397 8900 |
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Hawthorn Advisors (Financial PR) |
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Simon Woods Felix Meston |
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Sean Smith |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
Chief Executive Officer |
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Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial Notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Eden Research plc |
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LEI |
213800ZWTYTVQQSM3J85 |
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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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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Options over ordinary shares of 1 pence each GB0001646941 |
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Nature of the transaction |
Grant of options |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A |
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Date of the transaction |
31 August 2023 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside of trading venue |
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
Alex Abrey |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
Chief Financial Officer |
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b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial Notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Eden Research plc |
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LEI |
213800ZWTYTVQQSM3J85 |
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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 instrument Identification code |
Options over ordinary shares of 1 pence each GB0001646941 |
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Nature of the transaction |
Grant of options |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A |
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Date of the transaction |
31 August 2023 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside of trading venue |
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