Ilika PlcLSE: IKA

Grant of Long Term Incentive Plan

RNS Number : 9297N
Ilika plc
24 January 2019
 

Ilika plc

('Ilika,' the 'Company,' or the 'Group')

Grant of Long Term Incentive Plan

Ilika (AIM: IKA), a pioneer in solid-state battery technology, announces that it yesterday granted nominal value options over 2,213,393 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company to executive directors under the 2018 Long Term Incentive Plan.

The Options represent in aggregate 2.198 per cent of the existing issued share capital.

Details of the Options

The following options were issued under the Company's recently approved Long Term Incentive Plan 2018 with each award vesting on the achievement of certain performance targets over a three-year period (details of which were provided in the Notice of AGM, Appendix 1):

Director

Number of options granted

Total number of Options now held

Per cent. of current issued share capital

Graeme Purdy

1,127,777

2,323,587

2.307%

Brian Hayden

712,394

1,293,605

1.284%

Steve Boydell

373,222

618,668

0.614%

Graeme Purdy holds 734,427 Ordinary shares representing 0.71% of current issued share capital and Steve Boydell holds 12,000 Ordinary shares representing 0.01% of current issued share capital. Brian Hayden holds 426,300 Preference Shares.

Details of the full notifications received by the Company are set out below:

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Graeme Purdy

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Ilika plc

b)

LEI

213800TMDNIE3Z8XXD26

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 1 pence each

Identification code

GB00B608Z994

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options under the 2018 Long Term Incentive Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1p

1,127,777

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

1,127,777

- Price

£11,277.77

e)

Date of the transaction

23.01.19

f)

Place of the transaction

Off Market

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Brian Hayden

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Scientific Officer

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Ilika plc

b)

LEI

213800TMDNIE3Z8XXD26

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 1 pence each

Identification code

GB00B608Z994

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options under the 2018 Long Term Incentive Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1p

712,394

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

712,394

- Price

£7,123.94

e)

Date of the transaction

23.01.19

f)

Place of the transaction

Off Market

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Steve Boydell

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Finance Director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Ilika plc

b)

LEI

213800TMDNIE3Z8XXD26

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 1 pence each

Identification code

GB00B608Z994

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options under the 2018 Long Term Incentive Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1p

373,222

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

373,222

- Price

£3,732.22

e)

Date of the transaction

23.01.19

f)

Place of the transaction

Off Market

Ilika plc

Graeme Purdy, Chief Executive

Steve Boydell, Finance Director

+44 (0)23 8011 1400

Liberum Capital Limited

Andrew Godber, Cameron Duncan, Trystan Cullen, William Hall

+44 (0) 20 3100 2000

Walbrook PR Ltd

+44 (0)20 7933 8780 or ilika@walbrookpr.com

Paul Cornelius

Mob: +44 (0)7827 879 460

Lianne Cawthorne

Mob: +44 (0)7584 391 303

     

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