Tanzania Gold PLC
15 June 2007
15 June 2007
Tanzania Gold Plc
('Tanzania Gold' or 'the Company')
Grant of Options
Tanzania Gold announces that the Board of the Company yesterday approved the
adoption of a new unapproved share option plan and has today granted thereunder
options over, in aggregate, 2,197,800 ordinary shares of 0.2p each in the share
capital of the Company ('Shares') to Clive Sinclair-Poulton, the Company's Chief
Executive Officer, Mark Burchnall, an Executive Director of the Company, Dr
Bernard Olivier, the Company's Technical Director, Melissa Sturgess and Gerard
Nealon, both non-executive directors of the Company, and to a consultant of the
Company.
All of the share options granted are subject to a performance hurdle and may
only be exercised if the Company's middle market share price has increased by a
specified percentage on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date on
which the options were granted.
Details of the grant of options to the directors of the Company are as follows:
Name Number of Exercise Date of Period during which Total number
share price disclosure exercisable of share
options per and options held
granted Share transaction following
this grant
Clive 439,560 91p 15 June The option vests in 439,560
Sinclair-Poulton 2007 three equal parts
on 15 June 2008, 15
June 2009 and 15
June 2010.
Mark Burchnall 219,780 91p 15 June The option vests in 219,780
2007 three equal parts
on 15 June 2008, 15
June 2009 and 15
June 2010.
Bernard 219,780 91p 15 June The option vests in 219,780
Olivier 2007 three equal parts
on 15 June 2008, 15
June 2009 and 15
June 2010.
Gerard 439,560 91p 15 June The option vests in 439,560
Nealon 2007 three equal parts
on 15 June 2008, 15
June 2009 and 15
June 2010.
Melissa 439,560 91p 15 June The option vests in 439,560
Sturgess 2007 three equal parts
on 15 June 2008, 15
June 2009 and 15
June 2010.
In addition, options over a further 439,560 Shares were granted to a consultant
to the Company on identical terms.
The share option plan will be ratified at the forthcoming EGM and the rules of
the plan will be available for inspection by shareholders at that meeting.
Further information:
Clive Sinclair-Poulton Tanzania Gold Plc Tel: +353 (85) 739 2674
Chief Executive
Gary Middleton St Swithins PR Tel: +44 (0) 20 7929 4391
Limited
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