KBC Advanced Technologies plc Grant and exercise of options by Directors (4089U)
April 06 2016 - 9:51AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4089U
KBC Advanced Technologies plc
06 April 2016
GRANT AND EXERCISE OF OPTIONS BY DIRECTORS AND ISSUE OF
SHARES
KBC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES PLC (the "Company")
The Company announces that, following the sanction by the Court
on 5 April 2016 of the scheme of arrangement in relation to the
acquisition of the Company by Yokogawa Electric Corporation (the
"Scheme of Arrangement"), the following options over 562,500
ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the capital of the Company
("Shares") were granted to Eric Dodd, Andrew Howell and Kevin
Smith, each being directors of the Company ("Directors") at an
exercise price of 2.5 pence per Share under the KBC Advanced
Technologies plc Discretionary Share Option Plan 2013:
Career options (no. of Share price options (no.
Shares) of Shares)
--------------- ----------------------- -------------------------
Andrew Howell 135,000 90,000
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Kevin Smith 112,500 75,000
--------------- ----------------------- -------------------------
Eric Dodd 90,000 60,000
--------------- ----------------------- -------------------------
The terms of these options are as set out on pages 21 and 22 of
the circular sent to shareholders of the Company on 4 March 2016 in
relation to the Scheme of Arrangement (the "Scheme Document").
All optionholders (including Directors) have exercised their
options following the Court sanction of the Scheme of Arrangement
to the fullest extent possible under their terms of grant.
All Career options held by optionholders (including the above
options) and options granted under the KBC Advanced Technologies
Long Term Incentive Plan 2006 have been exercised in full. All
Share price options (including the above options and the options
granted to Godden Associates Limited) have been exercised to the
extent that the relevant Share price targets have either already
been met or were met on the Court sanction date.
The following Directors acquired Shares through the exercise of
options:
No. of Shares Exercise price Total holding
acquired through per Share of Shares
exercise of following
options exercise (%
of total issued
share capital)
(x)
--------------- ------------------ --------------- -----------------
Andrew Howell 474,300 2.5 pence 557,464 (0.7%)
--------------- ------------------ --------------- -----------------
Kevin Smith 366,800 2.5 pence 424,642 (0.5%)
--------------- ------------------ --------------- -----------------
Eric Dodd 216,666 2.5 pence 216,666 (0.3%)
--------------- ------------------ --------------- -----------------
Ian Godden
* 400,000 Nil 676,500 (0.8%)
--------------- ------------------ --------------- -----------------
*Ian Godden's interests in Shares that existed prior to the
exercise of options are registered in the name of Lynchwood
Nominees Limited. The options in which Ian Godden had an interest
were held by Godden Associates Limited.
(x) There are 85,812,262 Shares in issue, which is explained
below.
Prior to the exercise of options by all of the optionholders
(including Directors), there were 82,341,156 Shares in issue (net
of 214,000 Shares held in Treasury (as defined in the Scheme
Document)). To satisfy options for all optionholders, in addition
to using the existing 507,790 Shares in the Company's employee
benefit trusts, the Company has transferred the 214,000 Shares held
in Treasury and issued 3,257,106 Shares to optionholders.
The Company will make application for 3,257,106 Shares to be
admitted to trading on AIM. Admission of such Shares however is not
expected as trading of Shares on AIM has been suspended. Further,
the admission to trading on AIM of Shares will be cancelled with
effect from the business day after the Effective Date (as defined
in the Scheme Document) of the Scheme of Arrangement. Such
Effective Date is expected to be 7 April 2016.
Accordingly, in accordance with Rule 2.10 of the City Code on
Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"), the Company confirms that it
has 85,812,262 Shares in issue. There are now no Shares held in
Treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is
therefore 85,812,262. This figure may be used by shareholders of
the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they
will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or
a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company
under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules and under Rule 8.3 of the Code. The International Securities
Identification Number for the Shares is GB0004804646.
Enquiries
KBC Tel:+44(0)20 7234
Eric Dodd 8535
Chief Financial Officer
Cenkos Tel: +44 (0)20 7397
(Corporate broker and 8900
NOMAD to KBC)
Bobbie Hilliam
Julian Morse
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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