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Skillcast Group PLC
11 May 2023
11 May 2023
Skillcast Group plc
("Skillcast", the "Group", or the "Company")
Grant of share options
Skillcast Group plc (AIM: SKL), the provider of content and
technology for digital compliance transformation, announces the
grant of 1,600,000 share options (the "Options") over ordinary
shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to a Director and a
number of employees of the Company, under the Skillcast Group plc
EMI and Non-Qualifying Share Option Plan. The Options have an
exercise price of 21 pence per option, being the closing mid-market
price of an Ordinary Share on 10 May 2023, the date of the
grant.
Of the 1,600,000 Options granted, 920,000 Options have been
granted to a director of the Company and persons discharging
managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs"), as follows:
Existing
options Total
over Ordinary Number options % of current
Shares of Options held following issued
Director/PDMR held granted grant share capital
Richard Steele (CFO) 360,000 700,000 1,060,000 1.18%
MaryAnn DeBattista (Group
FC) 180,000 60,000 240,000 0.27%
Sharon Mulligan (Chief
People Officer) 80,000 160,000 240,000 0.27%
The 700,000 Options granted to Richard Steele will vest equally
over three years based on continuing service. The remaining 900,000
Options will vest equally over four years based on continuing
service.
Of the total 1,600,000 Options granted, 220,000 Options are
non-tax advantaged share options over Ordinary Shares to two
employees of the Company who are not resident in the UK. The
remaining 1,380,000 Options are EMI qualifying options.
Following today's grant of Options, the Company currently has
options outstanding over a total of 6,090,000 Ordinary Shares,
representing 6.81% of the Company's current issued share
capital.
The FCA notifications, made in accordance with the requirements
of the UK Market Abuse Regulation is appended further below.
For further information, please contact:
Skillcast Group plc
Richard Amos, Chairman
Vivek Dodd, CEO +44 (0) 207 929
Richard Steele, CFO 5000
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser
and Broker)
James Reeve / Piers Shimwell (Corporate
Finance)
Jos Pinnington/Tony Quirke (Corporate Broking +44 (0) 203 328
and Sales) 5656
About Skillcast Group plc
Skillcast helps companies build ethical, inclusive, and
resilient workplaces. It provides content and technology to
digitise and streamline compliance processes and manage them from a
single compliance portal. Its product range includes a Learning
management system with comprehensive off-the-shelf compliance
course libraries, a Policy hub, Staff declarations, Anonymous
surveys, CPD tracking, and compliance registers for gifts,
expenses, PA dealing, whistleblowing.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons
discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely
associated with them.
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a) Name Richard Steele
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status CFO
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b) Initial notification Initial notification
/Amendment
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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 Skillcast Group plc
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b) LEI 213800OV1WLNFL7YRY20
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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 Options over ordinary shares of 0.1
of the financial pence each in Skillcast Group plc
instrument,
type of instrument
Identification Identification code (ISIN) for Skillcast
code Group plc ordinary shares: GB00BNLXS042
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b) Nature of the Grant of options
transaction
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c) Price(s) and Price(s) Volume(s)
volume(s) 21p exercise
price 700,000
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d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated n/a
volume n/a
- Price
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e) Date of the 10 May 2023
transaction
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f) Place of the Outside a trading venue - grant of
transaction options
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a) Name MaryAnn DeBattista
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Group Financial Controller (PDMR)
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b) Initial notification Initial notification
/Amendment
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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 Skillcast Group plc
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b) LEI 213800OV1WLNFL7YRY20
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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
-------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Description Options over ordinary shares of 0.1
of the financial pence each in Skillcast Group plc
instrument,
type of instrument
Identification Identification code (ISIN) for Skillcast
code Group plc ordinary shares: GB00BNLXS042
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b) Nature of the Grant of options
transaction
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c) Price(s) and Price(s) Volume(s)
volume(s) 21p exercise
price 60,000
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d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated n/a
volume n/a
- Price
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e) Date of the 10 May 2023
transaction
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f) Place of the Outside a trading venue - grant of
transaction options
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a) Name Sharon Mulligan
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief People Officer (PDMR)
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b) Initial notification Initial notification
/Amendment
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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 Skillcast Group plc
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b) LEI 213800OV1WLNFL7YRY20
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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
-------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Description Options over ordinary shares of 0.1
of the financial pence each in Skillcast Group plc
instrument,
type of instrument
Identification Identification code (ISIN) for Skillcast
code Group plc ordinary shares: GB00BNLXS042
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b) Nature of the Grant of options
transaction
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c) Price(s) and Price(s) Volume(s)
volume(s) 21p exercise
price 160,000
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d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated n/a
volume n/a
- Price
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e) Date of the 10 May 2023
transaction
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f) Place of the Outside a trading venue - grant of
transaction options
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