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RNS Number : 8195M
Zoo Digital Group PLC
02 August 2017
ZOO DIGITAL GROUP PLC
("ZOO", the "Group" or the "Company")
Grant of Options
Purchase of Ordinary Shares by the ZOO Employee Share Trust
Limited
ZOO Digital Group plc, the provider of subtitling and digital
distribution services for the global entertainment industry,
announces that the Company has granted options over ordinary shares
of 1 penny each (the "Ordinary Shares") in the Company (the
"Options") to certain Directors and employees of the Company of
which a proportion will replace certain options previously issued
under the ZOO Digital Group plc EMI scheme and the ZOO Digital
Group plc USA Unapproved scheme.
ZOO is granting these Options with the objective of attracting,
motivating and retaining key staff over the long term, designed to
incentivise delivery of the Company's growth objectives further to
the significant progress the Company has made recently.
Stuart Green, Chief Executive Officer has been granted 175,000
Options, vesting in September 2017, which are exercisable at a
price of 15.25 pence, subject to the average mid-market closing
price of the Company's Ordinary Shares having met or exceeded 20
pence per Ordinary Share for a period of at least three months
immediately prior to exercise.
Gordon Doran, Commercial Director, has been granted 2,500,000
Options, of which 550,000 will vest in September 2017, and the
remaining 1,950,000 will vest over the three years from issue with
40 per cent. vesting one year after issue, a further 30 per cent
after two years and the balance after three years. The Options are
exercisable at a price of 15.25 pence, subject to certain
performance conditions related to Group profitability and subject
to the average mid-market closing price of the Company's Ordinary
Shares having met or exceeded 20 pence per Ordinary Share for a
period of at least three months immediately prior to exercise.
Helen Gilder, Chief Financial Officer, has been granted
1,500,000 options, of which 550,000 will vest in September 2017,
and the remaining 950,000 will vest over the three years from issue
with 40 per cent. vesting one year after issue, a further 30 per
cent after two years and the balance after three years. The Options
are exercisable at a price of 15.25 pence, subject to the average
mid-market closing price of the Company's Ordinary Shares having
met or exceeded 20 pence per Ordinary Share for a period of at
least three months immediately prior to exercise.
At the same time that this grant of Options was made, the
Company has cancelled certain previous options granted to the
Executive Directors in 2008, outlined below. Options have been
granted to Directors and key management personnel to replace those
options that have been cancelled. The 2008 options, which were
fully vested and were without performance conditions, were due to
lapse in September 2018 and therefore have been replaced by Options
that will vest in September 2017, subject to certain performance
conditions.
Director Date of grant Scheme Number of options Exercise price
Stuart Green September 2008 ZOO Digital Group plc EMI Scheme 175,000 15p
Helen Gilder September 2008 ZOO Digital Group plc EMI Scheme 450,000 15p
Helen Gilder October 2008 ZOO Digital Group plc EMI Scheme 100,000 15p
Gordon Doran September 2008 ZOO Digital Group plc USA Unapproved Scheme 450,000 15p
Gordon Doran October 2008 ZOO Digital Group plc USA Unapproved Scheme 100,000 15p
The resultant holdings of options by Directors are set out
below:
Director No. of options No. of Options No of Resultant
previously granted options interest
held cancelled in options
Stuart
Green 325,000 175,000 175,000 325,000
Helen Gilder 950,000 1,500,000 550,000 1,900,000
Gordon
Doran 950,000 2,500,000 550,000 2,900,000
Roger Jeynes 30,000 Nil Nil 30,000
A further 1,025,000 Options have been issued to other employees,
vesting in instalments across three years. Of these Options 645,000
are exercisable subject to share price-related performance
conditions.
All new Options have an exercise price of 15.25 pence, being the
closing mid-price on 1 August 2017, being the latest practicable
date prior to the grant, and will lapse on the tenth anniversary of
grant.
As a result of this grant, the total number of options issued is
7,220,345, equivalent to 9.8 per cent. of the current issued share
capital of the Company.
Purchase of Ordinary Shares by the ZOO Employee Share Trust
Limited
The Company was notified on 1 August 2017 that on that date the
ZOO Employee Share Trust Limited ("ZEST"), acquired 14,400 Ordinary
Shares in the capital of the Company, representing 0.02 per cent of
ZOO's issued share capital, at a price of 15.5 pence per share.
These Ordinary Shares are to be held on trust for the purpose of
satisfying future awards to beneficiaries of the Company's share
incentive plans.
ZEST is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ZOO, the purpose of which
is to hold shares in ZOO for the benefit of the employees of the
Group. The Company notes that, as Stuart Green and Helen Gilder are
trustees of ZEST and are potential beneficiaries of ZEST, they are
therefore treated as having an interest in the Ordinary Shares.
Following the above transaction, ZEST holds 156,021 Ordinary
Shares, representing 0.2 per cent of the Company's total voting
rights.
The below notifications, made in accordance with the
requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, give further
details on the above transactions.
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
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a) Name Stuart Green
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2. Reason for the Notification
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a) Position/status CEO
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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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 Zoo Digital Group plc
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b) LEI 213800377KWAPKN5HX30
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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 of Ordinary shares of 1p
the Financial
instrument, type
of instrument
---
Identification GB00B1FQDL10
code
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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) --------- ----------
15.25p 175,000
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d) Aggregated information: Single transaction as in 4
* Aggregated volume c) above Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
15.25p 175,000
* Price --------- ----------
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e) Date of the transaction 1 August 2017
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f) Place of the Off market transaction
transaction
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1. Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities / person closely associated
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a) Name Gordon Doran
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2. Reason for the Notification
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a) Position/status Commercial Director
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
--- ----------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Zoo Digital Group plc
--- ------------------------------- -------------------------------
b) LEI 213800377KWAPKN5HX30
--- ------------------------------- -------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 1p
the Financial
instrument, type
of instrument
---
Identification GB00B1FQDL10
code
--- ------------------------------- -------------------------------
b) Nature of the Grant of Options
transaction
--- ------------------------------- -------------------------------
c) Price(s) and Price(s) Volume(s)
volume(s) --------- ----------
15.25p 2,500,000
--------- ----------
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d) Aggregated information: Single transaction as in 4
* Aggregated volume c) above Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
15.25p 2,500,000
* Price --------- ----------
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e) Date of the transaction 1 August 2017
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f) Place of the Off market transaction
transaction
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1. Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities / person closely associated
--- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Helen Gilder
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2. Reason for the Notification
--- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer
--- ------------------------------- ------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
--- ------------------------------- ------------------------------------
3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
--- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Zoo Digital Group plc
--- ------------------------------- ------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800377KWAPKN5HX30
--- ------------------------------- ------------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 1p
the Financial
instrument, type
of instrument
---
Identification GB00B1FQDL10
code
--- ------------------------------- ------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Grant of Options
transaction
--- ------------------------------- ------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and Price(s) Volume(s)
volume(s) --------- ----------
15.25p 1,500,000
--------- ----------
--- ------------------------------- ------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information: Single transaction as in 4
* Aggregated volume c) above Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
15.25p 1,500,000
* Price --------- ----------
--- ------------------------------- ------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 1 August 2017
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f) Place of the Off market transaction
transaction
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1. Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) Name: ZOO Employee Share Trust Limited
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2. Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status: PCA with Stuart Green (Chief Executive
Officer) and Helen Gilder (Chief
Financial Officer)
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b) Initial notification/Amendment: Initial notification
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3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
--- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name: ZOO Digital Group plc
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b) LEI: 213800377KWAPKN5HX30
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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 of the financial Ordinary shares of 1p
instrument, type of instrument: GB00B1FQDL10
Identification code:
--- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
b) Nature of the transaction: Purchase of shares
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c) Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
15.5p 14,400
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d) Aggregated information: Single transaction as in 4 c)
* Aggregated volume: above Price(s) Volume(s)
--------- ----------
15.5p 14,400
* Price: --------- ----------
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e) Date of the transaction: 1 August 2017
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f) Place of the transaction: Off market transaction
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For further enquiries please contact:
ZOO Digital Group plc 0114 241 3700
Stuart Green - Chief Executive
Officer
Helen Gilder - Chief Finance
Officer
FinnCap 020 7220 0500
Henrik Persson / Emily Watts
/ Alex Price (corporate finance)
Camille Gochez (corporate
broking)
Alma PR 020 8004 4218
Josh Royston / Hilary Buchanan
About ZOO Digital Group plc:
ZOO Digital is a provider of services allowing quality TV and
movie content to be subtitled in any language and prepared for sale
with all major online retailers. ZOO's clients are some of the
best-known brands in the world including major Hollywood studios,
global broadcasters and independent distributors.
ZOO's point of difference in the marketplace is its development
and use of innovative cloud technology. This ensures that content
is subtitled in any language and delivered to all the major online
platforms such as Amazon, iTunes, Google and Hulu with reduced time
to market, higher quality and lower costs. ZOO's agile, cloud-based
business model enables clients to respond to market trends, scale
easily with business growth and capitalise on new routes to market
in the fast moving and evolving digital industry.
ZOO operates from the entertainment hubs of Los Angeles and
London with a development and production centre in Sheffield. Its
full-service proposition includes digital distribution, subtitling
& captioning, metadata creation & localisation, dubbing,
artwork localisation, workflow and asset management.
www.zoodigital.com
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