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On September 17, 2021, Verditek PLC granted share options to its CEO, Rob Richards, and Chairman, Lord David Willetts. Rob Richards received options over 10 million shares and Lord David Willetts received options over 3 million shares. Both grants have an exercise price of 3.8p, which was the closing mid-market price on September 16, 2021, and are subject to a performance condition of the company delivering at least £2 million EBITDA during a full financial year.
| Date | 20 Sept 2021 |
| Time | 07:00:08 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 2145M |
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (MAR), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
20 September 2021
Verditek PLC
("Verditek" or the "Company")
Grant of Share Options
Verditek PLC (AIM:VDTK), the international green technology company that develops, manufactures and sells advanced ultra-lightweight solar panels, wishes to inform the market that share options have been granted to the Company's CEO and Chairman.
Rob Richards (CEO) has been granted share options over 10 million shares and Lord David Willetts (Chairman) has been granted share options over 3 million shares. The exercise price is 3.8p, being the closing mid-market price as at 16 September 2021.
The options are subject to certain conditions, including a performance condition that the Company must have delivered EBITDA of at least £2m during a full financial year.
Following these grants, the interests of Rob Richards and Lord David Willetts are as follows:
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Director |
Existing Options |
Options Granted |
Total Options |
Interest in Existing Issued Shares |
Interest in Existing Issued Shares |
|
Rob Richards |
4,000,000 |
10,000,000 |
14,000,000 |
2,437,833 |
0.71% |
|
Lord David Willetts |
1,500,000 |
3,000,000 |
4,500,000 |
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Verditek PLC
Director/PDMR Shareholding
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a) |
Name |
Rob Richards |
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Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
Chief Executive 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 |
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a) |
Name |
Verditek plc |
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b) |
LEI |
213800YWMHGTNXCWZC33 |
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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 the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares in Verditek plc
GB00BF2C0424 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Grant of share options |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A (single transaction) |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
17 September 2021 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) |
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Verditek PLC
Director/PDMR Shareholding
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1
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a) |
Name |
Lord David Willetts |
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2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
Chairman |
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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 |
Verditek plc |
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b) |
LEI |
213800YWMHGTNXCWZC33 |
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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 the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares in Verditek plc
GB00BF2C0424 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Grant of share options |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
N/A (single transaction) |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
17 September 2021 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) |
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For further information:
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Verditek plc |
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Rob Richards, CEO Vicki Johnson, CFO
WH Ireland Limited - NOMAD and Broker |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7129 1110 |
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Chris Hardie Ben Good
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 1666 |
About Verditek plc:
AIM listed Verditek plc is a holding company of a business operating within the green technology sector. The Company is focused on commercializing our lightweight low-profile solar panel business. With manufacturing based in Lainate Italy, we have developed renewable power solutions for our customers that drive solar energy into applications previously unachievable. The exceptional properties of our solar panels replace diesel fuel in business such as perishable goods transport, off-grid telecommunication towers, electric vehicle charging stations, residential and holiday home power solutions and solar roofing for light-weight industrial roofing. In addition to our current PV panels in production, we have partnered with an outstanding leader in graphene technology, Paragraf. We are working together to engineer the technology for commercialization.
Verditek provides compelling commercial solutions that help to make our customer's businesses sustainable.
For more information please visit: https://verditek.com/