Interests of Directors/PDMRs & Additional Listing

 

The Company was informed today of the following transactions in relation to the Executive Directors and PDMRs:

 

1.  Performance Share Plan 2014 - 2020 Award

 

On 10 June 2020, under the terms of the Performance Share Plan 2014, the following share awards were made to the Executive Directors/PDMRs at the closing mid-market price on 9 June 2020 of 358.50p. These awards will vest in June 2023, depending on the extent to which the Plan's performance criteria are met:

 

Executive Directors	Shares Awarded
Gerald Kaye	379,881
Tim Murphy	221,094
Matthew Bonning-Snook	295,502
PDMRs
Tom Anderson	85,690
James Moss	79,267

 

No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards which have been structure as nil-cost options.

 

2.  Performance Share Plan 2014 - 2017 Award

 

On 10 June 2020, shares awarded under the terms of the Helical plc Performance Share Plan 2014 were made available to Executive Directors and employees of the Company. These shares were originally awarded on 7 June 2017 and, having met their performance criteria such that 65.83% qualified for vesting, are available to be transferred to the award holders, net of associated tax liabilities.

 

Shares originally awarded to Directors and PDMRs and the net shares retained after the payment of associated tax liabilities are as follows:

 

Executive Directors	Shares Awarded	Shares Vesting	Shares Retained
Gerald Kaye	445,312	293,148	155,368
Tim Murphy	272,531	179,407	95,085
Matthew Bonning-Snook	364,312	239,826	127,107
PDMRs
Tom Anderson	46,875	30,857	16,353
James Moss	46,875	30,857	16,353

 

 

 

3.  Annual Bonus Scheme 2018

 

In accordance with the terms of the Annual Bonus Scheme 2018, deferred share awards over ordinary shares in Helical plc were made to the Executive Directors on 10 June 2019 at the closing mid-market price on 9 June 2020 of 358.50p as follows:

 

Executive Directors	Number of Shares
Gerald Kaye	173,578
Tim Murphy	103,412
Matthew Bonning-Snook	130,236

 

No consideration was paid for the grant of the deferred share awards, which have been structured as nil-cost options. These deferred shares will be held by the Company and will vest after 10 June 2023.

 

4.  Share Incentive Plan - Award of Free, Partnership and Matching Shares

 

On 10 June 2019, under the rules of the Helical plc Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), Helical Bar Trustees Limited awarded ordinary shares to the Company's Executive Directors, PDMRs and employees at the closing mid-market price on 9 June 2020 of 358.50p.

 

Shares awarded to the Executive Directors/PDMRs were as follows:

 

Executive Directors	Number of Shares
Gerald Kaye	1,004
Tim Murphy	1,004
Matthew Bonning-Snook	1,004
PDMRs
Tom Anderson	1,004
James Moss	1,004

 

5.  Director's Interests in Shares

 

Following the transactions noted above, the Director's interests in shares will be as follows:

 

Executive Directors	Shares Legally Held	Deferred Shares	Share Incentive Plan	Outstanding PSP Awards
Gerald Kaye	1,972,115,	498,539	59,634	1,090,110
Tim Murphy	758,066	167,210	36,971	634,411
Matthew Bonning-Snook	1,199,653	377,908	59,166	847,947

 

 

6.  Additional Listing

 

Application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority for admission to the Official List, and to the London Stock Exchange plc for admission to trading, for a total of 930,334 ordinary shares of 1p each. It is expected that the hearing will take place on 12 June 2020 and that trading will commence on 15 June 2020.

 

The shares are being issued in connection with the vesting of awards granted under the Company's Performance Share Plan 2014, as detailed under Point 2 above.

 

Following admission, the number of ordinary shares in issue will be 120,907,915 each carrying one voting right. This figure may be used by Shareholders 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 request in, Helical plc under the FCS's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The identification code for ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company is GB00B0FYMT95. The awards took place outside a trading venue.

 

 

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

Helical plc
Tim Murphy (Finance Director)	Tel:                   020 7629 0113
	Address:           5 Hanover Square                         London                                                 W1S 1HQ
	Website:           www.helical.co.uk
FTI Consulting
Dido Laurimore/Richard Gotla	Tel:                   020 3727 1000 Email:               [email protected]