Portmeirion Group PLC Options Announcement (0870Y)

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RNS Number : 0870Y

Portmeirion Group PLC

12 May 2016

Portmeirion Group PLC

(the "Company" and the "Group")

Share Option Grants, Exercise of Options and Holding(s) in Company

Share Option Grants & Exercises

The Company announces that, on 11 May 2016, it granted options to Executive Directors over a total of 5,830 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to The Portmeirion Group 2010 Deferred Incentive Share Option Plan (the "Plan"). The following Directors of the Company were granted options as detailed below:

 
                   Number of       Total           Exercise period 
                     options    exercise 
                     granted       price 
 Philip Atherton                    GBP1   12 May 2019 - 10 August 
                       1,365                                  2019 
 Lawrence Bryan                     GBP1   12 May 2019 - 10 August 
                       2,860                                  2019 
 Brett Phillips                     GBP1   12 May 2019 - 10 August 
                       1,605                                  2019 
 

In addition the Company announces that, on 11 May 2016, the following Executive Directors exercised options which were granted on 19 April 2013 under the Plan to subscribe for a total of 3,303 Ordinary Shares as detailed below:

 
                          Number of  Total exercise      Total number   % of issued share 
                  options exercised           price   Ordinary Shares   capital following 
                                                       held following           Admission 
                                                            Admission 
Lawrence Bryan                2,106            GBP1           142,834               1.33% 
Brett Phillips                1,197            GBP1            91,745               0.85% 
 

Accordingly, the Company has transferred 3,303 Ordinary Shares from shares held in treasury by the Company in respect of the above exercise.

Also on 11 May 2016, the Company announces that an employee of the Group exercised options under The Portmeirion 2012 Approved Share Option Plan to subscribe for a total of 1,879 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of GBP6.10 each. Accordingly, the Company has issued 1,879 Ordinary Shares in respect of the exercise.

Application has been made for 5,182 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and trading of these shares is expected to commence on or around 18 May 2016.

Following Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares held by the Company in treasury is 239,477, and the Company will have 11,005,033 Ordinary Shares in issue and 10,765,556 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. The figure of 10,765,556 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders of Portmeirion Group PLC as the denominator for the calculations to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Holding(s) in Company

The Company announces that it was notified on 11 May 2016 that The Portmeirion Employees' Share Trust (the "Trust"), on 11 May 2016, transferred 21,000 Ordinary Shares to certain employees of the Group on the exercise of share options.

The resulting total number of Ordinary Shares now held by the Trust is 318,048, representing 2.95% of the issued share capital of the Company with voting rights, crossing below the 3% threshold.

ENQUIRIES:

 
 Portmeirion Group 
  PLC: 
 Dick Steele               +44 (0) 1782     [e-mail] 
                            744 721 
 Non-executive Chairman 
 
   Brett Phillips            +44 (0) 1782     [e-mail] 
                             744 721 
 Group Finance Director 
 
 Bell Pottinger: 
 Dan de Belder             +44 (0) 203      [e-mail] 
                            772 2561 
 Saskia Lumley             +44 (0) 203      [e-mail] 
                            772 2593 
 
 Panmure Gordon : 
  (Nominated Adviser         +44 (0) 207 
  and Broker):               886 2500 
 Freddy Crossley /                          Corporate Finance 
  Duncan Monteith 
 Tom Salvesen                               Corporate Broking 
 
 Cantor Fitzgerald 
  Europe :                 +44 (0) 20 
  (Joint Broker):           7894 7000 
 Catherine Leftley                          Corporate Finance 
  / Marc Milmo 
 David Banks                                Sales 
 

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