Forterra plc Grant under Performance Share Plan (4401Z)

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RNS Number : 4401Z

Forterra plc

18 September 2020

18 September 2020

Forterra plc

Grant under Performance Share Plan

Forterra plc (the "Company") announces that on 17 September 2020 awards over ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each in the capital of the Company were granted to certain Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMRs") under the Forterra plc Performance Share Plan ("PSP") as follows:

 
 Name of Director / PDMR                                Number of Shares over which the PSP Award is granted 
 Stephen Harrison (Chief Executive Officer)             344,858 
                                                       ----------------------------------------------------- 
 Ben Guyatt (Chief Financial Officer)                   203,947 
                                                       ----------------------------------------------------- 
 George Stewart (Operations Director)                   57,778 
                                                       ----------------------------------------------------- 
 Adam Smith (Commercial Director)                       57,778 
                                                       ----------------------------------------------------- 
 Shahbaz Idriss (HR Director)                           55,263 
                                                       ----------------------------------------------------- 
 Darren Rix (Strategy and Development Director)         45,395 
                                                       ----------------------------------------------------- 
 Matt Day (IT Director)                                 49,524 
                                                       ----------------------------------------------------- 
 Peter Varnsverry (Managing Director, Bison Precast)    62,408 
                                                       ----------------------------------------------------- 
 Ashley Thompson (Company Secretary)                    13,158 
                                                       ----------------------------------------------------- 
 Other management                                       185,167 
                                                       ----------------------------------------------------- 
 Total awards granted                                   1,075,276 
                                                       ----------------------------------------------------- 
 

No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards which are structured as nominal cost options at an option exercise price of GBP0.01 per Ordinary Share. The number of Ordinary Shares granted under the award has been calculated using a share price of 190.00 pence being an average mid-market quotation as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the last 5 days of trading.

The vesting of an award is subject to the satisfaction of performance conditions which have been set by the Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. The awards will normally vest on 17 September 2023, subject to the achievement of the performance conditions and the participant being a director or employee within the Company's group at that time. Further information regarding the PSP is set out in the Annual Report and Accounts.

The performance conditions applying to these awards are as follows:

 
 Performance        % of award subject   The Company's        % of PSP award 
  condition          to condition         TSR compared         which will vest 
                                          against Index 
                                          TSR 
 Company's total 
  shareholder 
  return (TSR) 
  against Index                          Less than Index 
  TSR               100%                  TSR                 0% 
                   -------------------  -------------------  -------------------- 
                                         Equal to Index 
                                          TSR                 25% 
                   -------------------  -------------------  -------------------- 
                                         Between Index        On a straight 
                                          TSR and Index        line basis between 
                                          TSR plus 25          25% and 100% 
                                          percentage points 
                                        -------------------  -------------------- 
                                         Equal to Index 
                                          TSR plus 25 
                                          percentage points   100% 
                   -------------------  -------------------  -------------------- 
 

Due to uncertainty related to COVID-19 setting meaningful EPS targets is difficult so in this instance all awards are subject to a TSR performance condition. Further information on the index of comparable companies is disclosed in the 2019 Annual Report and Accounts.

In addition, the Company also announces that the PDMR's have cancelled share options as follows under the Company's all employee sharesave plan:

 
 Name of Director / PDMR                                Cancelled Share options under 2019 and 2017 plans 
 Stephen Harrison (Chief Executive Officer)             8,108 
                                                       -------------------------------------------------- 
 Ben Guyatt (Chief Financial Officer)                   8,108 
                                                       -------------------------------------------------- 
 George Stewart (Operations Director)                   8,108 
                                                       -------------------------------------------------- 
 Adam Smith (Commercial Director)                       8,108 
                                                       -------------------------------------------------- 
 Darren Rix (Strategy and Development Director)         8,107 
                                                       -------------------------------------------------- 
 Peter Varnsverry (Managing Director, Bison Precast)    8,108 
                                                       -------------------------------------------------- 
 Ashley Thompson (Company Secretary)                    8,108 
                                                       -------------------------------------------------- 
 

The above notification is intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulations.

Enquiries

 
                                             [phone] 
 Forterra plc:                                600 
 Ashley Thompson (Company Secretary) 
 
 FTI Consulting (public relations adviser 
  to Forterra):                              [phone] 
 Richard Mountain 
 Nick Hasell 
 

Forterra plc

Further information relating to the Company and its group can be found at www.forterraplc.co.uk

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