Sopheon PLC Grant of Options / PDMR Dealing (7178T)

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RNS Number : 7178T

Sopheon PLC

05 July 2018

SOPHEON PLC

("Sopheon" or "the Company")

Grant of Options / PDMR dealing

Sopheon announces that the Company has granted options over 119,000 ordinary shares of 20 pence each in the share capital of the Company ("Options") to certain directors, executives and senior employees of the Company. Of the directors, Andrew Michuda, CEO and Arif Karimjee, CFO have been granted 50,000 and 15,000 Options respectively, and including this grant, the total number of Options held by each is 290,000 and 85,000 Options respectively.

The Options granted will vest over 3 years, and are exercisable up to 10 years from the date of grant. The exercise price of the Options is 900 pence per share, being the mid-market closing price on AIM on 4 July 2018.

For further information contact:

 
 Barry Mence, Chairman                                  + 44 (0) 1276 
  Arif Karimjee, CFO                     Sopheon plc     919 560 
 Carl Holmes / Giles Rolls (corporate 
  finance)                                              + 44 (0) 20 7220 
  Alice Lane (ECM)                       finnCap Ltd     0500 
 

The information communicated in this announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

About Sopheon. Sopheon (LSE: SPE) partners with customers to provide complete enterprise innovation management solutions including software, expertise, and best practices, that enable them to achieve exceptional long-term revenue growth and profitability. Sopheon's Accolade solution provides unique, fully-integrated coverage for the entire innovation management and new product development lifecycle, including strategic innovation planning, roadmapping, idea and concept development, process and project management, portfolio management and resource planning. Sopheon's solutions have been implemented by over 200 customers with over 60,000 users in over 50 countries. Sopheon is listed on AIM, operated by the London Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.sopheon.com

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 
 a)              Name                             Arif Karimjee 
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            2.   Reason for the Notification 
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 a)              Position/status                  PDMR 
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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                             Sopheon plc 
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 b)              LEI                              213800TA9E6UG2WWG646 
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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                 Options over ordinary 
                  Financial instrument,               shares of 20p 
                  type of instrument 
                 Identification code              GB00BSZM1369 
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 b)              Nature of the transaction          Grant of Options 
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 c)              Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)                Volume(s) 
                                                    Exercise price 
                                                     900 pence per share    15,000 
                                                                           ---------- 
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 d)              Aggregated information: 
                   *    Aggregated volume           Grant of 15,000 options over ordinary 
                                                    shares of 20p pence at an exercise 
                                                    price of 900 pence 
                   *    Price 
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 e)              Date of the transaction          4 July 2018 
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 f)              Place of the transaction         Outside of trading venue 
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Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 
            5.   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
                  / person closely associated 
 a)              Name                             Andrew Michuda 
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            6.   Reason for the Notification 
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 a)              Position/status                  PDMR 
                -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)              Initial notification/Amendment    Initial notification 
                -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 7.              Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
                  auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
                ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)              Name                             Sopheon plc 
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 b)              LEI                              213800TA9E6UG2WWG646 
                -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 8.              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                 Options over ordinary 
                  Financial instrument,               shares of 20p 
                  type of instrument 
                 Identification code              GB00BSZM1369 
                -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)              Nature of the transaction          Grant of Options 
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 c)              Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)                Volume(s) 
                                                    Exercise Price 
                                                     900 pence per share    50,000 
                                                                           ---------- 
                -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 d)              Aggregated information: 
                   *    Aggregated volume           Grant of 50,000 options over ordinary 
                                                    shares of 20p pence at an exercise 
                                                    price of 900 pence 
                   *    Price 
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 e)              Date of the transaction          4 July 2018 
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 f)              Place of the transaction         Outside of trading venue 
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The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

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