Vitec Group PLC (The) Director/PDMR Shareholding (4827S)

TIDMVTC

RNS Number : 4827S

Vitec Group PLC (The)

11 March 2019

11 March 2019

THE VITEC GROUP PLC

Notification of Transactions of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs)

Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") - 2019 Awards

The Vitec Group plc ("the Company") announces that on 8 March 2019 awards of ordinary shares of 20 pence each were made under the Company's LTIP to Executive Directors and PDMRs. The number of shares awarded is set out in the following table and further details on the awards are provided below.

 
 Name                  Position                      Award of 2019 LTIP 
                                                      shares 
 Stephen Bird          Group Chief Executive         48,355 
                      ----------------------------  ------------------- 
 Kath Kearney-Croft    Group Finance Director        34,011 
                      ----------------------------  ------------------- 
                       Group Business Development 
 Martin Green           Director                     30,334 
                      ----------------------------  ------------------- 
 Marco Pezzana         PDMR                          25,795 
                      ----------------------------  ------------------- 
 Alan Hollis           PDMR                          19,353 
                      ----------------------------  ------------------- 
 Nicol Verheem         PDMR                          22,367 
                      ----------------------------  ------------------- 
 Jon Bolton            PDMR                          15,167 
                      ----------------------------  ------------------- 
 Halid Hatic           PDMR                          10,919 
                      ----------------------------  ------------------- 
 Martin Vann           PDMR                          10,772 
                      ----------------------------  ------------------- 
 

The awards are made subject to the following performance conditions.

Subject to satisfaction of performance conditions, the awards made under the LTIP will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant on 8 March 2022. In respect of Executive Directors, any awards vesting under the 2019 award will, after deduction of taxes, be subject to a further two year holding period.

33% of the 2019 award is subject to the Company's total shareholder return ("TSR") ranked against the constituents of the FTSE 250 index (excluding financial services companies and investment trusts). For median performance in the comparator group there will be 25% vesting and for upper quartile performance there will be full vesting, with a straight line sliding scale between these two points. None of this part of the award will vest for TSR performance below the median.

67% of the 2019 award is subject to growth in the Company's adjusted basic earnings per share ("adjusted EPS"). Annualised adjusted EPS growth of 6% per annum over the period will be required for threshold vesting (25%) of this part of the award, with annualised adjusted EPS growth of 14% per annum or higher required for all of this part of the award to vest. There will be a straight line sliding scale between these two points. None of this part of the award will vest for annualised adjusted EPS growth below 6% per annum over the period. EPS growth will be measured from the adjusted "normalised" 2018 EPS of 85.2 pence.

Both performance conditions are independent of one another and vesting will also take into account the Group's underlying performance. In particular, the Remuneration Committee will take into account Return on Capital Employed ("ROCE") performance over the performance period for the adjusted EPS element of the award.

Enquiries:

Jon Bolton

Group Company Secretary

020 8332 4600

A Snapshot of The Vitec Group plc

Vitec is a leading global provider of premium branded products and solutions to the fast moving and growing "image capture and content creation" market.

Vitec's customers include broadcasters, independent content creators, photographers and enterprises, and our activities comprise: design, manufacture and distribution of high performance products and solutions including camera supports, camera mounted electronic accessories, robotic camera systems, prompters, LED lights, mobile power, monitors, bags, motion control and noise reduction equipment.

We employ around 1,800 people across the world in 13 different countries and are organised in three Divisions: Imaging Solutions, Production Solutions and Creative Solutions.

The Vitec Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with 2018 revenue of GBP385.4 million.

More information can be found at: www.vitecgroup.com

LEI number: 2138007H5DQ4X8YOCF14

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [e-mail] or visit www.rns.com.

END

DSHBDGDXXBBBGCB

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 11, 2019 08:15 ET (12:15 GMT)