Xaar PLC Grant of Options (7273X)

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RNS Number : 7273X

Xaar PLC

01 May 2019

Xaar plc (the "Company")

Grant of Options

The Company announces that on 30 April 2019 the Executive Directors of the Company were granted the following nil priced share options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the terms of the Xaar 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"):

 
Name             No. of options* granted  Total no. of options** 
                  over Ordinary Shares     held post grant 
Doug Edwards     309,880                  919,477 
Shomit Kenkare   103,293                  113,293 
 

* Options granted under the LTIP scheme.

** Options granted under all schemes.

This grant was approved by the Remuneration Committee on 15 April 2019.

No consideration was paid for the grant of any of the options, or is due on the exercise of options granted under the LTIP scheme. These options carry certain specific and stretching performance criteria which must be achieved prior to vesting, which is 3 years after the date of grant. 34% of the vested options are exercisable 3 years after the date of grant, with 33% exercisable 4 and 5 years after the date of grant respectively. The options will expire on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.

Taking into account the current share price and the recent decline, the Remuneration Committee has used its discretion to scale back the grant from the maximum allowed in the policy.

The FCA notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation is appended below and gives further details on the transactions described above.

Enquiries:

 
Xaar plc 
Camila Cottage, Company Secretary   [phone] 
 

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                                   1. Doug Edwards 
                                               2. Shomit Kenkare 
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 2     Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                        1. Chief Executive Officer 
                                               2. Chief Financial Officer 
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 b)    Initial notification                   Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
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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                                   Xaar plc 
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 b)    LEI                                    213800MXEC3KAOBBPO57 
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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                     Ordinary shares of 10 pence each 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code                    GB0001570810 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction              Grant of Options under the Xaar plc 
                                               2017 Long Term Incentive Plan 
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 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
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                                               Price(s)             Volume(s) 
                                              -------------------  ------------------ 
    1. GBPnil                                                       1. 309,880 
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    2. GBPnil                                                       2. 103,293 
   --------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------ 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
 
       - Aggregated volume                    1. 309,880 
    2. 103,293 
 
  - Price                                1. GBPnil 
                                          2. GBPnil 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction                1. 30 April 2019 
    2. 30 April 2019 
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 f)    Place of the transaction               Outside a trading venue 
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