TIDMFCAP

RNS Number : 9833J

finnCap Group PLC

22 August 2023

22 August 2023

finnCap Group plc

("finnCap", "the Company" or the "Group")

Option Grant

finnCap today announces completion of the grant of options under the finnCap Group plc Company Share Option Plan (the "Plan") to John Farrugia, CEO.

Due to various corporate transactions and closed periods, it has not previously been possible for the Company to complete the issue of these incentive awards to Mr Farrugia as intended upon his appointment as CEO on 1 September 2022 and as described in the Group's Remuneration Committee report included in the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year-ended 31 March 2022.

The grant comprises a retention option over 2,000,000 shares with an exercise price of 1p per share, and an incentive option over 5,000,000 shares with an exercise price of 15p per share (together the "Options"). Due to various corporate transactions and closed periods since his appointment as CEO it has not been possible to formalise the grant until now. In the ordinary course, the Options will vest and become exercisable on 25 July 2025, subject to continuing employment. For the avoidance of doubt, vesting will not accelerate on completion of the recommended all-share merger between finnCap and Cenkos Securities plc.

The Options are also subject to malus and clawback for a period of two years following vesting. The Options will lapse, to the extent not exercised, on the day immediately preceding the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.

Following these awards, John Farrugia continues to have a beneficial interest over 1,927,669 Ordinary Shares (as set out in the Company's Opening Position Disclosure dated 4 April 2023 under Rule 8 of the Takeover Code), representing approximately 1.06% of the current total voting rights of the Company, and has options over Ordinary Shares in the Company as set out below:

 
 Name of Scheme          Number of   Grant Date         Vesting   Normal lapse   Exercise 
  or Plan                 ordinary                         date           date      price 
                      shares under                                                   (per 
                    options/awards                                                 share) 
 finnCap Group             305,045   05/12/2018      05/12/2020     05/12/2023    GBP0.28 
  plc Company 
  Share Option 
  Plan 
                  ----------------  -----------  --------------  -------------  --------- 
                           152,523   05/12/2018      05/12/2021     05/12/2023    GBP0.28 
                  ----------------  -----------  --------------  -------------  --------- 
                           152,522   05/12/2018      05/12/2022     05/12/2023    GBP0.28 
                  ----------------  -----------  --------------  -------------  --------- 
                           425,000   01/04/2020      09/07/2024     09/07/2027   GBP0.175 
                  ----------------  -----------  --------------  -------------  --------- 
                           666,667   18/08/2020      01/04/2022     01/04/2025    GBP0.01 
                  ----------------  -----------  --------------  -------------  --------- 
                           666,667   18/08/2020      01/04/2023     01/04/2026    GBP0.01 
                  ----------------  -----------  --------------  -------------  --------- 
                         2,000,000   22/08/2023      25/07/2025     22/08/2033    GBP0.01 
                  ----------------  -----------  --------------  -------------  --------- 
                         5,000,000   22/08/2023      25/07/2025     22/08/2033    GBP0.15 
                  ----------------  -----------  --------------  -------------  --------- 
 finnCap Group             775,000   01/04/2020   09/07/2024(1)     09/07/2027   GBP0.175 
  plc Enterprise 
  Management 
  Share Option 
  Plan 
                  ----------------  -----------  --------------  -------------  --------- 
 

(1) Subject to the satisfaction of performance conditions

The Company's Ordinary Shares referred to above are finnCap Group plc ordinary shares of 1 penny each and the total number of shares in issue is 181,094,844.

Further details on this are included in the notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

Contacts

finnCap Group plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500

Robert Lister, Chairman investor.relations@finncap.com

Richard Snow, Chief Financial Officer

   Grant Thornton (Nominated Adviser)                                     Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100 

Philip Secrett/Samantha Harrison/Samuel Littler

 
       Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
  1     / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                                John Farrugia 
      ----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
       Reason for the notification 
  2 
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 a)    Position/status                     CEO 
      ----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 b)    Initial notification                Initial 
        /Amendment 
      ----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
       Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
  3     auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)    Name                                finnCap Group plc 
      ----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 b)    LEI                                 213800DLRUJW6JVNS533 
      ----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
       Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
  4     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                  Ordinary shares 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code                 GB00BGKPX309 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction           (1) Grant of options over ordinary 
                                            shares under the finnCap Group plc 
                                            Company Share Option Plan at an exercise 
                                            price of 1p per share 
 
                                            (2) Grant of options over ordinary 
                                            shares under the finnCap Group plc 
                                            Company Share Option plan at an exercise 
                                            price of 15p per share 
      ----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                           ---------------------  ---------------------- 
                                            Price(s)               Volume(s) 
                                           ---------------------  ---------------------- 
    (1) GBP0.01                                                    (1) 2,000,000 
   -------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------- 
    (2) GBP0.15                                                    (2) 5,000,000 
   -------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
 
  - Aggregated volume                 N/A 
 
  - Price 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction             22 August 2023 
      ----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 f)    Place of the transaction            Outside a trading venue 
      ----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 

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