6 May 2025
Eleco Plc
(“Eleco”, “Group” or the “Company”)
Grant of Options
Eleco plc (AIM: ELCO), the specialist software provider for the built environment, announces that on 1 May 2025 the Remuneration Committee granted a total of 1,465,000 new share options (the “Options“) over ordinary shares of 1 pence each (“Ordinary Shares“) in the Company. 450,000 of the Options are nominal cost options (“LTIP Options“) and the balance of 1,015,000 Options are exercisable at 121 pence each (“Employee Options“).
Following this grant of Options, Eleco has 4,810,000 options in issue, representing approximately 5.76 per cent. of the Company’s issued share capital.
250,000 LTIP Options were granted to Jonathan Hunter, CEO, and 200,000 LTIP Options were granted to Neil Pritchard, CFO. All of these Options are nominal cost options that shall vest after 3 years if certain performance criteria related to growth in revenue, profit and share price are met. To fully vest, Eleco will need to deliver significant growth from current levels.
175,000 Employee Options were granted to other PDMRs of the Company as set out below and 840,000 Employee Options were granted to various other employees of the Company. All of the Employee Options are market priced options with no vesting criteria other than to remain in employment by the Group and shall vest after 3 years. These Options are exercisable at 121 pence.
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Director/PDMR |
Options issued on 1 May 2025 |
Total options held post issue |
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Jonathan Hunter |
250,000 |
1,205,000 |
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Neil Pritchard |
200,000 |
675,000 |
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Richard Fletcher |
75,000 |
75,000 |
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Mark Chapman |
50,000 |
160,000 |
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Alex Gheboianu |
50,000 |
125,000 |
The Options are issued under the Eleco 2014 Share Option Plan and are exercisable up to 1 May 2035, subject to the achievement of the appropriate performance criteria.
For the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014, this announcement is deemed to contain inside information.
Enquiries:
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Eleco plc |
+44 (0)20 7422 8000 |
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Jonathan Hunter, Chief Executive Officer |
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Neil Pritchard, Chief Financial Officer |
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited |
+44 (0)20 7220 0500 |
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Geoff Nash / Seamus Fricker / Elysia Bough (Corporate Finance) |
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Louise Talbot (Sales) / Harriet Ward (ECM) |
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About Eleco plc
Eleco plc is an AIM-listed (AIM: ELCO) specialist international provider of software and related services to the built environment through its operating brands Elecosoft, BestOutcome, PEMAC, Vertical Digital and Veeuze from centres of excellence in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and the USA.
The Company’s software solutions are trusted by international customers and used throughout the building lifecycle from early planning and design stages to construction, interior fit out, asset management and facilities management to support project management, estimation, visualisation, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and property management.
For further information please visit www.eleco.com.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them (‘PCA’) |
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Name |
Jonathan Hunter
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2. |
Reason for the Notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
Chief Executive Officer |
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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 |
Eleco plc |
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b) |
LEI |
21380016GT9Z6ZQX4T37 |
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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 financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary shares of 1p each |
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Identification code |
GB0003081246 |
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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) |
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Exercise price of 1p |
250,000 |
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d) |
Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price |
n/a |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
1 May 2025 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside of a trading venue |
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1. |
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them (‘PCA’) |
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a) |
Name |
Neil Pritchard
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2. |
Reason for the Notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
Chief Financial Officer |
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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 |
Eleco plc |
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b) |
LEI |
21380016GT9Z6ZQX4T37 |
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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 financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary shares of 1p each |
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Identification code |
GB0003081246 |
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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) |
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Exercise price of 1p |
200,000 |
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d) |
Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price |
n/a |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
1 May 2025 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside of a trading venue |
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1. |
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them (‘PCA’) |
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a) |
Name |
Richard Fletcher
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2. |
Reason for the Notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
Chief Revenue Officer / 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 |
Eleco plc |
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b) |
LEI |
21380016GT9Z6ZQX4T37 |
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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 financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary shares of 1p each |
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Identification code |
GB0003081246 |
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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) |
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Exercise price of 121p |
75,000 |
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d) |
Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price |
n/a |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
1 May 2025 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside of a trading venue |
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1. |
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them (‘PCA’) |
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a) |
Name |
Mark Chapman
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2. |
Reason for the Notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
Head of Innovation / 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 |
Eleco plc |
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b) |
LEI |
21380016GT9Z6ZQX4T37 |
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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 financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary shares of 1p each |
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Identification code |
GB0003081246 |
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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) |
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Exercise price of 121p |
50,000 |
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d) |
Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price |
n/a |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
1 May 2025 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside of a trading venue |
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1. |
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them (‘PCA’) |
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a) |
Name |
Alex Gheboianu |
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2. |
Reason for the Notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
Chief Technology Officer / 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 |
Eleco plc |
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b) |
LEI |
21380016GT9Z6ZQX4T37 |
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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 financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary shares of 1p each |
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Identification code |
GB0003081246 |
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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) |
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Exercise price of 121p |
50,000 |
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d) |
Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price |
n/a |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
1 May 2025 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside of a trading venue |
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