2 August 2022
Eleco Plc
(“Eleco”, “Group” or the “Company”)
Issue of Options
The Board of Eleco plc (AIM: ELCO), the AIM-listed construction software specialist, advises that on 1 August 2022 the Company issued a total of 750,000 options to subscribe for new ordinary shares of 1p each (the “Ordinary Shares”) in the Company under the Eleco 2014 Share Option Plan (the “Options”).
250,000 options were granted to Jonathan Hunter, CEO of the Company. Of these, 150,000 are market priced options, which have no vesting criteria other than to remain in employment by the Group and shall vest after a 3-year vesting period. 100,000 are nominal cost options which shall vest after 3 years if certain performance criteria related to recurring revenue growth, overall revenue growth and share price growth are met. To fully vest, Eleco will need to achieve significant revenue growth from current levels and will need to outperform against current market forecasts.
The remaining 500,000 Options were granted to various employees of the Company, which are market priced options with no vesting criteria other than to remain in employment by the Group and shall vest after a 3-year vesting period.
All market priced options are exercisable at 70 pence. All Options will expire on 31 July 2032. Details of PDMR awards are included in the disclosure notices at the end of this announcement.
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Director/PDMR |
Options issued |
Total options held post issue |
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Jonathan Hunter |
250,000 |
850,000 |
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Birgit Lenton |
100,000 |
100,000 |
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Luben Kirov |
100,000 |
100,000 |
Following the issue of the Options, the total number of options in issue post award is 2,750,000, representing approximately 3.3% of the Company’s issued share capital.
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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Rose Clark, Interim CFO |
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finnCap Limited |
+44 (0)20 7220 0500 |
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Geoff Nash / Kate Bannatyne / James Balicki (Corporate Finance) |
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Richard Chambers / Charlotte Sutcliffe (ECM) |
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SEC Newgate UK |
+44 (0)20 3757 6882 |
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Elisabeth Cowell / Bob Huxford / Isabelle Smurfit |
About Eleco plc
Eleco plc is an AIM-listed (AIM: ELCO) specialist international provider of software and related services to the Architectural, Engineering, Construction and Owner/Operator (AECO) industries and interior furnishing industries from centres of excellence in the UK, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands.
The Company’s market-leading Elecosoft software solutions are developed by teams in the United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany, and its solutions cover project management, estimating, timber engineering, CAD and visualisation, asset and facility management and cloud-based digital marketing solutions.
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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1. |
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them (‘PCA’) |
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a) |
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) |
Name |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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Jonathan Hunter |
1p 70p |
100,000 150,000 |
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d) |
Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price |
250,000 £106,000 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
1 August 2022 |
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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 |
Birgit Lenton |
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2. |
Reason for the Notification |
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a) |
Position / status |
Group Transformation Director / 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) |
Name |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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Birgit Lenton
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70p |
100,000
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d) |
Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price |
100,000 £70,000 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
1 August 2022 |
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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 |
Luben Kirov |
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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) |
Name |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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Luben Kirov
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70p |
100,000
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d) |
Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price |
100,000 £70,000 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
1 August 2022 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside of a trading venue |
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