Plant Health Care PLC Exercise of Options (3363S)
March 08 2023 - 9:45AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 3363S
Plant Health Care PLC
08 March 2023
Plant Health Care plc
("Plant Health Care" or "the Company")
Exercise of Options Director / PDMR Shareholding
Plant Health Care, a leading provider of novel patent-protected
biological products to global agricultural markets, announce s that
, on 7 March 202 3, a total of 3,547,070 new Ordinary Shares (the
'New Ordinary Shares') were issued pursuant to the exercise of
options by employees under the Company's US Sub Plan of the 2017
Employee Share Option Plan (the ' Plan ').
On 10 March 2022, the Company awarded 3,547,070 Options (the '
Options ') to employees with an exercise price of 1p per ordinary
share in the Company (the ' Ordinary Shares '). Senior employees
and Executive Directors were required to accept these Options as a
substitute for 50% of their annual cash bonus opportunity for 2022.
Under the Plan the Options vest, inter alia, on the achievement of
the performance targets during 2022 as set out in the table
below.
Goal Summary of targets
1 Financials Revenue of $ 10.6 million, gross margin
of $6.7 million and LBITDA of $3.7 million.
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2 Commercial Achieve on-ground sales targets in key
markets.
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3 Commercial Secure at least two significant new distribution
agreements for Harpin or PREtec in row
crop markets
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4. Commercial Step up engagement by newly appointed
CEO with the investor community.
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Following review by the Board of Plant Health Care, it has been
determined that the performance criteria were met in full.
Subsequently, all option holders have decided to exercise their
Options in full prior to the IRS requirement to exercise prior to
15 March 2023.
Of the Options exercised, Jeffrey Tweedy, Chief Executive
Officer, and Jeffrey Hovey, Chief Financial Officer, have each
exercised 1,237,122 and 445,365 Options retrospectively. Mr Tweedy
has sold 305,000 Ordinary Shares issued and Mr Hovey has sold
107,000 Ordinary Shares issued to cover their taxes due.
Following these transactions, Jeffrey Tweedy is interested in
1,888,548 Ordinary Shares representing 0.61 % of the issued share
capital of the Company and Jeffrey Hovey is interested in 990,061
Ordinary Shares representing 0.32% of the issued share capital of
the Company.
Application for admission of the New Ordinary Shares to trading
on AIM ('Admission') has been made and dealings in the New Ordinary
Shares are expected to commence on or around 8.00 a.m. on 10 March
2023. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari-passu with the
Company's existing issued Ordinary Shares.
Total voting rights
Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company has
310,484,552 Ordinary Shares in issue with no shares held in
treasury. This is the total number of voting rights in the Company
and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the
Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance
and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries
Plant Health Care plc +1 919 926 1600
Jeffrey Tweedy - Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey Hovey - Chief Financial Officer
Cenkos Securities plc - Nomad and Joint
Broker
Neil McDonald / Peter Lynch +44 (0)131 220 9771
SEC Newgate - Financial Communications +44 (0) 7540 10666
Robin Tozer / Richard Bicknell / George phc@secnewgate.co.uk
Esmond
Company website: www.planthealthcare.com
The information set out below is provided in accordance with the
requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No
596/2014.
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Jeffrey Tweedy
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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 Plant Health Care plc
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b) LEI
213800KBQPJZ2FM8QH27
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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 Ordinary Shares of 1p each
instrument
Identification code GB00B 01JC540
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b) Nature of the transaction 1. Issue of Shares following exercise of options
2. Sale of Shares following exercise of options.
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
1) GBP0.01 1) 1,237,122
2) GBP0.1105 2) 305,000
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price N/A
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e) Date of the transaction 1) 07.03.2023
2) 08.03. 202 3
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f) Place of the transaction AIM, London Stock Exchange
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Jeffrey Hovey
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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 Plant Health Care plc
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b) LEI
213800KBQPJZ2FM8QH27
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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 Ordinary Shares of 1p each
instrument
Identification code GB00B 01JC540
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b) Nature of the transaction 1. Issue of Shares following exercise of options
2. Sale of Shares following exercise of options
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c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
1) GBP0.01 1) 445,365
2) GBP0.1105 2) 107,000
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price N/A
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e) Date of the transaction 1) 07.03.2023
2) 08.03. 202 3
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f) Place of the transaction AIM, London Stock Exchange
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