Imaginatik PLC Grant of Options (0336J)

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RNS Number : 0336J

Imaginatik PLC

15 December 2015

Imaginatik Plc

("Imaginatik" or "the Company")

Grant of Options

Imaginatik plc (AIM: IMTK.L), the world's first full service innovation provider offering a range of consultancy and technology products, announces that it has awarded 861,841 new options over ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ("Options") to directors and employees as follows:

Ralph Welborn, CEO and Shawn Taylor, CFO, have been granted 67,000 and 62,533 options respectively and Mr Charles, NED, 25,000. The options for Mr Taylor will be a combination of options issued under the EMI scheme as well as unapproved options. Those for Mr Welborn are issued under the Imaginatik 2006 Stock Option Plan and those for Mr Charles issued under the EMI scheme.

In addition, eligible employees of the Company have been granted 707,308 options under the EMI scheme as well as the Imaginatik 2006 Stock Option Plan.

All of the options referred to above have an exercise price of 4.88 pence per share, being the closing mid-price of an Ordinary Share on the day prior to grant, 14 December 2015. In accordance with the scheme rules, 50 per cent. of the options will vest after 2 years with the remaining 50 per cent. vesting after 3 years. There are no performance criteria attached to the above options.

Following the above transactions, the directors of Imaginatik hold the following Options:

 
 Director          Existing    New Options     Total 
                    Options      granted      Options 
                                 pursuant       Held 
                                 to 2015 
                                  annual 
                                  grant 
----------------  ----------  ------------  ---------- 
 Matt Cooper, 
  Non-Executive 
  Chairman         2,586,531             -   2,586,531 
----------------  ----------  ------------  ---------- 
 Ralph Welborn, 
  CEO              2,200,000        67,000   2,267,000 
----------------  ----------  ------------  ---------- 
 Shawn Taylor, 
  CFO              1,389,679        62,533   1,452,212 
----------------  ----------  ------------  ---------- 
 Simon Charles, 
  Non-Executive 
  Director            93,750        25,000     118,750 
----------------  ----------  ------------  ----------

Imaginatik now has 11,558,794 Options in issue, representing approximately 13.58% of the current issued share capital and 11.96% of the fully diluted share capital.

For further information please contact:

 
 Imaginatik plc                       Tel: 01329 
                                       243 243 
 Matt Cooper Non-Executive Chairman 
  Ralph Welborn, CEO 
  Shawn Taylor, CFO 
 
 finnCap Ltd                          Tel: 020 7220 
                                       0500 
 Jonny Franklin-Adams/Giles 
  Rolls, corporate finance 
 
 Alma PR                              Tel: 0207 
                                       796 9085 
 Caroline Evans-Jones/Hilary 
  Buchanan

About Imaginatik

Imaginatik provides a range of Innovation solutions comprised of consultancy, enterprise software and program management to deliver innovation results to companies such as The World Bank, The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, State Farm, Exxon Mobil, Pfizer, Goodyear, the Yorkshire Building Society, Pitney Bowes and Cargill. Few companies possess the internal capability to consistently generate fresh ideas, identify those worth pursuing and reliably transform them into real, value-enhancing assets. Imaginatik's mission is to help these companies build sustainable innovation competencies.

Imaginatik is a public company whose shares are traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE:IMTK.L) and is a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer with offices in Boston, MA, and Fareham, UK. For more information visit www.imaginatik.com.

This information is provided by RNS

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