Long term incentive plan update
October 08 2010 - 8:01AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMEGU
RNS Number : 1111U
European Goldfields Ltd
08 October 2010
Suite 200, Financial Plaza
204 Lambert Street
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada Y1A 3T2
For Immediate Release
LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN UPDATE
8 October 2010 - European Goldfields Limited (TSX / AIM: EGU) ("European
Goldfields" or the "Company") reports that on 1 October 2010 as part of the
continued development of its Long Term Incentive Plan, the Company's board of
directors ("Board") approved the grant of 2,349,000 restricted share units
("RSUs") under the Company's Equity Participation Plan, to various directors,
officers and senior employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. The vesting
of the RSUs is subject to the achievement of certain criteria designed to align
the long term interests of directors and employees with those of shareholders.
The Board also approved the grant of a further 651,000 RSUs to be made to future
employees recruited to fill a number of critical roles within the business.
The Board approval permitted the directors to elect to take the RSUs as DPUs
under the terms of the Company's Deferred Phantom Unit ("DPU") Plan and the
directors have elected to receive DPUs as follows:
+----------------------+----------------------+
| Name of Director | Number of DPUs |
| | granted |
| | |
+----------------------+----------------------+
| Martyn Konig | 675,000 |
+----------------------+----------------------+
| Mark Rachovides | 450,000 |
+----------------------+----------------------+
| Timothy Morgan-Wynne | 450,000 |
+----------------------+----------------------+
| Alfred Vinton | 33,000 |
+----------------------+----------------------+
| Bruce Burrows | 33,000 |
+----------------------+----------------------+
| Jeff O'Leary | 33,000 |
+----------------------+----------------------+
About European Goldfields
European Goldfields is a developer-producer with globally significant gold
reserves located within the European Union. The Company generates cash flow from
its 95% owned Stratoni operation, a high grade lead/zinc/silver mine in
North-Eastern Greece. European Goldfields will evolve into a mid tier producer
through responsible development of its project pipeline of gold and base metal
deposits at Skouries and Olympias in Greece and Certej in Romania. The Company
plans future growth through development of its highly prospective exploration
portfolio in Greece, Romania and Turkey.
For further information please see the Company's website at www.egoldfields.com
For further information please contact:
European Goldfields
Liberum Capital Limited
Steve Sharpe, VP Business Development Simon Atkinson
e-mail: info@egoldfields.comTom Fyson
Tel: +44 (0)20 7408 9534
Tel: +44 (0)20 3100 2000
Brunswick
Evolution Securities Limited
Carole Cable / Fiona Micallef-Eynaud Rob
Collins
e-mail: egoldfields@brunswickgroup.com Tim Redfern
Tel: +44 (0)20 7404 5959
Tel: +44 (0)20 7071 4300
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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