TIDMHAYD

RNS Number : 3720G

Haydale Graphene Industries PLC

15 November 2022

 
For immediate release  15 November 2022 
 

Haydale Graphene Industries plc

("Haydale", "the Company" or the "Group")

Grant of share options and PDMR dealings

Haydale (AIM: HAYD), the global advanced materials group, announces that on 14 November 2022 the Company approved the following:

1. under the 2020 EMI Scheme ("2020 EMI Scheme"), the grant of options to certain directors of the Company ("Directors"), certain directors of the Company's subsidiaries ("Subsidiary Directors") and staff of the Group, over an aggregate 45,950,000 ordinary shares of 2p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"); and

2. under the Haydale Technologies, Inc ("HTI") Stock Appreciation Rights Plan 2020 ("2020 SAR"), the grant of stock appreciation rights ("Stock Appreciation Rights") to certain employees of the Group's wholly owned US subsidiary, HTI, over an aggregate 8,750,000 Ordinary Shares.

(The 2020 EMI Scheme and the 2020 SAR , together the "Share Schemes". The new Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Share Schemes, together the "November 2022 Grants").

Background to the November 2022 Grants

The Company adopted the Share Schemes to enable it to retain and incentivise staff and to reward them for the achievement of its longer-term objectives. The Share Schemes have certain performance criteria to ensure that value is created for shareholders before any value is delivered to Directors and key staff. The November 2022 Grants will extend the options of current option holders and also include those who have more recently joined the Group.

Terms of the November 2022 Grants

All of the November 2022 Grants have an exercise price of 2.25 p per Ordinary Share (being a 19.7 % premium to the closing mid-market price of the Company's Ordinary Shares on 14 November 2022, the day of the approval of the November 2022 Grants) and can only be exercised between the third and tenth anniversary of the awards. The proportion of the awards made by the November 2022 Grants that are capable of vesting is dependent on certain performance criteria, directly linked to the performance of the Company's share price over the period to 30 September 2026 as follows:

 
 % of January 2022 
  Grants subject         Performance Condition 
  to the Performance 
  Condition 
                       For a period of 15 consecutive dealing days, 
          30%           commencing after the date of the November 
                        2022 Grants and ending on or before the 30 
                        September 2024, the closing price of the Ordinary 
                        Shares exceeds 4 p (four) per Ordinary Share. 
                      --------------------------------------------------- 
                       For a period of 15 consecutive dealing days, 
          30%           commencing after the date of the November 
                        2022 Grants and ending on or before the 30 
                        September 2025, the closing price of the Ordinary 
                        Shares exceeds 6 p (six) per Ordinary Share. 
                      --------------------------------------------------- 
                       For a period of 15 consecutive dealing days, 
          40%           commencing after the date of the November 
                        2022 Grants and ending on or before the 30 
                        September 2026, the closing price of the Ordinary 
                        Shares exceeds 8 p (eight) per Ordinary Share. 
                      --------------------------------------------------- 
 

There are no other vesting criteria for the November 2022 Grants. If the share price does not reach the target price by their respective dates, that portion of the award will lapse.

The November 2022 Grants represents approximately 6.9 % of the Company's issued ordinary share capital. Of the November 2022 Grants, 28,900,000 options were granted to Directors of the Company and its subsidiaries, as follows:

 
                                                   Aggregate         Current 
                                     Number          number      total beneficial 
                                   of November     of options        holding         % of current 
 Director's name                   2022 options    /SARs post      of Ordinary        issued share 
  and employing Group company        granted         grant            Shares            capital 
 Keith Broadbent 
  (Haydale Graphene Industries 
  Plc)                             13,200,000     26,400,000        1,952,381            0.25 
                                 --------------  ------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 Mark Chapman 
  (Haydale Graphene Industries 
  Plc)                              7,700,000     15,400,000         750,000             0.10 
                                 --------------  ------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 Thomas Quantrille 
  (Haydale Technologies Inc         1,500,000      4,500,000            -                 - 
                                 --------------  ------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 David Davies 
  (Haydale Ltd)                     2,200,000      4,400,000         50,671              0.01 
                                 --------------  ------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 Nicholas Weatherby 
  (Haydale Composite Solutions 
  Ltd)                              1,650,000      3,350,000            -                 - 
                                 --------------  ------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 Mark Heycock 
  (Haydale Ltd)                     1,325,000      2,650,000            -                 - 
                                 --------------  ------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 John Mark Seymour 
  (Haydale Ltd)                     1,325,000      2,650,000            -                 - 
                                 --------------  ------------  ------------------  --------------- 
 

The Company's Remuneration Committee retains the ability to amend the performance conditions for the November 2022 Grants and for future grants to ensure that such grants achieve the stated purpose.

Following the November 2022 Grants, the Company's total number of Options and SARs outstanding as at the date of this announcement is 102,000,000 representing approximately 12.97 % of the Company's existing issued share capital and 9.78% on a fully diluted basis including all outstanding warrants.

The number of Ordinary Shares currently in issue is 785,852,475 and it is this number that has been used to calculate the above percentage shareholdings.

For further information:

 
 Haydale Graphene Industries plc 
 David Banks, Non-Executive Chair        Tel: +44 (0) 1269 842 946 
                                                   www.haydale.com 
 finnCap (Nominated Adviser & Broker) 
 Julian Blunt/Edward Whiley, Corporate   Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500 
  Finance 
  Andrew Burdis, ECM 
 

Notes to Editors

Haydale is a global technologies and materials group that facilitates the integration of graphene and other nanomaterials into the next generation of commercial technologies and industrial materials. With expertise in graphene, silicon carbide and other nanomaterials, Haydale is able to deliver improvements in electrical, thermal and mechanical properties, as well as toughness. Haydale has granted patents for its technologies in Europe, USA, Australia, Japan and China and operates from six sites in the UK, USA and the Far East.

For more information please visit: www.haydale.com

Twitter: @haydalegraphene

The notification set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of MAR.

 
 Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation 
  (EU) No. 596/2014 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Name                        Keith Broadbent 
                                  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for notification 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Position/Status             Chief Executive Officer of Haydale Graphene 
                                    Industries Plc 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Initial notification/       Initial Notification 
        Amendment 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Name                        Haydale Graphene Industries Plc 
      -------------------------- 
 b.    LEI                         213800KNULBQFF25IE72 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 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 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Description of              Options over Ordinary Shares of 2p each 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
                                    n/a 
        Identification 
        Code 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Nature of the               Grant of options under the 2020 EMI Scheme 
        transaction                 with time vesting and share price performance 
                                    conditions attached 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 c.    Price(s) and volume(s)           Exercise Price(s)    Volume(s) 
      --------------------------       ------------------- 
     GBP0.0225                                               13,200,000 
   -------------------------------------------------------  ----------- 
 
 d.    Aggregated information      13,200,000 options over Ordinary Shares 
        - Aggregated Volume         with an exercise price of GBP0.0225 each 
        - Price 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 e.    Date of the transaction     14 November 2022 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 f.    Place of the transaction    Outside a trading venue 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation 
  (EU) No. 596/2014 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Name                        Mark Chapman 
                                  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for notification 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Position/Status             Chief Financial Officer of Haydale Graphene 
                                    Industries Plc 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Initial notification/       Initial Notification 
        Amendment 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Name                        Haydale Graphene Industries Plc 
      -------------------------- 
 b.    LEI                         213800KNULBQFF25IE72 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 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 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Description of              Options over Ordinary Shares of 2p each 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
                                    n/a 
        Identification 
        Code 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Nature of the               Grant of options under the 2020 EMI Scheme 
        transaction                 with time vesting and share price performance 
                                    conditions attached 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 c.    Price(s) and volume(s)           Exercise Price(s)    Volume(s) 
      --------------------------       ------------------- 
     GBP0.0225                                               7,700,000 
   -------------------------------------------------------  ----------- 
 
 d.    Aggregated information      7,700,000 options over Ordinary Shares with 
        - Aggregated Volume         an exercise price of GBP0.0625 each 
        - Price 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 e.    Date of the transaction     14 November 2022 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 f.    Place of the transaction    Outside a trading venue 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation 
  (EU) No. 596/2014 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Name                        Thomas Quantrille 
                                  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for notification 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Position/Status             Director of Haydale Technologies Inc, a 
                                    subsidiary of Haydale Graphene Industries 
                                    Plc 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Initial notification/       Initial Notification 
        Amendment 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Name                        Haydale Graphene Industries Plc 
      -------------------------- 
 b.    LEI                         213800KNULBQFF25IE72 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 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 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Description of              Options over Ordinary Shares of 2p each 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
                                    n/a 
        Identification 
        Code 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Nature of the               Grant of options under the 2020 EMI Scheme 
        transaction                 with time vesting and share price performance 
                                    conditions attached 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 c.    Price(s) and volume(s)           Exercise Price(s)    Volume(s) 
      --------------------------       ------------------- 
     GBP0.0225                                               1,500,000 
   -------------------------------------------------------  ----------- 
 
 d.    Aggregated information      1.500,000 options over Ordinary Shares with 
        - Aggregated Volume         an exercise price of GBP0.0225 each 
        - Price 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 e.    Date of the transaction     14 November 2022 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 f.    Place of the transaction    Outside a trading venue 
      --------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation 
  (EU) No. 596/2014 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a.    Name                        David Davies 
                                  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for notification 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Position/Status             Director of Haydale Ltd, a subsidiary of 
                                    Haydale Graphene Industries Plc 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Initial notification/       Initial Notification 
        Amendment 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a.    Name                        Haydale Graphene Industries Plc 
      -------------------------- 
 b.    LEI                         213800KNULBQFF25IE72 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 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 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a.    Description of              Options over Ordinary Shares of 2p each 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
                                    n/a 
        Identification 
        Code 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Nature of the               Grant of options under the 2020 EMI Scheme 
        transaction                 with time vesting and share price performance 
                                    conditions attached 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 c.    Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)             Volume(s) 
      --------------------------        ------------------- 
     GBP0.0225                                                2,200,000 
   --------------------------------------------------------  ----------- 
 
 d.    Aggregated information      2,200,000 options over Ordinary Shares with 
        - Aggregated Volume         an exercise price of GBP0.0225 each 
        - Price 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 e.    Date of the transaction     14 November 2022 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 f.    Place of the transaction    Outside a trading venue 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation 
  (EU) No. 596/2014 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a.    Name                        Nicholas Weatherby 
                                  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for notification 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Position/Status             Director of Haydale Composite Solutions 
                                    Ltd, a subsidiary of Haydale Graphene Industries 
                                    Plc 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Initial notification/       Initial Notification 
        Amendment 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a.    Name                        Haydale Graphene Industries Plc 
      -------------------------- 
 b.    LEI                         213800KNULBQFF25IE72 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 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 
----  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a.    Description of              Options over Ordinary Shares of 2p each 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
                                    n/a 
        Identification 
        Code 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Nature of the               Grant of options under the 2020 EMI Scheme 
        transaction                 with time vesting and share price performance 
                                    conditions attached 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 c.    Price(s) and volume(s)            Exercise Price(s)    Volume(s) 
      --------------------------        ------------------- 
     GBP0.0225                                                1,650,000 
   --------------------------------------------------------  ----------- 
 
 d.    Aggregated information      1,650,000 options over Ordinary Shares with 
        - Aggregated Volume         an exercise price of GBP0.0225 each 
        - Price 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 e.    Date of the transaction     14 November 2022 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 f.    Place of the transaction    Outside a trading venue 
      --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
 a.    Name                        Mark Heycock 
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for notification 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Position/Status             Director of Haydale Ltd, a subsidiary of 
                                    Haydale Graphene Industries Plc 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Initial notification/       Initial Notification 
        Amendment 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Name                        Haydale Graphene Industries Plc 
      -------------------------- 
 b.    LEI                         213800KNULBQFF25IE72 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 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 
----  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Description of              Options over Ordinary Shares of 2p each 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
                                    n/a 
        Identification 
        Code 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Nature of the               Grant of options under the 2020 EMI Scheme 
        transaction                 with time vesting and share price performance 
                                    conditions attached 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 c.    Price(s) and volume(s)           Exercise Price(s)    Volume(s) 
      --------------------------       ------------------- 
     GBP0.0225                                               1,325,000 
   -------------------------------------------------------  ----------- 
 
 d.    Aggregated information      1,325,000 options over Ordinary Shares with 
        - Aggregated Volume         an exercise price of GBP0.0225 each 
        - Price 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 e.    Date of the transaction     14 November 2022 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 f.    Place of the transaction    Outside a trading venue 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
 a.    Name                        John Mark Seymour 
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for notification 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Position/Status             Director of Haydale Ltd, a subsidiary of 
                                    Haydale Graphene Industries Plc 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Initial notification/       Initial Notification 
        Amendment 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Name                        Haydale Graphene Industries Plc 
      -------------------------- 
 b.    LEI                         213800KNULBQFF25IE72 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 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 
----  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Description of              Options over Ordinary Shares of 2p each 
        the financial 
        instrument, type 
        of instrument 
                                    n/a 
        Identification 
        Code 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.    Nature of the               Grant of options under the 2020 EMI Scheme 
        transaction                 with time vesting and share price performance 
                                    conditions attached 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 c.    Price(s) and volume(s)           Exercise Price(s)    Volume(s) 
      --------------------------       ------------------- 
     GBP0.0225                                               1,325,000 
   -------------------------------------------------------  ----------- 
 
 d.    Aggregated information      1,325,000 options over Ordinary Shares with 
        - Aggregated Volume         an exercise price of GBP0.0225 each 
        - Price 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 e.    Date of the transaction     14 November 2022 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 f.    Place of the transaction    Outside a trading venue 
      --------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 

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