The Share Options were granted in 2014 under the Company's Executive Share Option Plan and became exercisable on 24 October 2017 following the satisfaction of performance conditions relating to the Company's earnings per Ordinary Share.
Name of Director |
Number of |
|
Mike Allcock |
40,000 |
|
Craig Muncaster |
10,000 |
|
|
50,000 |
|
Also on 20 March 2018, Mike Allcock sold 10,000 Ordinary Shares to settle the associated tax liabilities, as a result of the exercise of the Share Options, at 315 pence per Ordinary Share.
Following the exercise of the Share Options and the subsequent sale of Ordinary Shares, Mike Allcock's notifiable interest in the Company is 144,000 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.12% of the Company's issued Ordinary Shares.
Craig Muncaster's notifiable interest in the Company is 20,000 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.02% of the Company's issued Ordinary Shares.
To satisfy the exercise of the Share Options, 50,000 existing Ordinary Shares were transferred from treasury.
Total voting rights
The issued share capital of the Company comprises 118,935,590 Ordinary Shares. Following the exercise of the Share Options referred to above, the Company holds 3,010,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 115,925,590. This figure of 115,925,590 may be used by the Company's shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of FW Thorpe under the DTRs.