CMO Group PLC
("CMO", the "Company" or "the Group")
Establishment of CSOP & Grant of Options
CMO Group PLC, the UK's largest online-only retailer of building materials, confirms the establishment of a new company share option plan (the "CSOP") and the grant of options to certain PDMRs pursuant to the CSOP.
The Board recognised the importance of long-term equity incentive schemes as a means to attract, recruit and retain key employees. While the Company has already adopted the CMOStores Group Limited Long Term Incentive Plan, intended for the benefit of executive directors of the Group, the CSOP is intended to ensure all employees are properly incentivised and able to closely identify with the objectives of the Group. It is intended that options granted pursuant to the CSOP will vest subject to standard performance conditions and with an exercise price linked to the prevailing market share price at the time of grant.
The Company confirms that following the establishment of the CSOP, it has granted new share options (the "Options") to the following PDMRs of the Group:
| PDMR | Title | No. of Options granted |
| Colin Winterburn | Operations Director | 6,500 |
| John Boseley | Head of Category | 4,500 |
| Nicholas Fisher | Director of Sales & Customer Service | 4,500 |
| Amy Hatswell | Head of Human Resources | 4,500 |
The Options, which have a ten-year life, have an exercise price of 168 pence and vest on the third anniversary from the date of grant.
Enquiries:
| CMO Group PLC | Via Instinctif |
| Dean Murray, CEO | |
| Jonathan Lamb, CFO | |
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| Liberum Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker) | Tel: +44 20 3100 2000 |
| Andrew Godber | |
| Lauren Kettle | |
| Cara Murphy | |
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| Instinctif Partners | |
| Justine Warren | Tel: +44 20 7457 2010 |
| Matthew Smallwood | Tel: +44 20 7457 2005 |
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name
| Colin Winterburn
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| 2
| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| Operations Director | |||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial | |||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
| a)
| Name
| CMO Group plc | |||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800XLXLT3ATYF6A30 | |||
| 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 the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 1 penny | |||
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| Identification code | ISIN: GB00BMB5Y385 | ||||
| | | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | 168p | 6,500 | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
| | N/A | ||||
| - Aggregated volume | | ||||
| | | ||||
| - Price | | ||||
| | | ||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 14 December 2021 | |||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off-market transaction | |||
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
| a)
| Name
| John Boseley | |||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
| a)
| Position/status
| Head of Category | |||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial | |||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
| a)
| Name
| CMO Group plc | |||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800XLXLT3ATYF6A30 | |||
| 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 the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 1 penny | |||
| | | ||||
| Identification code | ISIN: GB00BMB5Y385 | ||||
| | | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | 168p | 4,500 | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
| | N/A | ||||
| - Aggregated volume | | ||||
| | | ||||
| - Price | | ||||
| | | ||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 14 December 2021 | |||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off-market transaction | |||
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
| a)
| Name
| Nicholas Fisher | |||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
| a)
| Position/status
| Director of Sales & Customer Service | |||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial | |||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
| a)
| Name
| CMO Group plc | |||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800XLXLT3ATYF6A30 | |||
| 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 the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 1 penny | |||
| | | ||||
| Identification code | ISIN: GB00BMB5Y385 | ||||
| | | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | 168p | 4,500 | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
| | N/A | ||||
| - Aggregated volume | | ||||
| | | ||||
| - Price | | ||||
| | | ||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 14 December 2021 | |||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off-market transaction | |||
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
| a)
| Name
| Amy Hatswell | |||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
| a)
| Position/status
| Head of Human Resources | |||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial | |||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
| a)
| Name
| CMO Group plc | |||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800XLXLT3ATYF6A30 | |||
| 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 the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of 1 penny | |||
| | | ||||
| Identification code | ISIN: GB00BMB5Y385 | ||||
| | | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | 168p | 4,500 | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
| | N/A | ||||
| - Aggregated volume | | ||||
| | | ||||
| - Price | | ||||
| | | ||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 14 December 2021 | |||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off-market transaction | |||
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