27 March 2023
Quixant plc
("Quixant" or the "Group")
Grant of Options
Quixant (AIM:QXT), a leading provider of innovative, highly engineered technology products principally for the global gaming and broadcast industries, announces that, under the Quixant plc 2022 Long Term Incentive Plan, the Board has granted a total of 646,274 options ("Options") over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") in the business.
Vesting of these options is subject to performance conditions. The vesting of 70 per cent. of such awards would be dependent on the Company's adjusted earnings per share performance for the financial year ending 31 December 2025. The vesting of 30 per cent. of such awards would be dependent on the Company's total shareholder return performance over a three-year period commencing on the grant of the awards. Further details on the performance conditions will be available within the Company's forthcoming Notice of AGM.
Details of the options granted to PDMRs are as follows:
| Name | Title | Number of Shares |
| Jon Jayal | Group CEO | 169,831 |
| Johan Olivier | Group CFO | 126,404 |
| Duncan Faithfull | EVP, Gaming Business Leader and CCO | 117,978 |
| Abhinay Bhagavatula | EVP, Gaming Business Leader and CTO | 117,033 |
| Simon Jones | EVP, Densitron CEO | 115,028 |
Following the Grant, there are a total of 1,939,882 Options outstanding, representing approximately 2.9% of the current issued share capital of the Company.
Further detail is set out in the PDMR disclosure table below.
| Quixant plc Jon Jayal, Chief Executive Officer Johan Olivier, Chief Financial Officer
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| Nominated Adviser and Broker: finnCap Ltd Matt Goode / Simon Hicks (Corporate Finance) Alice Lane / Charlotte Sutcliffe (ECM)
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| Joint Broker: Canaccord Genuity Limited Simon Bridges / Andrew Potts
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| Financial PR: Alma PR Hilary Buchanan / Kieran Breheny / Will Ellis Hancock | Tel: +44 (0)20 3405 0205 |
About Quixant
Quixant, founded in 2005, designs and manufactures highly optimised computing solutions and monitors principally for the global gaming and broadcast industries. The Company is headquartered in Cambridge in the UK, with offices throughout Europe, North America and Asia. Quixant has its own manufacturing and engineering operation based in Taiwan and software engineering and customer support teams based in Italy and Slovenia. All the specialised products software and manufacturing are produced in-house and Quixant owns all its own IP some of which is protected by patents and design rights.
In November 2015 Quixant acquired Densitron Technologies plc. Densitron has a strong heritage in the sale of electronic display solutions to global industrial markets. Through Densitron's experienced sales team, Quixant has a robust platform to build its business into wider industrial markets. In-depth information on the Company's products, markets, activities and history can be found on the corporate website at www.quixant.com.
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | Jon Jayal | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial Notification | ||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name: | Quixant plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 2138003VERSWQP561X71 | ||||
| 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: Identification code: | Options over Ordinary shares of 0.1p GB00B99PCP71 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Purchase of ordinary shares of 0.1p | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price: | See 4 (c) | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction: | 22 March 2023 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | Off market transaction | ||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | Johan Olivier | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial Notification | ||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name: | Quixant plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 2138003VERSWQP561X71 | ||||
| 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: Identification code: | Options over Ordinary shares of 0.1p GB00B99PCP71 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Purchase of ordinary shares of 0.1p | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
| ||||
| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price: | See 4 (c) | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction: | 22 March 2023 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | Off market transaction | ||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | Duncan Faithfull | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | EVP, Gaming Business Leader and CCO | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial Notification | ||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name: | Quixant plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 2138003VERSWQP561X71 | ||||
| 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: Identification code: | Options over Ordinary shares of 0.1p GB00B99PCP71 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Purchase of ordinary shares of 0.1p | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
| ||||
| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price: | See 4 (c) | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction: | 22 March 2023 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | Off market transaction | ||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | Abhinay Bhagavatula
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| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | EVP, Gaming Business Leader and CTO | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial Notification | ||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name: | Quixant plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 2138003VERSWQP561X71 | ||||
| 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: Identification code: | Options over Ordinary shares of 0.1p GB00B99PCP71 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Purchase of ordinary shares of 0.1p | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
| ||||
| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price: | See 4 (c) | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction: | 22 March 2023 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | Off market transaction | ||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | Simon Jones
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| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | EVP, Densitron CEO | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial Notification | ||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name: | Quixant plc | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 2138003VERSWQP561X71 | ||||
| 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: Identification code: | Options over Ordinary shares of 0.1p GB00B99PCP71 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Purchase of ordinary shares of 0.1p | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
| ||||
| d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price: | See 4 (c) | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction: | 22 March 2023 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | Off market transaction | ||||
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