28 June 2024
FireAngel Safety Technology Group plc
('FireAngel', the 'Company' or the 'Group')
Awards of Options
and
Directors' shareholdings
Further to its announcement of 11 August 2023 ("the "Announcement"), FireAngel (AIM: FA.), one of Europe's leading developers and suppliers of home safety products, announces that Zoe Fox, the Company's previous Chief Finance Officer, waived her right to the options ("Options") over the Company's ordinary shares of 2 pence each (the "Shares") granted to her on the same day, and Adrian Wilding, the Company's Chief Finance Officer, and John Walsh, Product Delivery Director and a PDMR in the Company, have today been awarded Options over 2,842,666 Shares and Options over 1,421,334 Shares, respectively, totalling the same amount and under the same terms as those previously issued to Zoe Fox as set out in the Announcement.
The Company has been prevented from awarding these options to Adrian and John since earlier this year due to it being in a Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) closed periods. However, following the release earlier today, of its unaudited final results for the year ended 31 December 2023, the Company has now been able formally to grant the options to them.
Adrian and John have confirmed that they intend to sell all options that vest to Intelligent Safety Electronics Pte. Ltd ("ISE") pursuant to the terms of the recommended cash offer made by ISE to acquire the issued and to be issued share capital of FireAngel not already owned or controlled by ISE (the "Offer") as announced on 27 October 2023.
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
| FireAngel Safety Technology Group plc | 024 7771 7700 |
| Neil Radley, Chief Executive Officer | |
| Adrian Wilding, Chief Finance Officer | |
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| Shore Capital (Nominated adviser and broker) | |
| Tom Griffiths/David Coaten/Tom Knibbs | 020 7408 4050 |
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| Houston (Financial PR) | |
| Kate Hoare/Ben Robinson/Kelsey Traynor | 0204 529 0549 |
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This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
Notes to Editors
About FireAngel Safety Technology Group plc
FireAngel's mission is to protect and save lives by making innovative home safety products which are simple and accessible. FireAngel is one of the market leaders in the European home safety products market.
FireAngel's principal products are connected smoke alarms, CO alarms, heat alarms and accessories. The Company has an extensive portfolio of patented intellectual property in Europe, the US and other selected territories. Products are sold under FireAngel's leading brands of FireAngel, FireAngel Pro, FireAngel Specification and AngelEye.
For further product information, please visit: www.fireangeltech.com
| | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||
| a)
| Name | Adrian Wilding | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a)
| Position/status | Chief Finance Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | FireAngel Safety Technology Group plc | |
| b) | LEI | 213800NUMP6JL24PJ797 | |
| 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 2p each
GB0030508757 | |
| b) | Nature of transaction | Award of Options
| |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| | | 2p exercise price per Option
| 2,842,666
|
| | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A
| |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 28 June 2024 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue | |
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