1 October 2021
B90 Holdings plc
("B90", the "Company" or the "Group")
Grant of Options
B90 Holdings plc (AIM: B90), the online marketing company for the gaming industry, announces that it has granted options over, in aggregate, 13,530,000 ordinary shares of no par value ("Ordinary Shares") to certain directors and employees of the Company (the "Options"), pursuant to the terms of Company's Long Term Incentive Plan - May 2016 (as amended) (the "2016 Plan").
The Options have an exercise price of 13p per share, being yesterday's closing mid-market price per Ordinary Share. Pursuant to the terms of the 2016 Plan, the Options will vest in equal instalments over the four years following the first anniversary of the date of grant and any of the Options that remain unexercised on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant will lapse. Details of the Options that have been granted are summarised in the table below:
| Individual(s) | Number of Options granted | Grant date | Exercise price | Total number of options following this issue |
| Paul Duffen | 3,000,000 | 01-Oct-21 | 13p | 4,800,000 |
| Marcel Noordeloos | 3,000,000 | 01-Oct-21 | 13p | 5,100,000 |
| Mark Rosman | 3,000,000 | 01-Oct-21 | 13p | 3,550,000 |
| Karim Peer | 750,000 | 01-Oct-21 | 13p | 750,000 |
| Ronny Breivik | 3,000,000 | 01-Oct-21 | 13p | 3,000,000 |
| Other employees | 780,000 | 01-Oct-21 | 13p | 3,845,000 |
Following today's grant of Options, the Company has, in aggregate, 21,045,000 options outstanding, representing approximately 9.4% of its issued share capital.
| 1 | Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities | ||||||||||
| a) | Name | 1. Paul J Duffen 2. Marcel Noordeloos 3. Mark Rosman 4. Karim Peer 5. Ronny Breivik
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| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
| a) | Position/status | 1. Executive Chairman 2. Finance Director 3. Non-Executive Director 4. Non-Executive Director 5. Chief Executive of B90 Ventures Ltd (non Company Board position) | |||||||||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||||||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer | ||||||||||
| a) | Name | B90 Holdings plc | |||||||||
| b) | LEI | 2138007KWLZHV5I1A979
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| 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
| Options over Ordinary Shares of no par value | |||||||||
| Identification code | ISIN for Ordinary Shares: IM00BYT32K14
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| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options | |||||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
| - Options over 12,750,000 shares - 13p per share (exercise price) | |||||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 01 October 2021 | |||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue. New Ordinary Shares issued on exercise of options will be admitted to trading on AIM, London Stock Exchange
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For further information please contact:
B90 Holdings plc +44 (0)1624 605 764
Paul Duffen, Executive Chairman
Marcel Noordeloos, Chief Financial Officer
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser) +44 (0)20 7409 3494
James Harris / James Dance / Rob Patrick
Whitman Howard Ltd (Broker)
Nick Lovering
Belvedere (Financial PR & IR) +44 (0)20 3687 2754
John West / Llewellyn Angus
About B90 Holdings plc
B90 Holdings plc is a group of companies focused on the operation of its own online Sportsbook and Casino product as well as marketing activities for other online gaming companies.
Website: www.b90holdings.com
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