26 May 2022
XLMedia PLC
("XLMedia" or the "Company")
Grant of Share Awards
XLMedia (AIM: XLM), a global digital performance publisher, announces that on 10 May 2022 it granted share awards over a total of 2,467,264 ordinary shares in aggregate in the Company under the XLMedia 2020 Global Share Incentive Plan (the "Awards"). The Awards represent 0.94% of the currently issued share capital of the Company.
The Awards were granted to directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") and are summarised below:
| Employee | Role | Award Type | Number of shares subject to the Award |
| Caroline Ackroyd | Chief Financial Officer | PSU Award | 762,712 |
| Ken Dorward | Chief Growth Officer | PSU Award | 1,060,484 |
| Nigel Leigh | Chief Information Officer | PSU Award | 644,068 |
The Awards are contingent rights to acquire shares for no consideration. The Awards are subject to a three-year performance period, with vesting subject to the achievement of performance measured by reference to total shareholder return over the performance period as compared to the FTSE AIM 100, followed by a two-year holding period.
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name
| Caroline Ackroyd
|
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status
| Chief Financial Officer |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
| a) | Name | XLMedia PLC |
| b) | LEI | 2138008U4S6FBDHGWY81 |
| 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 | Contingent share awards over ordinary shares of USD0.000001 each in XLMedia PLC under the XLMedia 2020 Global Share Incentive Plan
ISIN of ordinary shares: JE00BH6XDL31 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of contingent share awards |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
| 762,712 at a nil price per share |
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price | N/A single transaction |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2022 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name
| Ken Dorward
|
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status
| Chief Growth Officer |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
| a) | Name | XLMedia PLC |
| b) | LEI | 2138008U4S6FBDHGWY81 |
| 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 | Contingent share awards over ordinary shares of USD0.000001 each in XLMedia PLC under the XLMedia 2020 Global Share Incentive Plan
ISIN of ordinary shares: JE00BH6XDL31 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of contingent share awards |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
| 1,060,484 at a nil price per share |
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price | N/A single transaction |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2022 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |
| a) | Name
| Nigel Leigh |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status
| Chief Information Officer |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
| a) | Name | XLMedia PLC |
| b) | LEI | 2138008U4S6FBDHGWY81 |
| 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 | Contingent share awards over ordinary shares of USD0.000001 each in XLMedia PLC under the XLMedia 2020 Global Share Incentive Plan
ISIN of ordinary shares: JE00BH6XDL31 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of contingent share awards |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
| 644,068 at a nil price per share |
| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price | N/A single transaction |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2022 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
For further information, please contact:
| XLMedia plc Caroline Ackroyd, Chief Financial Officer
| via Vigo Consulting |
| Vigo Consulting Jeremy Garcia / Kendall Hill
| Tel: 020 7390 0233 |
| Cenkos Securities plc (Nomad and Joint Broker) Giles Balleny / Max Gould
| Tel: 020 7397 8900 |
| Berenberg (Joint Broker) Mark Whitmore / Richard Andrews / Jack Botros | Tel: 020 3207 7800 |
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About XLMedia:
XLMedia (AIM:XLM) is a global digital performance publisher. Operating across sports, personal finance, and gaming, the Group utilizes data science to reach the right audiences with the right content at the right time - driving action and building valuable relationships between audiences and partners.
The Group manages a balanced portfolio of premium brands that cover a range of attractive geographies with a primary emphasis on regulated markets. The XLMedia portfolio is designed to reach targeted audiences with the desire to engage and take action.
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