RNS Number : 9783L
Comptoir Group PLC
13 November 2024
 

Comptoir Group Plc

("Comptoir", the "Group" or the "Company")

 

Grant of Options

 

Comptoir Group Plc (AIM: COM), the owner and operator of Lebanese, Middle Eastern and North African inspired restaurants announces that on the 12th November 2024 the Company's Renumeration Committee granted options ("New Options") over an aggregate of 6,250,000 ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares") of 1 pence each in the Company to PDMRs and other senior members of the team.

 

The following New Options were granted to PDMRs:

 

Individual

Role

New Options

Total Share Options (new and existing)

 

 

 

 

Ali Aneizi

Non-Executive Director

1,000,000

1,000,000

Jean-Michel Orieux

Non-Executive Chair

1,000,000

1,000,000

Nick Ayerst

CEO

1,200,000

3,600,000

James Fisher

Finance Director

1,000,000

1,000,000

 

In addition to the above, 2,050,000 New Options were granted to non-PDMR senior employees.

 

3,050,000 of the New Options are granted under the Company's existing CSOP Share Scheme, with the remaining 3,200,000 options issued to Ali Aneizi, Jean-Michel Orieux and Nick Ayerst as unapproved options.

 

All the New Options have an exercise price of 4.15p, being the average share price over the preceding two weeks, and vest after three years on 12 November 2027, conditional on the continued employment of the recipient at the date of vesting.

 

Following the grant of the New Options, there are options over a total of 10,820,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company as at the date of this announcement, representing approximately 8.8% of the Company's existing issued share capital.

 

Enquiries:

 

Comptoir Group plc

Jean-Michel Orieux, Non-Executive Chair

Nick Ayerst, CEO

0207 486 1111

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Corporate Finance: Carl Holmes, Abigail Kelly

Corporate Broking: Charlie Combe

020 7220 0500

 

About Comptoir Group

 

Comptoir Group PLC owns and operates 28 Lebanese restaurants, six of which are franchised, based predominately in the UK. The flagship brand of the group, Comptoir Libanais, is a collection of 22 restaurants located across London, nationwide and international Travel Hubs, including cities such as Manchester, Bath, Birmingham, Oxford, Dubai and Milan.

The name Comptoir Libanais means Lebanese Counter and is a place where guests can eat casually and enjoy Middle Eastern and North African food, served with warm and friendly hospitality and a bright vibrant environment.

The Group also operates Shawa, serving traditional shawarma through a counter service model in Westfield and Bluewater shopping centres and Abu Dhabi, Yalla-Yalla with a branch near Oxford Circus, and entertainment venue Kenza, located in Devonshire Square, London.

The group has expanded internationally with its franchise partners Avolta and Areas, with restaurants in the Netherlands, Qatar and UAE and Italy.



 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them are set out below pursuant to the EU Market Abuse regulation.

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Ali Aneizi

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Comptoir Group plc

b)

LEI

213800QQ62TS1W4K3I50

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 1p each

 

 


Identification code

GB00BYT1L205

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

4.15p

1,000,000

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

As in 4 c) above

 

 

e)

Date of the transaction

12 November 2024

f)

 

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Jean-Michel Orieux

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Chair

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Comptoir Group plc

b)

LEI

213800QQ62TS1W4K3I50

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 1p each

 

 


Identification code

GB00BYT1L205

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

4.15p

1,000,000

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

As in 4 c) above

 

 

e)

Date of the transaction

12 November 2024

f)

 

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Nick Ayerst

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

CEO

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Comptoir Group plc

b)

LEI

213800QQ62TS1W4K3I50

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 1p each

 

 


Identification code

GB00BYT1L205

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

4.15p

1,200,000

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

As in 4 c) above

 

 

e)

Date of the transaction

12 November 2024

f)

 

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

James Fisher

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Finance Director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Comptoir Group plc

b)

LEI

213800QQ62TS1W4K3I50

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 1p each

 

 


Identification code

GB00BYT1L205

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 Grant of Options over Ordinary Shares

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

4.15p

1,000,000

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

As in 4 c) above

 

 

e)

Date of the transaction

12 November 2024

f)

 

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

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