Directors Options Dealings
May 21 2003 - 11:15AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:3959L
iTouch PLC
21 May 2003
For Immediate Release 21 May 2003
iTouch plc ("iTouch")
Surrender of share options ("Options") by Directors
Following surrenders of Options in 2001 and 2003 by the Directors as below;
Dec 2001 Jan 2003
Ivan Fallon 530,743 -
Wayne Pitout 1,415,314 1,125,000
Avi Azulai 1,415,314 1,125,000
The Directors further surrendered on 21 May 2003 Options over ordinary shares in
iTouch as follows:
No. of share Options surrendered
Ivan Fallon 1,592,229
Wayne Pitout 3,120,944
Avi Azulai 3,120,944
The Options surrendered had an exercise price of 70 pence per share.
Grant of Share Options.
The Directors were granted Options over ordinary shares in iTouch on 21 May 2003
at an exercise price of 22.75 pence per share:
No. of shares under option
Ivan Fallon 500,000
Wayne Pitout 1,000,000
Avi Azulai 1,000,000
The Options are exercisable by the tenth anniversary of their date of grant and
become exercisable at the rate of 25% pa subject to the performance condition.
The performance condition is that the share price of an ordinary share in iTouch
shall increase by at least 10% plus the Retail Price Index per annum before the
options can vest .
Following this notification, the total number of shares over which options are
held by the above Directors are as follows:
No. of share Options
Ivan Fallon 1,622,222
Wayne Pitout 1,000,000
Avi Azulai 1,000,000
The above Directors' interests in issued ordinary shares in iTouch and issued
deferred shares in iTouch remain as follows:
No. of ordinary No. of deferred
shares shares
Ivan Fallon 100,000 2,400,000
Wayne Pitout 29,400,000* 705,600,000*
Avi Azulai 29,400,000* 705,600,000*
* These shares are registered in the name of K.B.(CI) Nominees Limited, a
company controlled by two discretionary trusts amongst the beneficiaries of
which are Wayne Pitout and Avi Azulai
Enquiries:
iTouch plc
Wayne Pitout, Chief Executive Officer Tel: 020 7803 1660
Buchanan Communications
Jeremy Garcia/Fergus Mellon Tel: 020 7466 5000
Website: www.itouchplc.com
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