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Pebble Group PLC (The)

30 March 2022

30 March 2022

THE PEBBLE GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

Grant of performance share awards under Long Term Incentive Plan

and

Notification of transactions by PDMRs

The Pebble Group plc (AIM: PEBB), a leading provider of technology, services and products to the global promotional products industry , announces that on 29 March 2022 the Company made awards of 1,719,986 in the form of nil cost options or conditional share awards ("Performance Shares") under The Pebble Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") to a number of senior employees across the Group, including to the Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities, as detailed below ("PDMR"):

 
 PDMR               Number of Performance Shares 
 Christopher Lee    280,788 
                   ----------------------------- 
 Claire Thomson     206,897 
                   ----------------------------- 
 Louisa Hesketh     22,660 
                   ----------------------------- 
 Ashley McCune      195,705 
                   ----------------------------- 
 Karl Whiteside     129,842 
                   ----------------------------- 
 

The vesting of all the Performance Shares is conditional on meeting performance conditions measured over a three-year period as described below.

Performance conditions

1. Adjusted Earnings Per Share ("EPS") Target

Up to 70% of the total Performance Shares will vest dependent upon the achievement of cumulative adjusted EPS targets for the three years ending 31 December 2024, determined as follows:

 
 Cumulative Adjusted EPS for    Portion of Ordinary Shares vesting 
  the three year period to 31    subject to Adjusted EPS target 
  December 2024 
 Below 17.6p                    No vesting 
                               ----------------------------------- 
 17.6p                          25% 
                               ----------------------------------- 
 18.8p                          60% 
                               ----------------------------------- 
 19.9p                          100% 
                               ----------------------------------- 
 

2. Total Shareholder Return ("TSR") Target

Up to 30% of the total Performance Shares will vest dependent upon the performance of the Company's Absolute TSR measured over the three year period ending 31 December 2024. The share price at the start of this period was 132.50 pence, being the average closing price of the Company's shares over the three trading days ending on the day before the start of the performance period.

 
 Annualised TSR for the three    Portion of Ordinary Shares vesting 
  year period to 31 December      subject to TSR Target 
  2024 
 Below 8.0% per annum            No vesting 
                                ----------------------------------- 
 8.0% per annum                  25% 
                                ----------------------------------- 
 11.3% per annum                 60% 
                                ----------------------------------- 
 15% per annum                   100% 
                                ----------------------------------- 
 

A holding period of two years from date of vesting is applicable to the LTIP awards granted to the Executive Directors of the Company.

The making of these awards at these levels and with these performance conditions is considered by the Remuneration Committee to be in accordance with the Company's Remuneration Policy with regard to the Executive Directors.

The Remuneration Committee has discretion to adjust the level of vesting if in its opinion such level of vesting resulting from the application of the performance conditions is considered not to be a fair and accurate reflection of the performance of the Company or a fair and accurate reflection of the award holder's performance or where there is any other factor or any other circumstances which would make the level of vesting inappropriate without adjustment.

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014:

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
 (a)   Name                                            1. Christopher Lee 
                                                        2. Claire Thomson 
                                                        3. Louisa Hesketh 
                                                        4. Ashley McCune 
                                                        5. Karl Whiteside 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 (a)   Position/status                                 1. Chief Executive Officer 
                                                        2. Chief Financial Officer 
                                                        3. Group Financial Controller 
                                                        4. President, Facilisgroup 
                                                        5. Group MD, Brand Addition 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 (b)   Initial notification/Amendment             Initial notification 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 (a)   Name                                       The Pebble Group plc 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 (b)   LEI                                        213800LZUQAYBHDEQY04 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 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,              Ordinary shares of 1 pence 
        type of instrument                                    each 
        Identification code                                   ISIN GB00BK71XP16 
                                                              PEBB.L 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 (b)   Nature of the transaction                  Award of nil-cost options 
                                                   or conditional share awards 
                                                   pursuant to The Pebble Group 
                                                   plc Long Term Incentive Plan 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 (c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                            Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                                     1    NIL        280,788 
                                                      2    NIL        206,897 
                                                      3    NIL        22,660 
                                                      4    NIL        195,705 
                                                      5    NIL        129,842 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 (d)   Aggregated information                     N/A 
        - Aggregated volume 
        - Price 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 (e)   Date of the transaction                    29 March 2022 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 (f)   Place of the transaction                   Outside a trading venue 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 

Enquiries:

 
 The Pebble Group plc 
  Chris Lee, Chief Executive Officer 
  Claire Thomson, Chief Financial 
  Officer                                               +44 (0) 7385 024855 
 Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated 
  Adviser) 
  Samantha Harrison / Harrison Clarke 
  / Ciara Donnelly                                     +44 (0) 20 7383 5100 
 Berenberg (Corporate Broker) 
  Chris Bowman / Jen Clarke / Arnav 
  Kapoor                                               +44 (0) 20 3207 7800 
 Belvedere Communications (Financial 
  PR)                                                  +44 (0) 7715 769 078 
  Cat Valentine                                        +44 (0) 7967 816 525 
  Keeley Clarke                            thepebblegrouppr@belvederepr.com 
 
   About The Pebble Group plc -   www.thepebblegroup.com 

The Pebble Group is a provider of digital commerce, products and related services to the global promotional products industry, comprising two differentiated businesses, focused on specific areas of the promotional products market:

   Facilisgroup -   www.facilisgroup.com 

Facilisgroup focuses on supporting the growth of mid-sized promotional product businesses in North America by providing a digital commerce platform, which enables those businesses to benefit from significant business efficiency and gain meaningful supply chain advantage from the ability to purchase from quality suppliers under preferred terms. The value to our clients is reflected in the very high retention rates of the business.

   Brand Addition -   www.brandaddition.com 

Brand Addition focuses upon providing promotional products and related services under contract to some of the world's most recognisable brands. Its largest contracts are valued in the millions of pounds with the products and services supplied being used for brand building, customer engagement and employee rewards. Working in close collaboration with its clients, Brand Addition designs products and product ranges, hosts client-branded global web stores and provides international sourcing and distribution solutions.

We categorise our revenues into two divisions, Corporate Programmes, that supports our clients' general marketing activities, and Consumer Promotions, that supports our clients in driving their own sales volumes.

The Pebble Group aims to act responsibility through effective management of its Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG"). To find out more, read our ESG report - The Pebble Group ESG report 2021 .

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