9 July 2021 Team17 Group Plc ("Team17", the "Group" Or the "Company") Directors' Dealing and Grant
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RNS Number : 7823E Team17 Group PLC 09 July 2021 9 July 2021 Team17 Group plc ("Team17", the "Group" or the "Company") Directors' dealing and Grant of Options Team17 Group plc (AIM:TM17) announces that Mark Crawford, Chief Financial Officer, and Martin Hellawell, Senior Non-Executive Director, have made the following purchases of Ordinary Shares: Number of shares Director Position Price per share (p) acquired Senior Non- Martin Hellawell 10,000 792 Executive Director Chief Financial Mark Crawford 4,403 800 Officer In addition, in line with the incentivisation strategy set out in the annual report and accounts for the year ending 31 December 2020, the Company has granted options (the "Options") over 176,100 new ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the rules of its Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to executive directors as follows: Number of options Total options held Director Position granted following this grant Debbie Bestwick CEO 150,943 1,123,670 Chief Financial Mark Crawford 25,157 45,214 Officer The Options are granted over Ordinary Shares with no exercise price. The Options are granted subject to the rules of the Plan and based on a stretching range of EPS performance measured over the three years to 31 December 2023. 25% of the award is payable for threshold performance at a CAGR of 10%, with full vesting at a CAGR of 30%. As a result of the above transactions, details of the relevant directors' holdings of Ordinary Shares and options over Ordinary Shares are as follows: % of issued No. of Ordinary Name Ordinary Share No. of Options held Shares held capital Debbie Bestwick 29,154,162 22.17% 1,123,670 Mark Crawford 11,194 0.01% 45,214 Martin Hellawell 10,000 0.01% NIL In total, the Company has granted options over 1,382,814 ordinary shares of £0.01 each, representing approximately 1.1 per cent. of the existing issued ordinary share capital. 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities a) Name Mark Crawford 2 Reason for the notification a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer Initial b) Initial notification notification/amendment Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, 3 auctioneer or auction monitor a) Name Team17 Group plc b) LEI 2138006EUUCCL4ZI5E51 Details of the transaction(s): sections to be repeated for (i) each type of 4 instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted Description of financial Ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") instrument, type of and options over Ordinary Shares a) instrument Identification code ISIN: GB00BYVX2X20 Acquisition of 4,403 Ordinary Shares and grant of b) Nature of the transaction options over 25,157 Ordinary Shares; Price(s): Volume(s) c) Prices(s) and volume(s) 4,403 Ordinary Shares 792p and 25,157 options d) Aggregated information Not applicable e) Date of transaction 8 July 2021 f) Place of the transaction London 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities a) Name Debbie Bestwick 2 Reason for the notification a) Position/status CEO Initial b) Initial notification notification/amendment Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, 3 auctioneer or auction monitor a) Name Team17 Group plc b) LEI 2138006EUUCCL4ZI5E51 Details of the transaction(s): sections to be repeated for (i) each type of 4 instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted Description of financial Options over Ordinary Shares instrument, type of a) instrument ISIN: GB00BYVX2X20 Identification code b) Nature of the transaction Grant of options over 150,943 Ordinary Shares Price(s): Volume(s) c) Prices(s) and volume(s) NIL 150,943 d) Aggregated information Not applicable e) Date of transaction 8th July 2021 f) Place of the transaction Off market 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities a) Name Martin Hellawell 2 Reason for the notification a) Position/status Senior non-executive director Initial b) Initial notification notification/amendment Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, 3 auctioneer or auction monitor a) Name Team17 Group plc b) LEI 2138006EUUCCL4ZI5E51 Details of the transaction(s): sections to be repeated for (i) each type of 4 instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted Description of financial Ordinary Shares instrument, type of a) instrument ISIN: GB00BYVX2X20 Identification code b) Nature of the transaction Purchase of 10,000 Ordinary Shares c) Prices(s) and volume(s) Price(s): Volume(s) 800p 10,000 d) Aggregated information Not applicable e) Date of transaction 8 July 21 f) Place of the transaction London Enquiries: Team17 Group plc Debbie Bestwick MBE, Chief Executive Officer via Vigo Consulting Mark Crawford, Chief Financial Officer GCA Altium (Nominated Adviser) Adrian Reed / Paul Lines +44 (0)845 505 4343 Berenberg (Broker) Chris Bowman / Toby Flaux / Marie Moy / Alix Mecklenburg- +44 (0)20 3207 7800 Solodkoff Vigo Consulting (Financial Public Relations) Jeremy Garcia / Fiona Hetherington +44 (0)20 7390 0233 [email protected] About Team17 Group plc Team17 Group plc is a global provider of games entertainment to a broad audience. It has two main verticals - a games entertainment label and creative partner for indie developers, and a leading developer of educational apps, targeting children under the age of eight. Games label and creative partner Team17 is a games entertainment label and creative partner for independent ("indie") developers, focused on the premium, rather than free to play market, and creating games for the PC, console, mobile and tablet gaming markets. Alongside developing the Company's own games in house ("first party IP"), Team17 also partners with independent developers across the globe to add value to their games in all areas of development and production and in bringing them to market across multiple platforms for fixed percentage royalties ("third party IP"). Since foundation in 1990, the Company has launched over 100 games, including the iconic Worms, Overcooked! and Escapists franchises, along with many more including; Yooka-Laylee, Yoku's Island Express, My Time at Portia, Hell Let Loose, Blasphemous, Golf With Your Friends, Neon Abyss and Moving Out making Team17 one of the most prolific developers and diverse partners of games for the indie market. Visit www.team17.com for more info. EU Market Abuse Regulation The notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation. This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.rns.com. 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