Kingfisher PLC
22 April 2008
KINGFISHER PLC
DIRECTORS' INTERESTS
Performance Share Plan
Kingfisher plc ("the Company") today announces that an award under the
Performance Share Plan ("PSP") has been granted to Duncan Tatton-Brown. In
accordance with the PSP rules, the awards were granted on 21 April 2008 as nil
cost options.
The awards are as follows:
Beneficiary Shares Performance Vesting
Conditions Period
Duncan Tatton-Brown 357,893 Note 1 3 years
Duncan Tatton-Brown 357,893 Note 2 4 years
Note 1
TSR Performance Condition:
TSR at the end of the Performance Period Percentage of the Award that Vests
Less than median plus 1 percentage point Nil
Median plus 1 percentage point 15.625%
Between median plus 1 percentage point and upper Straight-line vesting between
quintile plus 1 percentage point 15.625% and 100%
Upper quintile plus 1 percentage point 100%
TSR performance will be measured relative to the FTSE 100 and averaged
over the one month immediately prior to the award. In order for any of
an award of shares subject to the TSR performance condition to vest, the
Company's TSR must be at least 1 percentage point above the median over the
relevant three year period (at which level of performance 15.625% of this
award will vest) and in order for all of this award to vest it must increase
by at least 1 percentage point above the upper quintile.
The end TSR will be calculated using the closing return indices over the
final one month of the performance period.
In addition, awards will only vest to the extent that the Committee is
satisfied that the Company's TSR over the period is reflective of the
underlying financial performance of the Company.
Note 2
Adjusted basic EPS Performance Condition *:
Adjusted basic EPS* at the end of the Percentage of the Award that Vests
Performance Period
Less than 15.9p Nil
15.9p 15.625%
Between 15.9p and 17.0p Straight-line vesting between 15.625% - 50%
17.0p 50%
Between 17.0p and 19.6p Straight-line vesting between 50% - 100%
19.6p 100%
* Before exceptional items, financing fair value remeasurements and
acquisition intangibles amortisation.
Kingfisher Incentive Share Scheme
In addition, the Company granted conditional awards of ordinary shares in the
Company to executive directors on 21 April 2008. These awards, made under the
Kingfisher Incentive Share Scheme ("the KISS"), were granted as nil cost
options. The number of shares awarded was determined by using the average
closing mid-market price on 16, 17 and 18 April of £1.2663 per share. The
awards become exercisable, subject to the rules of the KISS, for a period of,
generally, 6 months commencing on 21 April 2011, provided the director has not
resigned voluntarily or been dismissed for cause.
The awards are as follows:
Shares
Ian Cheshire 21,115
Duncan Tatton-Brown 44,617
All of the above are subject to dividend roll-up at the appropriate time.
Justine Little
Assistant Company Secretary
22 April 2008
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